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Polynoidae

Also known as: Polynoids, Scale Worm, Scale worm, Scaleworms, Schuppenwürmer, Skælrygge, polynoids, ryggfjällsmaskar

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAnnelida
ClassPolychaeta
OrderPhyllodocida
FamilyPolynoidae
Published inKinberg, J. G. H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]. https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=10102
HabitatMARINE
Genera176
Species records held930
Descendant taxa (GBIF)1546
GBIF key7078

Genera in Polynoidae

Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.