Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Maldanidae

Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1906

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897
Nicomache Malmgren, 1865
Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866

Literature

original description

Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic]. 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907].

additional source

Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.

taxonomy source

De Assis, J. E.; Alonso, C.; Christoffersen, M. L. (2007). A catalogue and taxonomic keys of the Subfamily Nicomachinae (Polychaeta Maldanidae) of the world. Zootaxa. 1657: 41-55.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1906. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154920

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2010-04-18 by Geoffrey Read

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