WoRMS taxon details
Polynoinae Kinberg, 1856
155091 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155091)
accepted
Subfamily
Polynoe Lamarck, 1818 (type by subsequent designation)
Acholoinae Pettibone, 1996 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmothoinae Willey, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Genus Acanthicolepis McIntosh, 1900
- Genus Acholoe Claparède, 1870
- Genus Antarctinoe Barnich, Fiege, Micaletto & Gambi, 2006
- Genus Antinoe Kinberg, 1856
- Genus Arcteobia Annenkova, 1937
- Genus Arctonoella Buzhinskaja, 1967
- Genus Australonoe Hanley, 1993
- Genus Austrolaenilla Bergström, 1916
- Genus Barnichia Salazar-Vallejo, 2024
- Genus Barrukia Bergström, 1916
- Genus Bathynotalia Levenstein, 1982
- Genus Bayerpolynoe Pettibone, 1991
- Genus Brychionoe Hanley & Burke, 1991
- Genus Bylgides Chamberlin, 1919
- Genus Ceuthonoe Wang, Zhou & Wang, 2021
- Genus Enipo Malmgren, 1865
- Genus Eucranta Malmgren, 1865
- Genus Eunoe Malmgren, 1865
- Genus Gattyana McIntosh, 1897
- Genus Gaudichaudius Pettibone, 1986
- Genus Gorekia Bergström, 1916
- Genus Gorgoniapolynoe Pettibone, 1991
- Genus Grubeopolynoe Pettibone, 1969
- Genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856
- Genus Hartmania Pettibone, 1955
- Genus Hemilepidia Schmarda, 1861
- Genus Hermadion Kinberg, 1856
- Genus Hermadionella Uschakov, 1982
- Genus Hesperonoe Chamberlin, 1919
- Genus Heteropolynoe Bidenkap, 1907
- Genus Hololepidella Willey, 1905
- Genus Intoshella Darboux, 1899
- Genus Kermadecella Darboux, 1899
- Genus Lagisca Malmgren, 1865
- Genus Leucia Malmgren, 1867
- Genus Lobopelma Hanley, 1987
- Genus Malmgrenia McIntosh, 1874
- Genus Malmgreniella Hartman, 1967
- Genus Melaenis Malmgren, 1865
- Genus Neobylgides Pettibone, 1993
- Genus Neolagisca Barnich & Fiege, 2000
- Genus Neopolynoe Loshamn, 1981
- Genus Paradyte Pettibone, 1969
- Genus Paragattyana Pettibone, 1993
- Genus Paralentia Uschakov, 1982
- Genus Paralepidonotus Horst, 1915
- Genus Pararctonoella Pettibone, 1996
- Genus Pettibonesia Nemésio, 2006
- Genus Polyeunoa McIntosh, 1885
- Genus Polynoe Lamarck, 1818
- Genus Robertianella McIntosh, 1885
- Genus Rullieriella Pettibone, 1993
- Genus Russellhanleya Barnich, Fiege & Sun, 2004
- Genus Scalisetosus McIntosh, 1885
- Genus Subadyte Pettibone, 1969
- Genus Tenonia Nichols, 1969
- Genus Tottonpolynoe Pettibone, 1991
- Genus Verrucapelma Hanley & Burke, 1991
- Genus Webbnesia Núñez, Barnich & Monterroso, 2022
- Genus Ysideria Ruff, 1995
- Genus Andresia Prenant, 1924 accepted as Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (subjective synonym, unreplaced junior homonym)
- Genus Antinoana Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Bylgides Chamberlin, 1919 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Antinoella Augener, 1928 accepted as Bylgides Chamberlin, 1919 (superseded subsequent rank of subjective synonym)
- Genus Bylgia Théel, 1879 accepted as Bylgides Chamberlin, 1919 (synonym)
- Genus Dasylepis Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Acanthicolepis McIntosh, 1900 (replaced homonym)
- Genus Eunoa [auctt. misspelling for Eunoe] accepted as Eunoe Malmgren, 1865 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Eupolynoe Bidenkap, 1895 accepted as Neopolynoe Loshamn, 1981 (junior homonym, replaced by Neopolynoe)
- Genus Evarne Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Homonym, replacement Evarnella a synonym)
- Genus Evarnella Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Laenilla Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (subjective synonym, in part at least in Harmothoe)
- Genus Monocolea Costa, 1862 accepted as Malmgrenia McIntosh, 1874 (subjective synonymy of only species)
- Genus Nemidia Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Enipo Malmgren, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Nychia Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Gattyana McIntosh, 1897 (replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Paranychia Czerniavsky, 1882 accepted as Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Parapolynoe Czerniavsky, 1882 accepted as Polynoe Lamarck, 1818 (subjective synonymy of only species)
- Genus Parmenis Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Malmgrenia McIntosh, 1874 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Polyeunoe [auct. misspelling] accepted as Polyeunoa McIntosh, 1885 (lapsus)
- Genus Polynoa [subsequent misspelling of Polynoe] accepted as Polynoe Lamarck, 1818 (spelling variant used by Carrington & others)
- Genus Tricosmochaeta Morgera, 1918 accepted as Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (subjective synonymy of only species)
- Genus Wilsoniella Pettibone, 1993 accepted as Pettibonesia Nemésio, 2006 (replaced junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Status Polynoinae and Arctonoinae II sensu Wehe, 2006. Further to previous status note, Wehe, 2006 (following Barnich & Fiege,...
Status Polynoinae and Arctonoinae I sensu Barnich & Fiege, 2001. In the context of discussion of Malmgreniella, Barnich & Fiege...
Status Polynoinae and Arctonoinae II sensu Wehe, 2006. Further to previous status note, Wehe, 2006 (following Barnich & Fiege, 2001, 2003) explains that the subfamily characters used by Hanley (1989) are variable and do not allow unambiguous subfamily classification of all genera. Following Wehe, 2006, Hololepidella, Malmgreniella, Paradyte, and Subadyte (originally placed in Arctonoinae by Hanley, 1989) are here placed in Polynoinae while Australaugeneria and Gastrolepidia are retained in the Arctonoinae. Definition and membership of Polynoinae and Arctonoinae is unstable and can be expected to change. [details]
Status Polynoinae and Arctonoinae I sensu Barnich & Fiege, 2001. In the context of discussion of Malmgreniella, Barnich & Fiege...
Status Polynoinae and Arctonoinae I sensu Barnich & Fiege, 2001. In the context of discussion of Malmgreniella, Barnich & Fiege (2001:1121) were doubtful that all genera placed by Hanley in Arctonoinae belonged in the group, and suggested that a revision of the different genera grouped within the Arctonoinae and Polynoinae should be undertaken based on type material. Hanley had included Adyte Saint-Joseph, 1899; Paradyte Pettibone, 1969; Subadyte Pettibone, 1969; Pottsiscalisetosus Pettibone, 1969; Australaugeneria Pettibone, 1969; Hololepidella Pettibone, 1969, Neohololepidella Pettibone, 1969; Parahololepidella Pettibone, 1969; Minisculisquama Pettibone, I983; Disconatis Hanley and Burke, 1988.
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polynoinae Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155091 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Harmothoinae Willey, 1902) Willey, A. (1902). XII. Polychaeta In: Sharpe, B.; Bell, J. (eds). Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross",. pp. 262-283, plates 241-246. British Museum, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12554197
page(s): 263 [details]
original description (of Acholoinae Pettibone, 1996) Pettibone, Marian H. (1996). Revision of the scaleworm genera <i>Acholoe</i> Claparède, <i>Arctonoella</i> Buzhinskaja, and <i>Intoshella</i> Darboux (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of the new subfamily Acholoinae. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109(4): 629-644., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645240 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 263 [details]
original description (of Acholoinae Pettibone, 1996) Pettibone, Marian H. (1996). Revision of the scaleworm genera <i>Acholoe</i> Claparède, <i>Arctonoella</i> Buzhinskaja, and <i>Intoshella</i> Darboux (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of the new subfamily Acholoinae. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 109(4): 629-644., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645240 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2000). Revision of the Mediterranean species of <i>Harmothoe</i> Kinberg, 1856 and <i>Lagisca</i> Malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 34(10): 1889-1938., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930050144783 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Núñez, Jorge; Barnich, Ruth; Monterroso, Óscar. (2022). A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Canary Islands, and update on taxa present in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 846(1): 55-74., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1965
page(s): 69, key; note: Updated key to genera of Polynoinae sensu lato present in the Northeast Atlantic including the Mediterranean Sea [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 69, key; note: Updated key to genera of Polynoinae sensu lato present in the Northeast Atlantic including the Mediterranean Sea [details] Available for editors
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Status Polynoinae and Arctonoinae II sensu Wehe, 2006. Further to previous status note, Wehe, 2006 (following Barnich & Fiege, 2001, 2003) explains that the subfamily characters used by Hanley (1989) are variable and do not allow unambiguous subfamily classification of all genera. Following Wehe, 2006, Hololepidella, Malmgreniella, Paradyte, and Subadyte (originally placed in Arctonoinae by Hanley, 1989) are here placed in Polynoinae while Australaugeneria and Gastrolepidia are retained in the Arctonoinae. Definition and membership of Polynoinae and Arctonoinae is unstable and can be expected to change. [details]Status Polynoinae and Arctonoinae I sensu Barnich & Fiege, 2001. In the context of discussion of Malmgreniella, Barnich & Fiege (2001:1121) were doubtful that all genera placed by Hanley in Arctonoinae belonged in the group, and suggested that a revision of the different genera grouped within the Arctonoinae and Polynoinae should be undertaken based on type material. Hanley had included Adyte Saint-Joseph, 1899; Paradyte Pettibone, 1969; Subadyte Pettibone, 1969; Pottsiscalisetosus Pettibone, 1969; Australaugeneria Pettibone, 1969; Hololepidella Pettibone, 1969, Neohololepidella Pettibone, 1969; Parahololepidella Pettibone, 1969; Minisculisquama Pettibone, I983; Disconatis Hanley and Burke, 1988.
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Classification replaces Harmothoinae Willey, 1902 (cf. Muir 1982 and Barnich & Fiege 2000) [details]
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| Japanese | マダラウロコムシ亜科 [from synonym] | [details] |
