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~ This is the current taxonomic hierarchy to
Family for the Annelida as outlined in Brusca & Brusca (pgs.
382-388), and presented in your lab manual. You are responsible for
knowing only those taxonomic ranks that are highlighted,and the specimens
presented in laboratory representative of each of those ranks.
~ The polychaetes are not given in their entirety. Rather
this is a subset to familiarize you with the diversity in the group. The
class is divided into 25 orders and 87 families.
 Phylum Annelida
- Class Polychaeta
- Order Phyllodocida
- Family Glyceridae
- Family Nereidae
- Family Aphroditidae
- Family Polynoidae
- Order Eunicida
- Order Spionida
- Order Chaetopterida
- Order Cirratulida
- Order Opheliida
- Order Capitellida
- Order Terebellida
- Family Sabellariidae
- Family Terebellidae
- Order Sabellida
Class Oligochaeta
- Order Lumbriculida
- Order Moniligastrida
- Order Haplotaxida
- Class Hirudinida
- Subclass Branchiobdellida
- Subclass Acanthobdellida
- Subclass Hirudinea
- Order Rhynchobdellida
- Order Arhynchobdellida
~ Here are links to other sites with further taxonomic
information about annelid groups, or alternate hierachies
of those groups.
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