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Phyllodocida
| Description | Phyllodocida is an order of polychaete worms in the subclass Aciculata. These worms are mostly marine though some are found in brackish water. Most are active benthic creatures, moving over the surface or burrowing in sediments, or living in cracks and crevices in bedrock. A few construct tubes in which they live and some are pelagic, swimming through the water column. There are estimated to be about 3,500 species in the order. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllodocida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Phyllodocida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | scale worm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Phyllodocida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 29 (53%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Polychaeta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Polychaeta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Polychaeta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. J. Glasby, P. A. Hutchings, and K. Fauchald, H. Paxton, G. W. Rouse, C. Watson Russell, R. S. Wilson. 2000. Class Polychaeta. In P. L. Beesley, G. J. B. Ross, C. J. Glasby (eds.), Polychaetes and Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia: Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echuira, Sipuncula 4(A):1-296 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | 銈点偡銉愩偞銈偆 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllodocida |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aphroditiformia suborder | listed (PBDB) | Scale Worm | 113 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Acoetidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Alciopidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Antonbruunidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aphroditidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Chrysopetalidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Eulepethidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Fossundecimidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Glyceridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Goniadidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Hesionidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Ichthyotomidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Iospilidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Iphionidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lacydoniidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Lopadorrhynchidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Microphthalmidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myzostomatidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nautiliniellidae family | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Nephtyidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Nereididae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Paralacydoniidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Pholoidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Phyllodocidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Pilargidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Pisionidae family | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Polynoidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Pontodoridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Sigalionidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Sphaerodoridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Syllidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Tomopteridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Typhloscolecidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Yndolaciidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Protopholoe genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1962 | Phyllodocida Dales |
| 2000 | Phyllodocida Glasby et al. p. 53 |
| 2019 | Phyllodocida Parry et al. p. 4 fig. 4 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
