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Aciculata

Polychaeta

Taxonomy
Aciculata was named by Rouse and Fauchald (1997). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polychaeta by Glasby et al. (2000) and Sutton et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Aciculata Rouse and Fauchald
2000Aciculata Glasby et al. p. 53
2001Aciculata Sutton et al. p. 2361

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
subclassAciculataRouse and Fauchald 1997
subclassAciculataRouse and Fauchald 1997

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.

Subcl. Aciculata Rouse and Fauchald 1997
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Or. Amphinomida Fauchald 1977
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Fm. Amphinomidae Lamarck 1818
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G. †Palaeocampa Meek and Worthen 1865
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†Palaeocampa anthrax Meek and Worthen 1865
†Palaeocampa hystrix Thompson 1979
Invalid names: Rhaphidiophorus Thompson 1979 [synonym]
Invalid names: Euphrosinidae Williams 1852 [empty]
G. †Kenostrychus Sutton et al. 2001
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†Kenostrychus clementsi Sutton et al. 2001
Or. Phyllodocida Dales 1962 [scale worm]
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Fm. Aphroditidae Malmgren 1867
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G. †Homaphrodite Gall and Grauvogel 1967
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†Homaphrodite speciosa Gall and Grauvogel 1967
Subor. Aphroditiformia Levinsen 1883 [scale worm]
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Unr. †Machaeridia
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Unr. †Cuniculepadida Parry et al. 2014
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Fm. †Lepidocoleidae Clarke 1896
Fm. †Turrilepadidae Clark 1896
Or. †Hercolepadida Dzik 1986
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G. †Aenigmatectus Hoare and Mapes 1996
G. †Hercolepas Withers 1915
Or. †Lepidocoleomorpha Schallreuter 1985
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G. †Plumulites Barrande 1872
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†Plumulites australis Talent 1963
†Plumulites bengtsoni Vinther et al. 2008
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Fm. †Plumulitidae Jell 1979
Invalid names: Turrilepadida Pilsbry 1916 [invalid subgroup]
Fm. Goniadidae Kinberg 1866
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G. †Carbosesostris Schram 1979
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Fm. Nephtyidae Grube 1850
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†Astreptoscolex anasillosus Thompson 1979
Invalid names: Acoetidae Kinberg 1856 [empty], Alciopidae Ehlers 1864 [empty], Chrysopetalidae Ehlers 1864 [empty], Eulepethidae Chamberlin 1919 [empty], Glyceridae Grube 1850 [empty], Hesionidae Grube 1850 [empty], Ichthyotomidae Eisig 1906 [empty], Iospilidae Bergström 1914 [empty], Lacydoniidae Bergström 1914 [empty], Lopadorrhynchidae Claparède 1870 [empty], Nautiliniellidae Miura and Laubier 1990 [empty], Nereididae Blainville 1818 [empty], Paralacydoniidae Pettibone 1963 [empty], Pholoidae Kinberg 1858 [empty], Phyllodocidae Orsted 1843 [empty], Pilargidae Saint-Joseph 1899 [empty], Pisionidae Ehlers 1901 [empty], Polynoidae Kinberg 1856 [empty], Pontodoridae Bergstrom 1914 [empty], Sigalionidae Kinberg 1856 [empty], Sphaerodoridae Malmgren 1867 [empty], Syllidae Grube 1850 [empty], Tomopteridae Grube 1850 [empty], Typhloscolecidae Uljanin 1878 [empty]
Invalid names: Aberrantidae Wolf 1987 [empty], Nerillidae Levinsen 1883 [empty], Spintheridae Augener 1913 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:32:22
Modified: 2010-02-16 04:15:12
Source: c = class
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Arenig to the top of the Aegean or 478.60000 to 242.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 477.7 Ma

Collections (115 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Morocco Plumulites bengtsoni (203101)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Turrilepadidae indet. (184347)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7South Korea Plumulites sp. (215847 215848 215850 215851)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Lepidocoleus sp., Plumulites sp. (20826)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Morocco Plumulites sp. (20979)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Nevada) Machaeridia indet. (64601)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Anti Atlas) Machaeridia indet. (166731)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hunan) Machaeridia indet. (226639)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco Plumulites sp. (197278)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) Lepidocoleus jamesi (181523)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4South Korea (Kangwon-do) Plumulites chikunensis (56171)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Ireland Plumulites sp. (381)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic Plumulites sp. (3857)
Letna - Harnagian460.9 - 457.2Czech Republic Plumulites folliculum (3861)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic Plumulites sp., Turrilepas sp. (3859)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Cuidad Real) Plumulites sp. (20891)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Sweden Lepidocoleus sp., Plumulites sp. (380)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Poland Deltacoleus crassus, Mojczalepas multilamellosa (233109)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Turkey Plumulites sp. (192900)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (New York) Lepidocoleus jamesi (340)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Sweden (Vestergotland) Lepidocoleus suecicus (76077 76079 76080)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7Morocco Plumulites sp. (20961)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Sweden (Skania) Lepidocoleus sp., Plumulites sp. (2770)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Sweden (Skane) Lepidocoleus sularpensis, Plumulites scoticus (80104)
Bohdalec457.5 - 445.2Czech Republic (Praha) Plumulites sp. (99690)
Vinice - Late/Upper Ordovician457.5 - 443.8Czech Republic Plumulites sp. (3863)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician457.5 - 443.8Czech Republic Plumulites sp., Turrilepas sp. (3865)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lepidocoleus jamesi (219965)
Marshbrookian - Actonian455.0 - 453.0Norway (Hadeland) Plumulites sp. (2761)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Ontario) Lepidocoleus jamesi (173252)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) Lepidocoleus sp. (383 384 386)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Lepidocoleus sp. (72714 72717)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Lepidocoleus sp. (440)
Harju450.5 - 443.8Sweden Plumulites sp. (378 379)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Lepidocoleus sp. (387 388 391)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Lepidocoleus sp. (389 390)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) Machaeridia indet. (185151)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Praha) Lepidocoleus sp. (151986 151988)
Kralodvorian - Hirnantian449.8 - 443.4Czech Republic (Praha) Lepidocoleus sp. (151987 151989)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Lepidocoleus sp. (367 73035)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Sweden Lepidocoleus sp. (2773)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (England) Lepidocoleus suecicus (43780)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Machaeridia indet. (8389)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) Plumulites sp. (193841)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Machaeridia indet. (8370 8373)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Sweden (Östergötland) Turrilepas sp. (186269)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4United Kingdom (Wales) Machaeridia indet. (8405)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8United Kingdom (England) Machaeridia indet. (13806 13808)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Alaska) Compacoleus sp., Lepidocoleus britannicus, Turrilepas n. sp. A (99507)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4USA (Wisconsin) Machaeridia indet. (2846)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Machaeridia indet. (23299 23301 23302)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Victoria) Plumulites sp. (8028)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom Compacoleus sp., Lepidocoleus sp., Turrilepas sp. (99376)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Severnaya Zemlya) Plumulites sp. (85024)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Machaeridia indet. (13047 13050)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom Polychaeta indet. (68060)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Tennessee) Plumulites sp. (26802)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Wisconsin) Machaeridia indet. (688)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) Machaeridia indet. (26778)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Tennessee) Lepidocoleus sp. (26817)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic Plumulites minimus (14028 14077)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Turrilepas sp. (25683)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0France Plumulites sp. (26110)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) Lepidocoleus reinhardi (491)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) Plumulites sp. (7196)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Plumulites australis (75698)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Morocco Lepidocoleus rugatus (150334 150363 150506 150508 150580)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Yukon) Turrilepas sp. (606)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Lepidocoleus indet. (25063)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Spain (Aragon) Plumulites sp. (40498)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Machaeridia indet. (6734)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Machaeridia indet. (6914)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Turrilepas sp. (2208)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Turrilepas sp. (557)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Machaeridia indet. (6915 6916 6917 6918)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) Machaeridia indet. (6766 6782 6823 6835 6841 6847)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) Clarkeolepis clarkei, Clarkeolepis elegans, Turrilepas whithersi (5611)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) Carbosesostris megaliphagon (90681) Carbosesostris megaliphagon, Astreptoscolex anasillosus (116654)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Palaeocampa anthrax (152106)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0France Palaeocampa anthrax (122490)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Moselle) Homaphrodite speciosa (206490)