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

Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aricidea Webster, 1879
Cirrophorus Ehlers, 1908
Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897
Paradoneis Hartman, 1965
Paraonides Cerruti, 1909
Paraonis Grube, 1873

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒメエラゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Cerruti, Attilio. (1909). Contributo all'anatomia, biologia e sistematica delle Paraonidae (Levinsenidae) con particolare riguardo alle specie del golfo di Napoli. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 19(3): 459-512, plates 18-19.
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	Langeneck, Joachim; Barbieri, Michele; Maltagliati, Ferruccio; Castelli, Alberto. (2019). Molecular phylogeny of Paraonidae (Annelida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 1-13.
identification resource	Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909. pages 27-70. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
identification resource	López, Eduardo; Sikorski, Andrey. (2017). The Paraonidae (Annelida: Sedentaria) from Norway and adjacent seas, with two new species, four new records, and a redescription of Paraonides nordica Strelzov, 1968 based on type material. Zootaxa. 4320(1): 41-67.
identification resource	Strelzov, V.E. (1973). МНОГОЩЕТИНКОВЫЕ ЧЕРВИ семейства Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [Polychaete worms of the family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria)]. Akademia Nauk. Moscow. 1-170.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=903