Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Superclass Annelida incertae sedis

Diurodrilidae Kristensen & Niilonen, 1982

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Diurodrilus Remane, 1925

original description	Kristensen, Reinhardt M. and Niilonen, Tonny 1982. Structural studies on Diurodrilus Remane (Diurodrilidae fam.n.), with description of Diurodrilus westheidei sp.n. from the Arctic interstitial meiobenthos, W. Greenland. Zoologica Scripta, 11(1): 1-12.
additional source	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 44(1): 67-95.
additional source	Kristensen, Reinhardt M. and Eibye-Jacobsen, D. 1995. Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis and spermatozoa in Diurodrilus subterraneus (Polychaeta, Diurodrilidae). Zoomorphology 115: 117-132.
status source	Worsaae, K.; Rouse, G. W. (2008). Is Diurodrilus an annelid?. Journal of Morphology. 269(12): 1426-1455.
status source	Golombek, Anja; Tobergte, Sarah; Nesnidal, Maximilian P.; Purschke, Günter; Struck, Torsten H. (2013). Mitochondrial genomes to the rescue – Diurodrilidae in the myzostomid trap. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68(2): 312-326.

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Diurodrilidae Kristensen & Niilonen, 1982. 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:18912