Greg W. Rouse is a professor of marine biology and is also curator of the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA. He specializes in studying the biodiversity, phylogeny, and systematics of marine animals. He has been on numerous oceanographic expeditions involving deep sea habitats, including whale falls, hydrothermal vents and methane seeps and has been involved in the discovery and naming of more than 150 species, mostly annelids. Prior to joining Scripps, he held research positions at the South Australian Museum and University of Sydney, and as a research fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., USA.

Fredrik Pleijel is a Senior Researcher at Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He previously held a position as curator at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, completed a post-doc working mainly on hesionid polychaetes with Kristian Fauchald at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, USA, and was formerly Professor at Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, France.

Ekin Tilic is a postdoctoral researcher working on annelid evolution and morphology at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Bonn, Germany. A major focus of his research has been the ultrastructure and development of annelid chaetae. He has also been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA and also the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His current work combines phylogenomic methods to help uncover the evolutionary relationships of annelid taxa while studying their morphology using a variety of bioimaging techniques.

• Preface


• 1: Introduction and Systematics


• 2: Anatomy


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Protodriliformia


• 3: Protodrilida Pettibone, 1982


• 4: Polygordius Schneider, 1868


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Phyllodocida, Aphroditiformia


• 5: Eulepethidae Chamberlin, 1919


• 6: Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867


• 7: Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856


• 8: Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856


• 9: Iphionidae Kinberg, 1856


• 10: Polynoidae Kinberg, 1856


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Phyllodocida (incertae sedis)


• 11: Syllidae Grube, 1850


• 12: Nephtyidae Grube, 1850


• 13: Pilargidae Saint-Joseph, 1899


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Phyllodocida, Hesionoidea


• 14: Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864


• 15: Hesionidae Grube, 1850


• 16: Nereididae Johnston, 1865


• 17: Microphthalmidae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Phyllodocida, Glyceriformia


• 18: Glyceroidea Fauchald, 1977


• 19: Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867


• 20: Tomopteridae Johnston, 1865


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Phyllodocida, Phyllodociformia


• 21: Lacydonia Marion, 1874


• 22: Typhloscolecidae Uljanin, 1878


• 23: Lopadorrhynchidae Claparède, 1868


• 24: Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Phyllodocida incertae sedis


• 25: Paralacydonia Fauvel, 1913


• 26: Phyllodocida incertae sedis


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Eunicida, Oenonoidea


• 27: Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861


• 28: Oenonidae Kinberg, 1865


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Eunicida, Eunicoidea


• 29: Eunicidae Berthold, 1827


• 30: Onuphidae Kinberg, 1865


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata, Eunicida incertae sedis


• 31: Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919


• 32: Histriobdellidae Claus Moquin-Tandon, 1884


• 33: Hartmaniella Imajima, 1977


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Errantia, Aciculata incertae sedis


• 34: Spinther Johnston, 1845


• 35: Myzostomida Graff, 1877


• 36: Aberranta Wolf, 1987


• 37: Nerillidae Levinsen, 1883


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Sabellida


• 38: Sabellidae Latreille, 1825


• 39: Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815


• 40: Fabriciidae Rioja, 1923


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Spionida


• 41: Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865


• 42: Spionidae Grube, 1850


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Oligochaeta


• 43: Aeolosomatidae Levinson, 1884


• 44: Hrabeiella Pizl and Chalupsky, 1984


• 45: Clitellata Michaelsen, 1919


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Capitellida


• 46: Opheliidae Malmgren, 1867


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Capitellida, Capitelliformia


• 47: Thalassematidae Forbes, Goodsir, 1841


• 48: Capitellidae Grube, 1862


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Terebellida


• 49: Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Terebellida, Maldanomorpha


• 50: Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867


• 51: Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Terebellida, Terebelliformia


• 52: Pectinariidae Quatrefages, 1866


• 53: Alvinellidae Desbruyères and Laubier, 1986


• 54: Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1866


• 55: Trichobranchidae Malmgren, 1866


• 56: Terebellidae Johnston, 1846


• 57: Melinnidae Chamberlin, 1919


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Cirratulida


• 58: Heterospio Ehlers, 1875


• 59: Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851


• 60: Acrocirridae Banse, 1969


• 61: Flabelligeridae Saint-Joseph, 1894


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata, Sternaspida


• 62: Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909


• 63: Sternaspidae Carus, 1863


• 64: Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Canalipalpata incertae sedis


• 65: Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria, Orbiniida


• 66: Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942


• 67: Parergodrilidae Reisinger, 1925


• Annelida, Polychaeta, Sedentaria incertae sedis


• 68: Cossura Webster and Benedict, 1887


• 69: Diurodrilidae Kristensen and Niilonen, 1982


• Annelida, Polychaeta incertae sedis Dinophiliformia


• 70: Dinophilidae Macalister, 1876


• 71: Lobatocerebrum Rieger, 1980


• Annelida, no name


• 72: Amphinomida Lamarck, 1818


• 73: Sipuncula Stephen, 1964


• Annelida, Chaetopteriformia


• 74: Apistobranchus Levinsen, 1883


• 75: Psammodrilus Swedmark, 1952


• 76: Chaetopteridae Audouin and Milne Edwards, 1833


• Annelida, Oweniida


• 77: Oweniidae Rioja, 1917


• 78: Magelonidae Cunningham and Ramage, 1888


• Glossary


• References