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

Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
Lumbriclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
Maldaninae Malmgren, 1867
Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1906
Notoproctinae Detinova, 1985
Proclymene Arwidsson, 1906
Rhodininae Arwidsson, 1906

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: bamboewormen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: bamboo worms sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: タケフシゴカイ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Мальданиды

Literature

original description	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
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.
status source	De Assis, José Eriberto; Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within Maldanidae (Capitellida, Annelida), based on morphological characters. Systematics and Biodiversity 9(3): 233-245
status source	Kobayashi, Genki; Goto, Ryutaro; Takano, Tsuyoshi; Kojima, Shigeaki. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Maldanidae (Annelida): Multiple losses of tube-capping plates and evolutionary shifts in habitat depth. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 332-344.
identification resource	Garwood, P. R. (2007). Family Maldanidae - A guide to species in waters around the British Isles. NMBAQC 2006 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory. 30p.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867. 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:923