Biology:Flotidae
| Flotidae | |
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| Buskiella abyssorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Sedentaria |
| Order: | Terebellida |
| Family: | Flotidae Buzhinskaja, 1996 |
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Flotidae is a family of pelagic polychaete worms, sometimes synonymized with Flabelligeridae, which they closely resemble. Other sources consider them the sister taxon to Flabelligeridae and closely allied to the latter group.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Flotidae originally contained one genus, Flota, from which it derives its name, but a 2007 study also placed Buskiella in the family, and moved all (two) Flota species to Buskiella.[3][4][1] The family would thus contains one genus and three species, listed below.
- Buskiella abyssorum McIntoch, 1885
- Buskiella flabelligera (Hartman, 1967) formerly Flota flabelligera
- Buskiella vitjasi (Buzhinskaja, 1977) formerly Flota vitjasi
Similarities and differences with Flabelligeridae
A 2008 paper analyzing the phylogenetics of flotid polychaetes found that flotids are nested within Flabelligeridae.[1] However, defenders of the separate family status of Flotidae cite several morphological differences.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zhadan, A. E., and A. B. Tzetlin. "Polychaetes from deep pelagic zone of the Mid-Atlantic ridge." Invertebr. Zool 5 (2008): 97-109.
- ↑ Osborn, Karen J.; Rouse, Greg W. (2008-10-01). "Multiple origins of pelagicism within Flabelligeridae (Annelida)" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (1): 386–392. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.042. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 18588991. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790308003151.
- ↑ Salazar-V. allejo, S. I.; Carrera-P. arra, L. F.; Fauchald, K. (2008). "Phylogenetic affinities of the Flabelligeridae (Annelida, Polychaeta)" (in English). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 46 (3): 203–215. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00464.x. ISSN 0947-5745. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00464.x.
- ↑ Salazar-Vallejo, S. I.; Zhadan, A. E. (Jan 2007). "Revision of Buskiella McIntosh, 1885 (including Flota Hartman, 1967), and description of its trifid organ (Polychaeta: Flotidae)" (in ru). Invertebrate Zoology 4 (1): 65–82. doi:10.15298/invertzool.04.1.06. ISSN 1812-9250. http://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_04/IZ_04_1_065_082_Salazar_Zhadan.
- ↑ Buzhinskaja, Galina N. (2006). "On the morphology of the genus Flota Hartman, 1967 and corroboration of the family status of Flotidae Buzhinskaja, 1996 (Polychaeta)". Zoosystematica Rossica (St. Petersburg, Russia) 15 (1): 7–17. doi:10.31610/zsr/2006.15.1.7. https://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/content/2006/zr_2006_15_1_Buzhinskaja.pdf.
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