- Source: Acrocirridae
Acrocirridae is a family of polychaete worms. Acrocirrids are detritivores (deposit feeders), catching falling particles with numerous long prostomial tentacles. There are eight known genera, and at least 21 described species and subspecies within the Acrocirridae. The acrocirrids are primarily benthic (seabed-dwelling) animals, but at least two genera (Swima and Teuthidodrilus) appear to have evolved or adapted to a pelagic (free-swimming) habitat.
Systematics
Following is a list of genera and species within the family Acrocirridae:
Genus Acrocirrus Grube, 1873
Acrocirrus aciculigerus Kudenov, 1976
Acrocirrus bansei Magalhães & Bailey-Brock, 2012
Acrocirrus columbianus Banse, 1979
Acrocirrus crassifilis Moore, 1923
Acrocirrus frontifilis (Grube, 1860)
Acrocirrus heterochaetus Annenkova, 1934
Acrocirrus incisa Kudenov, 1975
Acrocirrus muroranensis Okuda, 1934
Acrocirrus occipitalis Banse, 1979
Acrocirrus okotensis Imajima, 1963
Acrocirrus trisectus Banse, 1969
Acrocirrus uchidai Okuda, 1934
Acrocirrus validus Marenzeller, 1879
Genus Chauvinelia Laubier, 1974
Chauvinelia arctica Averincev, 1980
Chauvinelia biscayensis Laubier, 1974
Genus Flabelligella Hartman, 1965
Flabelligella macrochaeta (Fauchald, 1972)
Flabelligella mexicana Fauchald, 1972
Flabelligella minuta Hartman, 1965
Flabelligella papillata Hartman, 1965
Genus Flabelligena Gillet, 2001
Flabelligena amoureuxi Gillet, 2001
Flabelligena biscayensis (Kolmer, 1985)
Flabelligena cirrata (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971)
Flabelligena erratica (Orensanz, 1974)
Flabelligena gascognensis Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2006
Flabelligena mediterranea (Kolmer, 1985)
Genus Helmetophorus Hartman, 1978
Helmetophorus rankini Hartman, 1978
Genus Macrochaeta Grube, 1850
Macrochaeta australiensis Kudenov, 1976
Macrochaeta bansei Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
Macrochaeta clavicornis (M. Sars, 1835)
Macrochaeta helgolandica Friedrich, 1937
Macrochaeta leidyi (Verrill, 1882)
Macrochaeta multipapillata Westheide, 1981
Macrochaeta natalensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1996
Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913
Macrochaeta pege Banse, 1969
Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962
Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
Macrochaeta westheidei Santos & Silva, 1993
Genus Swima Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009
S. bombiviridis Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009 (also known as Green Bomber Worm or Bombardier Worm), Monterey Bay, California
Swima fulgida Osborn, Haddock & Rouse, 2011
Swima tawitawiensis Osborn, Haddock & Rouse, 2011
Genus Teuthidodrilus Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011
Teuthidodrilus samae Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011 (also known as Squidworm), Celebes Sea, East Indian Archipelago
See also
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Lophotrochozoa
Trochophore