Orbiniidae Explained

Orbiniidae is a family of polychaete worms.^[1] Orbiniids are mostly unselective deposit feeders on marine detritus. They can be found from the neritic zone to abyssal depths.^[2]

The family was revised in 1957 by Olga Hartman^[3] and some further revisions were made by Blake in 2000.^[4]

Genera

• Alcandra

• Aricia Savigny, 1820

• Berkeleyia

• Branchethus

• Califia

• Clytie

• Falklandiella

• Labotas

• Lacydes

• Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977

• Leodamas

• Microrbinia Hartman, 1965

• Naidonereis

• Nainereis Blainville, 1828

• Naineris Blainville, 1828

• Orbinella

• Orbinia Quatrefages, 1865

• Orbiniella Day, 1954

• Paraorbiniella Rullier, 1974

• Pararicia

• Pettibonella

• Phylo Kinberg, 1865

• Phylodamas

• Porcia

• Proscoloplos

• Protoaricia Czerniavsky, 1881

• Protoariciella Hartmann-Schroder, 1962

• Schroederella Laubier, 1962

• Scolaricia

• Scoloplella Day, 1963

• Scoloplos Blainville, 1828

• Scoloplosia

• Theodisca

• Uncorbinia

• Uschakovius Laubier, 1973 ^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=902 World Register of Marine Species
2. http://www.ots.ac.cr/tropiweb/attachments/volumes/vol54-4/26-Lopez-On%20some.pdf Orbiniidae polychaetes (Polychaeta: Scolecida) from Coiba Island, eastern Pacific of Panama, with description of a new species
3. Hartman, O. 1957. Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. 15: 211-393.
4. Blake, J.A. 2000. A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. Cah. Biol. Mar. 41: 435-449.