Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia

Apistobranchidae Mesnil & Caullery, 1898

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Apistobranchus Levinsen, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ハグルマゴカイ科

Literature

original description

Mesnil, Félix; Caullery, Maurice. (1898). Études de morphologie externe chez les annélides. IV. La famille nouvelle des Leviséniens. Révision des Ariciens - affinités des deux familles. Les Apistobranchiens. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique. 31: 126-151, plate VI.

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

Gathof, Jerry M. (1984). Family Apistobranchidae Mesnil & Caullery, 1898. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2. Chapter Pagination: 5.1-5.3, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Apistobranchidae Mesnil & Caullery, 1898. 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:912

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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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Last modified

2008-03-26 by Kristian Fauchald

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