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Orbiniidae
Orbinia sertulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Infraclass: Scolecida
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Orbiniidae
Hartman, 1942
Genera
See text
Synonyms

Questidae

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]

The family was revised in 1957 by Olga Hartman [3] and some further revisions were made by Blake in 2000. [4]

Genera

References

  1. ^ a b World Register of Marine Species
  2. ^ Orbiniidae polychaetes (Polychaeta: Scolecida) from Coiba Island, eastern Pacific of Panama, with description of a new species
  3. ^ Hartman, O. 1957. Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. 15: 211-393.
  4. ^ 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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Orbiniidae
Orbinia sertulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Infraclass: Scolecida
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Orbiniidae
Hartman, 1942
Genera
See text
Synonyms

Questidae

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]

The family was revised in 1957 by Olga Hartman [3] and some further revisions were made by Blake in 2000. [4]

Genera

References

  1. ^ a b World Register of Marine Species
  2. ^ Orbiniidae polychaetes (Polychaeta: Scolecida) from Coiba Island, eastern Pacific of Panama, with description of a new species
  3. ^ Hartman, O. 1957. Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. 15: 211-393.
  4. ^ 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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