Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Aphroditiformia

Sigalionidae Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Pholoididae Fauchald, 1977 heterotypic synonym
Pisionidae Southern, 1914 heterotypic synonym

Children

Euthalenessa Darboux, 1900
Fimbriosthenelais Pettibone, 1971
Labioleanira Pettibone, 1992
Leanira Kinberg, 1856
Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970
Parasthenelais Amoureux, 1972
Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919
Pholoides Pruvot, 1895
Pisione Grube, 1857
Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830
Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856
Sthenolepis Willey, 1905

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: scaleworms

Literature

original description

Malmgren, A. J. 1867. Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Groenlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingfors. 127pp, & 115 plates

basis of record

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

Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. 2003. The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 559: 167pp.

identification resource

Chambers, S.J.; Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). 54: 1-202.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2014). Sigalionidae Malmgren, 1867. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:943

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2013-11-17 by Geoffrey Read

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