Orbiniidae

Orbiniidae
Scoloplos armiger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Subclass: Scolecida
Family: Orbiniidae [1]
Genera
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Orbiniidae is a family of polychaete worms. Orbiniids are mostly unselective deposit feeders on marine detritus. They can be found from the neritic zone to abyssal depths.[2]

The family was revised in 1957 by Hartman [3] and some further revisions were made by Blake in 2000.[4]

Genera

  • Alcandra
  • Aricia Savigny, 1820
  • Berkeleyia
  • Branchethus
  • Califia
  • Clytie
  • Falklandiella
  • Labotas
  • Lacydes
  • Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977
  • Leodamas
  • Microrbinia Hartman, 1965
  • Naidonereis
  • Nainereis Blainville, 1828
  • Naineris Blainville, 1828
  • Orbinella
  • Orbinia Quatrefages, 1865
  • Orbiniella Day, 1954
  • Paraorbiniella Rullier, 1974
  • Pararicia
  • Pettibonella
  • Phylo Kinberg, 1865
  • Phylodamas
  • Porcia
  • Proscoloplos
  • Protoaricia Czerniavsky, 1881
  • Protoariciella Hartmann-Schroder, 1962
  • Schroederella Laubier, 1962
  • Scolaricia
  • Scoloplella Day, 1963
  • Scoloplos Blainville, 1828
  • Scoloplosia
  • Theodisca
  • Uncorbinia
  • Uschakovius Laubier, 1973 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b World Register of Marine Species
  2. ^ Orbiniidae polychaetes (Polychaeta: Scolecida) from Coiba Island, eastern Pacific of Panama, with description of a new species
  3. ^ Hartman, O. 1957. Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. 15: 211-393.
  4. ^ Blake, J.A. 2000. A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. Cah. Biol. Mar. 41: 435-449.