List of annelid families explained

List of annelid families describes the taxa relationships in the phylum Annelida, which contains more than 17,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches.^[1]

Palpata

• Sub-class Errantia

• • Family Amphinomidae Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
  • Family Euphrosinidae Williams, 1851

Order Eunicida

• • Family Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919
  • Family Eunicidae Berthold, 1827
  • Family Hartmaniellidae Imajima, 1977
  • Family Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861
  • Family Oenonidae Kinberg, 1865
  • Family Onuphidae Kinberg, 1865

Order Phyllodocida

• • Family Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856
  • Family Alciopidae Ehlers, 1864
  • Family Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867
  • Family Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864
  • Family Eulepethidae Chamberlin, 1919
  • Family Glyceridae Grube, 1850
  • Family Goniadidae Kinberg, 1866
  • Family Hesionidae Grube, 1850
  • Family Ichthyotomidae Eisig, 1906
  • Family Iospilidae Bergstroem, 1914
  • Family Lacydoniidae Bergstroem, 1914
  • Family Lopadorrhynchidae Claparede, 1868
  • Family Myzostomatidae Benham, 1896
  • Family Nautiliniellidae Miura and Laubier, 1990
  • Family Nephtyidae Grube, 1850
  • Family Nereididae Johnston, 1865
  • Family Paralacydoniidae Pettibone, 1963
  • Family Pholoidae Kinberg, 1858
  • Family Phyllodocidae Oersted, 1843
  • Family Pilargidae Saint-Joseph, 1899
  • Family Pisionidae Southern, 1914
  • Family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867
  • Family Pontodoridae Bergstroem, 1914
  • Family Sigalionidae Malmgren, 1867
  • Family Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867
  • Family Syllidae Grube, 1850
  • Family Tomopteridae Johnston, 1865
  • Family Typhloscolecidae Uljanin, 1878

Incertae sedis

• • Family Aberrantidae Wolf, 1987
  • Family Nerillidae Levinsen, 1883
  • Family Spintheridae Johnston, 1865 ^[2]
• Canalipalpata

Scolecida

• Family Aeolosomatidae
• Family Arenicolidae
• Family Capitellidae
• Family Cossuridae
• Family Maldanidae
• Family Opheliidae
• Family Orbiniidae
• Family Paraonidae
• Family Parergodrilidae
• Family Potamodrilidae
• Family Psammodrilidae
• Family Questidae
• Family Scalibregmatidae

Order Echiuroidea

• Suborder Bonelliida
  • Family Bonelliidae
  • Family Ikedidae
• Suborder Echiurida
  • Family Echiuridae
  • Family Thalassematidae
  • Family Urechidae

• • • Order Branchiobdellida
• Subclass Hirudinea (Leech)
  • Infraclass Acanthobdellidea
  • Infraclass Euhirudinea
    • Order Arhynchobdellida
      • Suborder Erpobdelliformes
        • Family Erpobdellidae Blanchard, 1894
        • Family Gastrostomobdellidae Richardson, 1971
        • Family Orobdellidae Nakano, Ramlah & Hikida, 2012
        • Family Salifidae Johansson, 1910
      • Suborder Hirudiniformes
        • Family Cylicobdellidae
        • Family Haemadipsidae
        • Family Haemopidae
        • Family Hirudinidae
        • Family Semiscolecidae
        • Family Xerobdellidae
    • Order Rhynchobdellida
      • • Family Glossiphoniidae
        • Family Ozobranchidae (disputed)
        • Family Piscicolidae

Class Machaeridia †

• Family †Plumulitidae
• Family †Turrilepadidae
• Family †Lepidocoleidae

• Class Phascolosomatidea
  • Order Aspidosiphoniformes
    • Family Aspidosiphonidae
  • Order Phascolosomatiformes
    • Family Phascolosomatidae
• Class Sipunculidea
  • Order Golfingiiformes
    • Family Golfingiidae
    • Family Phascolionidae
    • Family Themistidae
  • Order Sipunculiformes
    • Family Sipunculidae

References

1. http://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/Annelids.asp Annelids - UWI St. Augustine
2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=555674 ITIS