Parergodrilidae

Parergodrilidae is an enigmatic family of polychaetes with only two genera, one living on the coast, the other terrestrial.

Parergodrilidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Sedentaria
Order: Orbiniida (?)
Family: Parergodrilidae

They share much in common with the clitellates, but molecular data place them with Questa and Orbiniidae.[1]

References
  1. Purschke, Günter; Fursman, Mary C. (2005). "Spermatogenesis and Spermatozoa in Stygocapitella subterranea (Annelida, Parergodrilidae), an Enigmatic Supralittoral Polychaete". Zoomorphology. 124 (3): 137–148. doi:10.1007/s00435-005-0001-x. S2CID 32109905.


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