Biology:Hesioninae

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Short description: Subfamily of annelids

Hesioninae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Hesionidae
Subfamily: Hesioninae
Grube, 1850
Tribes

Hesionini
Psamathini

Hesioninae are a subfamily of phyllodocid "bristle worms" (class Polychaeta). They are (like almost all polychaetes) marine organisms; most are found on the continental shelf.

They are divided into two tribes, of which at least the Psamathini seem to represent a good clade.[1]

Footnotes

  1. WoRMS (2008)

References

  • World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2008): Hesioninae. Version of 2008-MAR-26. Retrieved 2009-FEB-23.

Wikidata ☰ Q16948752 entry