MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867

WoRMS taxon details

Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867

AphiaID

957 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:957)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Phyllodocida incertae sedis

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Genus Clavodorum Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Genus Commensodorum Fauchald, 1974
Genus Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919
Genus Ephesiopsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Genus Euritmia Sarda-Borroy, 1987
Genus Geminofilum Capa, Nygren, Parapar, Bakken, Meißner & Moreira, 2019
Genus Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972
Genus Sphaerodoridium Lützen, 1961
Genus Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Genus Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
Genus Thysanoplea Schmidt, 1857
Genus Amacrodorum Kudenov, 1987 accepted as Euritmia Sarda-Borroy, 1987 (subjective synonym)
Genus Bebryce [Thompson, 1844] (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unavailable as no description, unavailable as junior homonym)
Genus Ephesia Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (junior homonym, replaced by synonym)
Genus Pollicita Johnston, 1845 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature Fauchald (1974:257) reviews the complicated history of generic synonyms in Sphaerodoridae.

Nomenclature Fauchald (1974:257) reviews the complicated history of generic synonyms in Sphaerodoridae. [details]

Nomenclature Malmgren (1867:79) used "Spaerodoridae" [sic, in capitals with ligature ae] for the family name for Ephesia gracilis [now...

Nomenclature Malmgren (1867:79) used "Spaerodoridae" [sic, in capitals with ligature ae] for the family name for Ephesia gracilis [now Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843)] of which he gives a full description. No other taxa are recorded. Presumably the spelling without 'h' was a printing lapsus. He apparently included Sphaerodorum and Pollicita as junior to Ephesia. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

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Nomenclature

original description Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. Journal of Natural History. 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241 [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. Cladistics. 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Capa, Maria; Bakken, Torkild. (2015). Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species. Zootaxa. 4000(2): 227-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.3
note: Australian species key and tabulation [details] Available for editors

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