| Orbiniidae | |
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| Orbinia sertulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Order: | Orbiniida |
| Family: | Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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 Hartman3 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
References
- 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.