Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Aciculata > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Phyllodocida incertae sedis > Family Sphaerodoridae > Genus Sphaerodorum

Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerodorum*	Örsted, 1843	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231
basis of record	Johnston, George. 1865. A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]
basis of record	Fauchald, K. 1974. Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. Journal of Natural History, 8: 257-289.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	ITIS database
source of synonymy	Pettibone, Marian H. 1963. Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 227(1): 1-356.

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External Links

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Citation

Bellan, G. (2011). Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed) (2011). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://wwwmarinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131100