Family Hesionidae Grube 1850 (scale worm)
Polychaeta - Phyllodocida - Hesionidae
Parent taxon: Phyllodocida according to C. J. Glasby et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Acoetidae, Alciopidae, Aphroditidae, Aphroditiformia, Chrysopetalidae, Eulepethidae, Glyceridae, Goniadidae, Ichthyotomidae, Iospilidae, Lacydoniidae, Lopadorrhynchidae, Nautiliniellidae, Nephtyidae, Nereididae, Paralacydoniidae, Pholoidae, Phyllodocidae, Pilargidae, Pisionidae, Polynoidae, Pontodoridae, Sigalionidae, Sphaerodoridae, Syllidae, Tomopteridae, Typhloscolecidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hesionidae in the database