Taxonomy Profile: Polychaeta

Polychaeta: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Class
Synonym(s):
Lysareunicidae
Polychaeta
Common Name(s):
paddle-footed annelids []
polychaetes []
corrupto []
poliqueto []
polychètes []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Polychaeta: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Annelida
annelids |
Anelídeo |
minhoca |
sanguessuga |
annélides |
Class : Polychaeta
paddle-footed annelids |
polychaetes |
corrupto |
poliqueto |
polychètes |
Polychaeta Direct Children(s):
Spintheridae
(Johnston 1865)
Histriobdellidae
(Vaillant 1890)
Nerillidae
(Levinsen 1883)
Protodrilidae
(Czerniavsky 1881)
Dinophilidae
(Remane 1932)
Saccocirridae
(Czerniavsky 1881)
Polygordiidae
(Czerniavsky 1881)
Diurodrilidae
(Kristensen and Niilonen 1982)
Protodriloididae
(Purschke and Jouin 1988)
Polychaeta: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Kristian Fauchald
Notes:
Research Zoologist, Curator of Worms, Department of Systematic Biology, Invertebrate Zoology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA
Reference for:
Polychaeta
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Polychaeta
Source:
ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy
Acquired:
2013-08-01
Notes:
M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall
Reference for:
Polychaeta
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Fauchald, K., and G. W. Rouse
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-04-01 / 1997-04-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Polychaete systematics: Past and present
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zoologica Scripta, vol. 26, no. 2
Page(s):
71-138
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0300-3256
Notes:
Reference for:
Polychaeta
Polychaeta: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Polychaeta: Comments
Comment:
The polychaetes are now treated as a suphylum