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Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851

919  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:919)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Cirratuliformia (Suborder)
  9. Cirratulidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Aphelochaeta Blake, 1991
  2. Genus Caulleriella Chamberlin, 1919
  3. Genus Chaetocirratulus Blake, 2018
  4. Genus Chaetozone Malmgren, 1867
  5. Genus Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818
  6. Genus Cirriformia Hartman, 1936
  7. Subfamily Ctenodrilinae Kennel, 1882
    1. Genus Aphropharynx Wilfert, 1974
    2. Genus Ctenodrilus Claparède, 1863
    3. Genus Parthenope Schmidt, 1857 accepted as Ctenodrilus Claparède, 1863 (junior homonym, replaced by junior synonym Ctenodrilus)
  8. Genus Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843
  9. Genus Fauvelicirratulus Çinar & Petersen, 2011
  10. Genus Kirkegaardia Blake, 2016
  11. Genus Protocirrineris Czerniavsky, 1881
  12. Subfamily Raphidrilinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
    1. Genus Raphidrilus Monticelli, 1910
    2. Genus Raricirrus Hartman, 1961
    3. Genus Rhaphidrilus [auct. misspelling for 'raphidrilus'] accepted as Raphidrilus Monticelli, 1910 (misspelling)
  13. Genus Tharyx Webster & Benedict, 1887
  14. Genus Timarete Kinberg, 1866
  15. Genus Ambo Chamberlin, 1918 accepted as Timarete Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
  16. Genus Archidice Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
  17. Genus Audouinea [auct. lapsus] accepted as Cirriformia Hartman, 1936 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling of Audouinia Quatrefages, 1866)
  18. Genus Audouinia Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Cirriformia Hartman, 1936 (junior homonym, replaced by Cirriformia Hartman)
  19. Genus Cirrhatula [auct. lapsus] accepted as Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818 (misspelling variant for Cirratulus)
  20. Genus Cirrhatulus [auct. lapsus] accepted as Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818 (misspelling variant for Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818)
  21. Genus Cirrinereis [auct. lapsus] accepted as Cirrhineris Blainville, 1828 (variant spelling of Cirrhineris as genus in Cirratulidae)
  22. Genus Cirrineris [auct. lapsus] accepted as Cirrhineris Blainville, 1828 (misspelling of Cirrhineris Blainville, 1828)
  23. Genus Heterocirrus Grube, 1855 accepted as Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
  24. Subfamily Heterodrilinae Monticelli, 1910 accepted as Raphidrilinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971 (based on stem name not in Ctenodrilidae Cirratulidae or Polychaeta)
  25. Genus Labranda Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Cirriformia Hartman, 1936 (subjective synonym)
  26. Genus Monticellina Laubier, 1961 accepted as Kirkegaardia Blake, 2016 (junior homonym)
  27. Genus Naraganseta Leidy, 1855 accepted as Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
  28. Genus Promenia Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonym)
  29. Genus Cirratulispio McIntosh, 1911 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable from description)
  30. Genus Cirrhineris Blainville, 1828 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  31. Genus Pentacirrus Wesenberg-Lund, 1958 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, based on probable juvenile)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ryckholt, Philippe de (Baron). (1851). Mélanges paléontologiques. Part 1. <em>Memoires Couronnes et Memoires des Savants Etrangers de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 24: 1-176, plates 1-10., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2718124
page(s): 29; note: Probable first usage of the word 'Cirratulidae', but used without context or reference to the nominal genus, and certainly without any 'original description' [details] OpenAccess publication

Carus, J. Victor 1863. Vermes, in W. C. H. Peters, J.V. Carus and C.E.A. Gerstäcker eds., Handbuch der zoologie: Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, p. 422-484., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1092677
page(s): 441 [as Family Cirratulida] [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=919 on 2024-11-14
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2014-07-15 21:59:31Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2017-12-22 02:09:58Z
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Read, Geoffrey

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original description Ryckholt, Philippe de (Baron). (1851). Mélanges paléontologiques. Part 1. <em>Memoires Couronnes et Memoires des Savants Etrangers de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 24: 1-176, plates 1-10., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2718124
page(s): 29; note: Probable first usage of the word 'Cirratulidae', but used without context or reference to the nominal genus, and certainly without any 'original description' [details] OpenAccess publication

original description Carus, J. Victor 1863. Vermes, in W. C. H. Peters, J.V. Carus and C.E.A. Gerstäcker eds., Handbuch der zoologie: Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, p. 422-484., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1092677
page(s): 441 [as Family Cirratulida] [details] 

taxonomy source Wolf, Paul S. (1984). Family Cirratulidae Carus, 1863. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2. Chapter Pagination: 12.1-12.30, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
page(s): 12.1 [details] 

taxonomy source Blake, James A. (2018). Bitentaculate Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected chiefly during cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun, USNS Eltanin, USCG Glacier, R/V Hero, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, and R/V Polarstern from the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, and off Western South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4537(1): 1-130., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4537.1.1
note: 41 species, including 27 new species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Blake, James A.; Dean, Harlan K. (2019). New Species of Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4671(3): 301-338., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4671.3.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Grosse, Maël; Bakken, Torkild; Nygren, Arne; Kongsrud, Jon A.; Capa, María. (2020). Species delimitation analyses of NE Atlantic Chaetozone (Annelida, Cirratulidae) reveals hidden diversity among a common and abundant marine annelid. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 149: 106852: 1-12., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579032030124X
note: molecular data show genera Chaetozone, Dodecaceria and Cirratulus are recovered monophyletic [details] 

taxonomy source Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. Including a revision of the genera and species from the eastern North Pacific. pages 263-384. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details] 

taxonomy source Grube, A.E. (1873). Die Familie der Cirratuliden. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 50: 59-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38491133 [details] 

additional source 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] 

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Petit, R. E. (1987). Ryckholt's <i>Mélanges Paléontologiques</i>, 1851-1862, with a new name for <i>Tudicula</i> H. & A. Adams, non Ryckholt. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 139: 53-64., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/4064894 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Authority Carus (1863: 441) used 'Cirratulida' as a family in a formal way, including in it the nomimal genus Cirratulus and also Dodecaceria (as Dodecaceraea [sic]). Ryckholt's (1851: 29) use of the word Cirratulidae predates that of Carus, but is of a very incidental and informal nature (as shown below) in a work on fossils. The view of Rosenberg & Petit (1987: 57) was that it was valid, and on that basis Blake (1996: 264 footnote) attributed Ryckholt as the author of Cirratulidae. Ryckholt's reference in full is "Des corps serpulaires, pourvus d'une enveloppe coriace, herissee de courtes tubulures, semblent avoir appartenu a des animaux voisins des Holothuridae ou Cirratulidae; ils atteignent une longueur de plus d'un pied et sont enroules en anneaux laches" [approx translation: Serpular bodies, furnished with a leathery envelope, with short tubules, seem to have belonged to animals neighboring Holothuridae or Cirratulidae; they reach a length of more than a foot and are wrapped in loose rings.] As this usage includes the stem of a valid generic name it seems acceptable according to the ICZN code for a family name usage prior to 1930, after which a definition of the family was required. As Ryckholt did not decide which his animals were (Holothuridae or Cirratulidae) this assignment would be too ambivalent for availability after 1930. Since Blake (1996) the authorship as Ryckholt has been adopted over authorship by Carus seemingly universally (eg the Rouse & Pleijel 2001 'Polychaetes' book) but without comment or attribution. Probably these subsequent authors did not examine Ryckholt's work themselves. Although likely not unavailable technically it should be apparent that Ryckholt's usage is meaningless as a contribution to an understanding of Annelida family classification [G. Read, December 2017]. [details]

Classification Pseudocirratulus Augener, 1922 is moved to Polychaeta Incertae sedis as it is not a Cirratulidae and its affinities are uncertain (Petersen, 1994) [details]

Unreviewed
Classification Placed under Spionida [details]
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LanguageName 
English red threads wormscirratulidscirratulid worms  [details]
German RankenwürmerFadenkiemer  [details]
Japanese ミズヒキゴカイ科  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirratulidae) 
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