Phyllodocidae is a family of polychaete worms. Worms in this family live on the seabed and may burrow under the sediment.

Phyllodocidae
Phyllodoce lineata
with everted pharynx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Suborder: Phyllodociformia
Family: Phyllodocidae
Ørsted, 1843 [1]
Genera

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Characteristics

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Members of the Phyllodocidae are characterised by an eversible pharynx and leaf-like dorsal cirri. The head has a pair of antennae at the front, a pair of ventral palps and a single median antenna known as a "nuchal papilla". There is a pair of nuchal organs and there may or may not be a pair of eyes. The first two or three body segments may be part-fused and bear up to four pairs of tentacular cirri. The remaining body segments each bear leaf-like dorsal and ventral cirri, the dorsal ones being larger. The parapodia are uniramous or biramous, and chaetae are present on all but the first segment.[2]

Genera

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The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera :[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Fauchald, Kristian (2008). Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). "Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843". World Polychaeta database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (2000). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Csiro Publishing. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-643-06571-0.

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