Fauveliopsidae
Fauveliopsidae is a family of polychaetes belonging to the order Terebellida.[2][1] The genus name honours Pierre Fauvel.[3]
Fauveliopsidae | |
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Scientific 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
- "IRMNG - Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- "Fauveliopsidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- 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.
- 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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