Fauveliopsidae Explained

Fauveliopsidae is a family of polychaetes belonging to the order Terebellida.^{[1] [2]} The genus name honours Pierre Fauvel.^[3]

It is a small family, containing only three genera and about twenty species. They are benthic animals, noted for their habit of sometimes living in the empty shells of dead gastropods, scaphopods, and foraminiferans.^[4]

Genera:

• Fauveliopsis McIntosh, 1922
• Laubieriopsis Petersen, 2000
• Riseriopsis Salazar-Vallejo, Zhadan & Rizzo, 2019

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fauveliopsidae . www.gbif.org . 12 June 2021 . en.
2. Web site: IRMNG - Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971 . 2022-10-02 . www.irmng.org.
3. Salazar-Vallejo . Sergio I. . Zhadan . Anna E. . Rizzo . Alexandra E. . 2019-07-12 . Revision of Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971 (Annelida, Sedentaria) . Zootaxa . 4637 . 1 . zootaxa.4637.1.1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4637.1.1 . 31712490 . 1175-5334.
4. Zhadan . Anna . Atroshchenko . Margarita . 2012-06-04 . A new species of Fauveliopsidae (Annelida) from the North Sea . ZooKeys . en . 181 . 1–10 . 10.3897/zookeys.181.2712 . 1313-2970. free . 22539907 . 3332017 . 2012ZooK..181....1Z .