Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Terebellidae > Subfamily Terebellinae

Polycirrini Malmgren, 1866

Rank: Tribe
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Amaeana Hartman, 1959
Hauchiella Levinsen, 1893
Lysilla Malmgren, 1866
Polycirrus Grube, 1850

Literature

original description	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.
additional source	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
additional source	Claus, C. (1880). Grundzüge der Zoologie, zum wissenschaftlichen gebrauche [fourth edition]. [Principles of Zoology, for scientific use [fourth edition]]. N.G. Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg. 1: 1-822. [Copepoda :543-560].
taxonomy source	Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Hutchings, Pat. 2013. The continuing challenge of phylogenetic relationships in Terebelliformia (Annelida : Polychaeta). Invertebrate Systematics 27(2): 186-238
taxonomy source	Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2020). Revision of the French Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa. 4869(2): 151-186.
taxonomy source	Stiller, Josefin; Tilic, Ekin; Rousset, Vincent; Pleijel, Fredrick; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). Spaghetti to a tree: A robust phylogeny for Terebelliformia (Annelida) based on transcriptomes, molecular and morphological Data. Biology. 9(4): 73 [29 pp. + supplementary material].
taxonomy source	Holthe, T. (1986). Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. Gunneria. 55: 1-236.
identification resource	Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2020). Revision of the French Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa. 4869(2): 151-186.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrini Malmgren, 1866. 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:181512