WoRMS taxon details
Spioniformia
- Family Apistobranchidae Mesnil & Caullery, 1898
- Family Poecilochaetidae Hannerz, 1956
- Family Spionidae Grube, 1850
- Family Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963
- Family Uncispionidae Green, 1982
- Family Disomidae Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963 (based on an invalid genus, Disoma (junior homonym))
- Family Polydoridae Benham, 1896 accepted as Spionidae Grube, 1850 (unused at family rank, some informal use downgraded to tribe Polydorini)
marine
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spioniformia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=909 on 2024-11-21
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basis of record
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Suborder Spioniformia at present is a superfluous rank since there are no other suborders in Order Spionida [details]
