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

Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Telethusae*	Savigny, 1822	synonym

Children

Abarenicola Wells, 1959
Arenicola Lamarck, 1801
Arenicolides Mesnil, 1898
Branchiomaldane Langerhans, 1881

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: wadpieren 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: lug worms; lugworms sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Wells, G. P. 1963. The lugworms of the southern cold temperate zone (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 140(1): 121-159.

German: Sandwürmer sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: タマシキゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Johnston, G. (1835). Illustrations in British Zoology (45 Lernaea uncinata, 46 Arenicola ecaudata). Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology. 8:565-569, figs. 53-54. (x-1835).
additional source	Wells, G. P. (1980). The species problem in lugworms and other Polychaeta. In Gunawardana, T.T.P., Prematilleka, L. & Silva, R. (Eds). P.E.P. Deraniyagala commemoration volume. Lake House Investments Ltd, Colombo. 392pp. Chapter Pagination: 355-366.
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 Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 7. Chapter Pagination: 58.1-58.2, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
taxonomy source	Darbyshire, Teresa. (2018). Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835. [book, online]. 23 pp. In.Handbook of Zoology [Annelida], de Gruyter.
ecology source	Dille, Marthe R.; Kongsrud, Jon A.; Hektoen, Martin M.; Bakken, Torkild. (2024). Arenicolidae (Annelida) in Norwegian waters: Species occurrence, bathymetric distribution and identification of juvenile specimens. African Zoology. Efirst: 1-8.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835. 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:922