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

Trichobranchidae Malmgren, 1866

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Trichobranchinae*	Malmgren, 1866	synonym; nom. superfl.

Children

Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
Terebellides Sars, 1835
Trichobranchus Malmgren, 1866

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: タマグシフサゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.
identification resource	Jirkov, I. A. and Leontovitch, M. K. (2013). Identification keys for Terebellomorpha (Polychaeta) of the eastern Atlantic and the North Polar basin. Invertebrate Zoology [aka Zoologiya Bespozvonochnykh]. 10 (2): 217 - 243.
identification resource	Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat; Daffe, Gullemine; Nygren, Arne; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2019). A revision of the French Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta), with descriptions of nine new species. Zootaxa. 4664(2): 151-190.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Trichobranchidae Malmgren, 1866. 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:983