Fauveliopsidae

Fauveliopsidae is a family of polychaetes belonging to the order Terebellida.[2][1] The genus name honours Pierre Fauvel.[3]

Fauveliopsidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Sedentaria
Order: Terebellida
Family: Fauveliopsidae
Hartman, 1971[1]

It is a small family, containing only three genera and about twenty species. They are benthic animals, noted for their habit of sometimes living in the empty shells of dead gastropods, scaphopods, and foraminiferans.[4]

Genera:[2]

  • Fauveliopsis McIntosh, 1922
  • Laubieriopsis Petersen, 2000
  • Riseriopsis Salazar-Vallejo, Zhadan & Rizzo, 2019

References

  1. "IRMNG - Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  2. "Fauveliopsidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; Zhadan, Anna E.; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2019-07-12). "Revision of Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971 (Annelida, Sedentaria)". Zootaxa. 4637 (1): 1–67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4637.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. Zhadan, Anna; Atroshchenko, Margarita (2012-06-04). "A new species of Fauveliopsidae (Annelida) from the North Sea". ZooKeys. 181: 1–10. doi:10.3897/zookeys.181.2712. ISSN 1313-2970.
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