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

Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Scalibregmidae*	Malmgren, 1867	orthographic variant

Children

Asclerocheilus Ashworth, 1901
Lipobranchius Cunningham & Ramage, 1888
Polyphysia Quatrefages, 1866
Pseudoscalibregma Ashworth, 1901
Scalibregma Rathke, 1843
Sclerobregma Hartman, 1965
Sclerocheilus Grube, 1863

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トノサマゴカイ科

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	Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 129-144. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
additional source	Kudenov, Jerry D. and Blake, J.A. 1978. A review of the genera and species of the Scalibregmidae (Polychaeta) with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from Australia. Journal of Natural History, 12: 427-444.
additional source	Bertelsen, Rodney D. and Weston, Donald P. 1980. A new species of Sclerobregma (Polychaeta: Scalibregmatidae) from off the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93(3): 708-713.
taxonomy source	Parapar, Julio; Martínez, Alejandro; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Opheliidae and Scalibregmatidae. Diversity. 13(2): 1-34.
identification resource	Blake, J.A. (1981). The Scalibregmatidae (Annelida:Polychaeta) from South America and Antarctica collected chiefly during the cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun, R.V. Hero and USNS Eltanin. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94(4): 1131-1162.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=925