Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia

Eunicida

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919
Eunicea
Eunicida fossil incertae sedis
Eunicidae Berthold, 1827
Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861
Oenonidae Kinberg, 1865
Onuphidae Kinberg, 1865

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: イソメ目

Literature

basis of record

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.

additional source

Orensanz, J.M. (1990). The Eunicemorph polychaete annelids from Antarctic and Subantarctic Seas. With addenda to the Eunicemorpha of Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and the Southern Indian Ocean. Antarctic Research Series. 52: 1-183.

identification resource

George, J. D.; Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1985). Polychaetes: British Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 32. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07580-1. vii, 221 pp.

identification resource

Orensanz, J.M. (1990). The Eunicemorph polychaete annelids from Antarctic and Subantarctic Seas. With addenda to the Eunicemorpha of Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and the Southern Indian Ocean. Antarctic Research Series. 52: 1-183.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Eunicida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=895

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2014-02-18 by Geoffrey Read

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