Hesioninae
Appearance
Hesioninae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Family: | Hesionidae |
Subfamily: | Hesioninae Grube, 1850 |
Tribes | |
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
- ^ WoRMS (2008)
References
- World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2008): Hesioninae. Version of 2008-MAR-26. Retrieved 2009-FEB-23.