Kingdom Animalia Phylum Annelida Order Phyllodocida | Superfamily Chrysopetalacea Rank Family Subclass Errantia | |
Similar Hesionidae, Pilargidae, Phyllodocida, Sigalionidae, Aphroditidae | ||
Chrysopetalidae is a family of polychaete worms.The body is short or elongated, with few or numerous segments.All segments bear on their dorsal side a fan or a transverse row of paleae. The cephalic lobe has tentacles and eyes and the buccal segment has two or four tentacular cirri on eachside. The parapodia are uniramous or biramous, with dorsal cirri upon all segments. The ventral bristles are compound.
Genera
Acanthopale - Arichlidon - Bhawania - Chrysopetalum - Dysponetus - Hyalopale - Paleaequor - Paleanotus - Strepternos - Thrausmatos - Treptopale - Victoriella
References
Chrysopetalidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA