Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856 
AphiaID: 943

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Errantia > Phyllodocida > Aphroditiformia > Sigalionidae

Status		accepted
Rank		Family
Parent		Aphroditiformia
Synonymised names		Pisionidae Ehlers, 1901 (subjective synonym)
Sources		original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54201#page/395/mode/1up page(s): 387; note: uses Family "Sigalionina" based on Sigalion and includes Sthenelais and Sigalion [details] additional source 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] redescription 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): 16; note: probably first use of Sigalionidae as a spelling [details] identification resource Barnich, Ruth. (2011). Identification of scale worms in British and Irish waters. NMBAQC 2010 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory. 52 pp., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys/identification-of-scale-worms.aspx [details] identification resource Chambers, S.J.; Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). 54: 1-202. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 141 [details] [show all]
Direct child taxa (3) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Genus Pisione Grube, 1857 Genus Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830 Genus Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)  To GenBank   To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:943
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2007-01-18 14:44:44Z   changed   Barnich, Ruth 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2012-09-19 03:31:54Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey 2013-11-17 03:35:09Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey 2017-04-29 08:24:52Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2017). Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2017). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=943 on 2017-06-25