Order TEREBELLIDA

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The name Terebellida was first used by Dales (1962) with the rank of order, and included Ampharetidae, Pectinariidae, and Terebellidae. Dales made no mention of the Trichobranchidae, but this may have been an oversight. Prior to this, the names Terebellomorpha or Terebelliformia had often been used for essentially the same grouping of taxa. Exceptionally, Holthe (1986) continued with the use of the name Terebellomorpha, with the rank of order, to group Alvinellidae, Ampharetidae, Pectinariidae, Terebellidae, and Trichobranchidae. Fauchald (1977) included Boguidae and Sabellariidae in Terebellida, in addition to the usually included taxa. Boguidae has now been shown to be a member of Maldanidae (Wolf 1983) - Maldanidae is a member of the Scolecida.

After Rouse (2000).

General References

Dales, R.P. 1962. The polychaete stomatodeum and the inter-relationship of the families of the Polychaeta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 139: 389-428

Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms. Definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Series 28: 1-188

Holthe, T. 1986. Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway : Norwegian University Press Vol. 7 192 pp.

Rouse, G.W. 2000. Terebellida. pp. 201-202 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Glasby, C.J. (eds). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 Part A xii 1-465 pp.

Wolf, P.S. 1983. A revision of the Bogueidae Hartman and Fauchald 1971, and its reduction to Bogueinae, a subfamily of Maldanidae (Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96: 238-249

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