Orbiniidae
Orbiniidae is a family of polychaete worms.[1] Orbiniids are mostly unselective deposit feeders on marine detritus. They can be found from the neritic zone to abyssal depths.[2]
| Orbiniidae | |
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| Orbinia sertulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Sedentaria |
| Infraclass: | Scolecida |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
The family was revised in 1957 by Hartman [3] and some further revisions were made by Blake in 2000.[4]
Genera
- Alcandra
- Aricia Savigny, 1820
- Berkeleyia
- Branchethus
- Califia
- Clytie
- Falklandiella
- Labotas
- Lacydes
- Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977
- Leodamas
- Microrbinia Hartman, 1965
- Naidonereis
- Nainereis Blainville, 1828
- Naineris Blainville, 1828
- Orbinella
- Orbinia Quatrefages, 1865
- Orbiniella Day, 1954
- Paraorbiniella Rullier, 1974
- Pararicia
- Pettibonella
- Phylo Kinberg, 1865
- Phylodamas
- Porcia
- Proscoloplos
- Protoaricia Czerniavsky, 1881
- Protoariciella Hartmann-Schroder, 1962
- Schroederella Laubier, 1962
- Scolaricia
- Scoloplella Day, 1963
- Scoloplos Blainville, 1828
- Scoloplosia
- Theodisca
- Uncorbinia
- Uschakovius Laubier, 1973 [1]
References
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- World Register of Marine Species
- Orbiniidae polychaetes (Polychaeta: Scolecida) from Coiba Island, eastern Pacific of Panama, with description of a new species
- Hartman, O. 1957. Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. 15: 211-393.
- Blake, J.A. 2000. A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. Cah. Biol. Mar. 41: 435-449.
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