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Spionida

Polychaeta - Spionida

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

It was assigned to Canalipalpata by Glasby et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Spionida Rouse and Fauchald
2000Spionida Glasby et al. p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
subclassSedentariaLamarck 1818
infraclassCanalipalpataRouse and Fauchald 1997
orderSpionidaRouse and Fauchald 1997
orderSpionidaRouse 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.

Or. Spionida Rouse and Fauchald 1997
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Fm. Magelonidae Cunningham and Ramage 1888
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G. †Dannychaeta Chen et al. 2020
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†Dannychaeta tucolus Chen et al. 2020
Fm. †Spionidae Grube 1850
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G. Meandropolydora Voigt 1965
G. Polydora Bosk 1801
Invalid names: Apistobranchidae Mesnil and Caullery 1898 [empty], Chaetopteridae Audouin and Milne Edwards 1833 [empty], Longosomatidae Hartman 1944 [empty], Poecilochaetidae Hannerz 1956 [empty], Trochochaetidae Pettibone 1963 [empty], Uncispionidae Green 1982 [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 Early/Lower Cambrian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 538.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 509.0 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0China (Kunming) Dannychaeta tucolus (228572)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Meandropolydora sp. (11084)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Meandropolydora sulcans (67935)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Polydora sp. (55566)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Polydora sp. (74484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Polydora indet. (83225)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) Meandropolydora sp. (70129)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Polydora sp. (79101)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Polydora sp. (18613)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Polydora sp. (62888)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Polydora sp. (79103 79107 79116)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Polydora sp. (80674)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Polydora sp. (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Meandropolydora sp. (146291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Polydora sp. (57702 57703 57705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Polydora indet. (96900) Polydora sp. (96901)