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Annelida

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
PHYLUM

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida

Name

Homonyms
Annelida
Common names
Anelídeo in Portuguese
Annelids in English
Annelids in English
Annélides, Vers annelés in French
Ledorme in Danish
Segmented Worms in English
Segmented Worms in English
Worm in English
Worm in English
annelids in English
annélides in French
minhoca in Portuguese
nivelmadot in Finnish
ringmaskar in Swedish
ringwormen in Dutch
sanguessuga in Portuguese
segmented worms in English
segmented worms in English
worm in English
worm in English
Кільчасті черви in Ukrainian
lađasmáđut in Northern Sami
leddmakkar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
leddormer in Norwegian Bokmål
ringmaskar in Swedish
ringwormen in Dutch
ringwormen in Dutch
Anneliden in German
Anneliden in German
Annelids in English
Borstenfüßer in German
Borstenfüßer in German
European Sea Mouse in English
European Sea Mouse in English
European sea mouse in English
European sea mouse in English
Gliederwürmer in German
Gliederwürmer in German
Ringelwürmer in German
Ringelwürmer in German
Worm in English
Worms in English
Worms in English
Worms in English
Worms in English
annelids in English
annelids in English
gelede wormen in Dutch
gelede wormen in Dutch
leddormar in Norwegian Bokmål

Bibliographic References

  1. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  2. Glasby, Christopher J.; Biriukova, Olga; Martin, Patrick; Dyne, Geoffrey R.; Utevsky, Serge; Wilson, Robin S. (2025). ANNiKEY Linear – diagnoses, descriptions, and a single-access identification key to Annelida family-level taxa. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1247: 217-403. 10.3897/zookeys.1247.137606
  3. Glasby, Christopher J.; Biriukova, Olga; Martin, Patrick; Dyne, Geoffrey R.; Utevsky, Serge; Wilson, Robin S. (2025). ANNiKEY Linear – diagnoses, descriptions, and a single-access identification key to Annelida family-level taxa. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1247: 217-403. 10.3897/zookeys.1247.137606
  4. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  5. Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp.
  6. Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp.
  7. Lamarck, J. B. (1802). Recherches sur l'Organisation des Corps Vivans [reprinted 1906 in Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique (5th series) 40: 483-517 ["Les Annelides" p. 494]. J.B. Lamark & Maillard, Paris, viii + 216 pp.
  8. Lamarck, J. B. (1802). Recherches sur l'Organisation des Corps Vivans [reprinted 1906 in Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique (5th series) 40: 483-517 ["Les Annelides" p. 494]. J.B. Lamark & Maillard, Paris, viii + 216 pp.
  9. Magalhães, Wagner F.; Hutchings, Pat; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Martin, Patrick; Schmelz, Rüdiger M.; Wetzel, Mark J.; Wiklund, Helena; Maciolek, Nancy J.; Kawauchi, Gisele Y.; Williams, Jason D. (2021). Segmented worms (Phylum Annelida): a celebration of twenty years of progress through <em>Zootaxa</em> and call for action on the taxonomic work that remains. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4979(1): 190-211. 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.18
  10. Magalhães, Wagner F.; Hutchings, Pat; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Martin, Patrick; Schmelz, Rüdiger M.; Wetzel, Mark J.; Wiklund, Helena; Maciolek, Nancy J.; Kawauchi, Gisele Y.; Williams, Jason D. (2021). Segmented worms (Phylum Annelida): a celebration of twenty years of progress through <em>Zootaxa</em> and call for action on the taxonomic work that remains. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4979(1): 190-211. 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.18
  11. Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
  12. Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
  13. Read, Geoffrey B. (2019). A History of Annelida Research. <em>[book chapter].</em> 3-36 In: (eds Purschke, Westheide, Böggemann. Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 1: Annelida Basal Groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria I. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. 10.1515/9783110291582-001
  14. Read, Geoffrey B. (2019). A History of Annelida Research. <em>[book chapter].</em> 3-36 In: (eds Purschke, Westheide, Böggemann. Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 1: Annelida Basal Groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria I. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. 10.1515/9783110291582-001
  15. Read, Geoffrey B. (2023). Kingdom Animalia, phylum Annelida (bristleworms & kin). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 136: 283–297, Chapter 18 In: Kelly, Michelle, Mills, Sadie, Terezow, Marianna G., Sim-Smith, Carina & Nelson, Wendy (Eds), Marine Biota of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  16. Read, Geoffrey B. (2023). Kingdom Animalia, phylum Annelida (bristleworms & kin). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 136: 283–297, Chapter 18 In: Kelly, Michelle, Mills, Sadie, Terezow, Marianna G., Sim-Smith, Carina & Nelson, Wendy (Eds), Marine Biota of Aotearoa New Zealand.
  17. Rouse, Greg W.; Giribet, Gonzalo. (2016). Phylum Annelida: The Segmented (and Some Unsegmented) Worms. <em>[edited book].</em> Chapt 14. p. 531-602 In <i>Invertebrates</i>. Third Edition. R. C. Brusca; W. Moore; S. M. Shuster. Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer Associates.
  18. Rouse, Greg W.; Giribet, Gonzalo. (2016). Phylum Annelida: The Segmented (and Some Unsegmented) Worms. <em>[edited book].</em> Chapt 14. p. 531-602 In <i>Invertebrates</i>. Third Edition. R. C. Brusca; W. Moore; S. M. Shuster. Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer Associates.
  19. Rouse, Greg; Pleijel, Fredrik; Tilic, Ekin. (2022). Annelida. <em>[book].</em> Oxford University Press, Oxford, 418pp. 10.1093/oso/9780199692309.001.0001
  20. Rouse, Greg; Pleijel, Fredrik; Tilic, Ekin. (2022). Annelida. <em>[book].</em> Oxford University Press, Oxford, 418pp. 10.1093/oso/9780199692309.001.0001
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