RAS taxon details
Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867
Genus Clavodorum Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Genus Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919
Genus Sphaerodoridium Lützen, 1961
Genus Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Genus Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
Genus Ephesia Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (junior homonym, replaced by synonym)
Genus Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919
Genus Sphaerodoridium Lützen, 1961
Genus Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Genus Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
Genus Ephesia Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (junior homonym, replaced by synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957 on 2023-10-05
RAS (Eds.) (2023). Register of Antarctic Species. Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957 on 2023-10-05
original description
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): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
taxonomy source Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. <em>Cladistics.</em> 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract [details]
basis of record 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]
identification resource Capa, Maria; Bakken, Torkild. (2015). Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4000(2): 227-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.3
note: Australian species key and tabulation [details] Available for editors
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
taxonomy source Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. <em>Cladistics.</em> 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract [details]
basis of record 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]
identification resource Capa, Maria; Bakken, Torkild. (2015). Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4000(2): 227-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.3
note: Australian species key and tabulation [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
