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Polychaeta

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
CLASS
Published in
Grube, & Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. Archiv Für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 16(1): 249–364. https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=50033

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Polychaeta

Name

Synonyms
Lysareunicidae
Homonyms
Polychaeta
Polychaeta Macquart, 1851
Common names
Bristle Worms in English
Bristle Worms in English
Havbørsteorme in Danish
Paddle-footed Annelids in English
Paddle-footed Annelids in English
Polychaetes in English
Polychaetes in English
Vers annelés marins, Polychètes in French
bristle worms in English
bristle worms in English
corrupto in Portuguese
havsborstmaskar in Swedish
monisukasmadot in Finnish
paddle-footed annelids in English
poliqueto in Portuguese
polychaetes in English
polychètes in French
Polychaete Worms in English
Polychaete Worms in English
bristle worms in English
bristle worms in English
fleirbørstemakkar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
flerbørstemarker in Norwegian Bokmål
havsborstmaskar in Swedish
Borstenwürmer in German
Borstenwürmer in German
Polychaeten in German
Polychaeten in German
Polychete Worms in English
Polychete Worms in English
Polychetes in English
Polychetes in English
Vielborster in German
Vielborster in German
borstelwormen in Dutch
borstelwormen in Dutch
fleirbørstemakk in Nynorsk, Norwegian
flerbørstemark in Norwegian Bokmål
havsborstmaskar in Swedish
havsborstmaskar in Swedish
polychaetes in English
polychaetes in English
polychete worms in English
polychete worms in English
polychetes in English
polychetes in English
veelborsteligen in Dutch
veelborsteligen in Dutch
多毛綱 in Japanese
多毛綱 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Bakken, Torkild; Sneli, Jon-Arne. 2009. Obituary Torleif Holthe (1946-2007). Zoosymposia 2: 13-16
  2. Bakken, Torkild; Sneli, Jon-Arne. 2009. Obituary Torleif Holthe (1946-2007). Zoosymposia 2: 13-16
  3. Bhaud, M. R.; Cazaux, Claude P.; with contributions from Watson Russell, C; Lefevre, M. (1987). Description and identification of polychaete larvae; their implications in current biological problems. <em>Oceanis.</em> 13(6): : 595-753.
  4. Bhaud, M. R.; Cazaux, Claude P.; with contributions from Watson Russell, C; Lefevre, M. (1987). Description and identification of polychaete larvae; their implications in current biological problems. <em>Oceanis.</em> 13(6): : 595-753.
  5. Blake, J.A. 1994. Introduction to the Polychaeta, in J.A. Blake and B. Hilbig eds., Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, p. 39-113.
  6. Blake, J.A. 1994. Introduction to the Polychaeta, in J.A. Blake and B. Hilbig eds., Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, p. 39-113.
  7. Blake, James A.; Ruff, R. Eugene (2007). Polychaeta. In: Carlton, J.T. (ed.). The Light and Smith Manual. Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon, pp. 309-410. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  8. Blake, James A.; Ruff, R. Eugene (2007). Polychaeta. In: Carlton, J.T. (ed.). The Light and Smith Manual. Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon, pp. 309-410. University of California Press, Berkeley.
  9. Brusca R.C. & Brusca G.J. (2003). Invertabrates. 2nd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, p. 936.
  10. Brusca R.C. & Brusca G.J. (2003). Invertabrates. 2nd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, p. 936.
  11. Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878.
  12. Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878.
  13. Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny. 2009. Obituary Jorgen Bagger Kirkegaard (1920-2006). Zoosymposia 2: 17-20
  14. Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny. 2009. Obituary Jorgen Bagger Kirkegaard (1920-2006). Zoosymposia 2: 17-20
  15. Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575.
  16. Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575.
  17. Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188.
  18. Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188.
  19. Fauchald, K., and G. W. Rouse, 1997: Polychaete systematics: Past and present. Zoologica Scripta, vol. 26, no. 2. 71-138.
  20. Fauchald, K.; Rouse, G.W. (1997). Polychaete systematics: past and present. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 26(2), 71-138.
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