Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Amphinomida

Amphinomidae Lamarck, 1818

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Amphinominae Lamarck, 1818
Archinominae Kudenov, 1991

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウミケムシ科

Literature

original description	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière.
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 Amphinomidae Savigny, 1818. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 5. Chapter Pagination: 37.1-37.12, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
identification resource	Kudenov, Jerry D. (1993). Amphinomidae and Euphrosinidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) principally from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, and Subantarctic regions. Antarctic Research Series, Ser. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XXII. 58: 93-150.
biology source	Fauvel, Pierre. (1953). Annélides polychètes non pélagiques. Expédition Océanographique Belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949). Résultats Scientifiques, Institut Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 4(4): 1-56.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphinomidae Lamarck, 1818. 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:960