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

Acrocirridae Banse, 1969

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acrocirrus Grube, 1873
Actaedrilus Jimi, Fujimoto & Imura, 2020
Chauvinelia Laubier, 1974
Flabelligella Hartman, 1965
Flabelligena Gillet, 2001
Macrochaeta Grube, 1850

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クマノアツシキ科

Literature

original description	Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 26(10): 2595-2620.
basis of record	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.
taxonomy source	Wolf, Paul S. (1984). Family Acrocirridae, Banse, 1969. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2. Chapter Pagination: 13.1-13.7, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
taxonomy source	Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama.
identification resource	Salazar-Vallejo, S.I.; Gillet, P.; Carrera-Parra, L.F. (2007). Revision of Chauvinelia, redescriptions of Flabelliseta incrusta, and Helmetophorus rankini, and their recognition as acrocirrids (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 87(02): 465-477.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Acrocirridae Banse, 1969. 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:920