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Siboglinidae

Polychaeta - Siboglinidae

Taxonomy
Siboglinidae was named by Caullery (1914).

It was assigned to Polychaeta by Little et al. (2004), Rouse et al. (2004) and Higgs et al. (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Siboglinidae Caullery
2004Siboglinidae Little et al.
2004Siboglinidae Rouse et al. p. 670
2012Siboglinidae Higgs et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
familySiboglinidaeCaullery 1914
familySiboglinidaeCaullery 1914

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Siboglinidae Caullery 1914
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G. Osedax Rouse et al. 2004
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Osedax frankpressi Rouse et al. 2004
Osedax rubiplumus Rouse et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: limitedc
Comments: 266; LIFE HISTORY: epifaunal (intermediate tier), stationary, chemosymbiotic.f
Created: 2009-10-09 09:17:30
Modified: 2009-10-09 11:17:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Holocene or 190.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.7 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7USA (California) Siboglindae indet. (87216)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Washington) Siboglinidae indet. (193971)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Osedax sp. (45808 58964)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Osedax sp. (45809 187941 194068)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Andalusia) Osedax sp. (232725)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Osedax sp. (47428)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Osedax rubiplumus, Osedax frankpressi (132550)