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Lumbriclymeninae

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Lumbriclymeninae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Clade: Maldanomorpha
Family: Maldanidae
Subfamily: Lumbriclymeninae
Arwidsson 1906
Genera

Lumbriclymeninae is a subfamily of marine polychaete worms in the family Maldanidae.[1][2]

Description

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Rhodininae worms are characterized by a lack of cephalic and pygidial plates, a keel formed by the prostomium, short and curved nuchal groves, a variety of notochaetae forms, anterior neurochaetae shaped as acicular spines in the anterior chaetigers (i.e. segments with chaetae) and as rostrate uncini in posterior chaetigers, a long and conical pygidium with many transversal striae, and dark circular rings.[1]

Classification

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The subfamily contains 4 genera and 22 species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Purschke G, Böggemann M, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Westheide W, eds. (2021). Handbook of Zoology: Annelida. Vol. 3: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110291483.
  2. ^ Kobayashi, Genki; Goto, Ryutaro; Takano, Tsuyoshi; Kojima, Shigeaki (2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Maldanidae (Annelida): Multiple losses of tube-capping plates and evolutionary shifts in habitat depth". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 332–344. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.036. ISSN 1055-7903.