Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Family Onuphidae is a member of the Superfamily Eunicoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Onuphidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Annelida
Lamarck, 1809 - Segmented Worms
- Class: Polychaeta
Grube, 1850 - Polychaetes
- Order: Eunicida
- Superfamily: Eunicoidea
- Family: Onuphidae Kinberg, 1865
- Superfamily: Eunicoidea
- Order: Eunicida
- Class: Polychaeta
Grube, 1850 - Polychaetes
- Phylum: Annelida
Lamarck, 1809 - Segmented Worms
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Onuphidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (2): Hyalinoecinae · Onuphinae
- Genus (18): Anchinothria · Aponuphis · Australonuphis · Diopatra · Epidiopatra · Heptaceras · Hirsutonuphis · Hyalinoecia · Kinbergonuphis · Leptoecia · Mooreonuphis · Nothria · Onuphis · Paradiopatra · Paranorthia · Paronuphis · Rhamphobrachium · Sarsonuphis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 173 species and subspecies in the Family Onuphidae.
Genera
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Anchinothria
Aponuphis
Australonuphis
Beach Worms commonly caught to be used as bait by anglers. Some species can grow more than a metre in length. [more]
Diopatra
Epidiopatra
Heptaceras
Hirsutonuphis
Hyalinoecia
Kinbergonuphis
Leptoecia
Mooreonuphis
Nothria
Onuphis
Paradiopatra
Paranorthia
Paronuphis
Rhamphobrachium
Sarsonuphis
At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Sarsonuphis.
More info about the Genus Sarsonuphis may be found here.
Sources
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