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

Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ツメゴカイ科

Literature

original description

Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 227(1): 1-356.

additional source

Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Peixoto, Antonio J. M. (2018). First record of Trochochaeta japonica (Annelida: Spionidae) in Brazil with identification key to species of the genus. Zootaxa. 4462(4): 566–578.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963. 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:915

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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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