WoRMS taxon details
Tomopteridae Grube, 1850
958 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:958)
accepted
Family
- Genus Briaraea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
- Genus Enapteris Rosa, 1908
- Genus Escholtzia Quatrefages, 1866
- Genus Tomopteris Eschscholtz, 1825
- Genus Johnstonella Gosse, 1853 accepted as Tomopteris (Johnstonella) (Gosse, 1853) (rank change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 343 [details]
page(s): 343 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Tomopteridae Grube, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=958 on 2025-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 343 [details]
page(s): 343 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Pleijel, F.; Dales, R.P. (1991). Polychaetes: British Phyllodocoideans, Typhloscolecoideans and Tomopteroideans: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 45. U.B.S.; W. Backhuys: Oegstgeest, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-12-9. vii, 202 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 160 [details]
identification resource Rozbaczylo, Nicolás; Moreno, Rodrigo A.; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar; Vásquez-Yáñez, Pamela. (2020). Poliquetos holoplanctónicos en Chile. <em>Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela.</em> 59(1): 140-190.
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page(s): 160 [details]
identification resource Rozbaczylo, Nicolás; Moreno, Rodrigo A.; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar; Vásquez-Yáñez, Pamela. (2020). Poliquetos holoplanctónicos en Chile. <em>Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela.</em> 59(1): 140-190.
note: Geographic review [details] Available for editors
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biology source
Daniels, Joost; Aoki, Nadège; Havassy, Josh; Katija, Kakani; Osborn, Karen J.;. (2021). Metachronal Swimming with Flexible Legs: A Kinematics Analysis of the Midwater Polychaete Tomopteris. <em>Integrative and Comparative Biology.</em> efirst., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab059 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オヨギゴカイ科 | [details] |
