Annelida

Notopygos ornata

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Annelida
Classes (3): Clitellata – Polychaeta – ?Archiannelida

Incertae sedis: Myzostomida

Name

Annelida Lamarck, 1809

Alternative classifications

Sharov (1966)

Sharov, A. G. (1966). Basic arthropodan stock with special reference to insects. International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology, Volume 30. Pergamon Press.

Phylum Articulata

• Subphylum I. Annelida
  • Classes: Polychaeta; Echiurida; Oligochaeta; Hirudinea; Sipunculida
• Subphylum II. Stelechopoda
• Subphylum III. Malacopoda
• Subphylum IV. Arthropoda

References

Primary references

• Lamarck J.-B. 1809. Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475. Gallica Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chipman, A.D. 2008. Annelids step forward. Evolution & development 10(2): 141–142. DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00221.x
• Glasby, C.J., Biriukova, O., Martin, P., Dyne, G.R., Utevsky, S.Y. & Wilson, R.S. 2025. ANNiKEY Linear – diagnoses, descriptions, and a single-access identification key to Annelida family-level taxa. ZooKeys 1247: 217–243. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1247.137606 Reference page. 
• Lopes, D.A., Corrêa-Gomes, D. & Knoff, M. 2017. Type material of Acanthocephala, Nematoda and other non-helminths phyla (Cnidaria, Annelida, and Arthropoda) housed in the Helminthological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute/ FIOCRUZ (CHIOC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1979 to 2016. ZooKeys 711: 1—52. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.711.14753. Reference page. 
• Magalhães, W.F., Hutchings, P.A., Oceguera-Figueroa, A., Martin, P., Schmelz, R.M., Wetzel, M.J., Wiklund, H., Maciolek, N.J., Kawauchi,G.Y. & Williams, J.D. 2021. Segmented worms (Phylum Annelida): a celebration of twenty years of progress through Zootaxa and call for action on the taxonomic work that remains. Pp 190–211 In Zhang, Z-Q., ed. Advancing global taxonomy: the first twenty years of Zootaxa. Zootaxa 4979(1): 1–239. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.1 Reference page.  Zootaxa 4979(1): 190–211. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.18 full article pdf Reference page. 
• Muir, A.I. & Petersen, M.E. 2013. Authorship of some polychaete (Annelida) names derived from the works of Renier and Savigny. Zootaxa 3717(3): 383–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.3.8 Reference page. 
• Rouse, G.W., Pleijel, F. 2007. Annelida. Pp. 245–264 in: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (eds.) Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Zootaxa 1668: 1–766. Abstract & excerpt (PDF)
• Struck, T.H., Schult, N., Kusen, T., Hickman, E., Bleidorn, C., McHugh, D., Halanych, K.M. 2007. Annelid phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: article 57. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-57 . Reference page. 
• Williams, T. 1851. Report on the British Annelida. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 21: 159–272. Reference page. 
• Worsham, M.L.D., Gibson, R. & Huffman, D.G. 2016. The aquatic annelid fauna of the San Marcos River headsprings, Hays County, Texas. ZooKeys 618: 1-14. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.618.8560. Reference page. 
• Zrzavý, J., Říha, P., Piálek, L. & Janouškovec, J. 2009. Phylogeny of Annelida (Lophotrochozoa): total-evidence analysis of morphology and six genes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 189. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-189 .

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Annelida – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Annelida.
• ION
• WoRMS. 2010. Annelida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on October 16, 2010.
• Annelid Resources

Vernacular names

• Akan: Sonsono
• Alemannisch: Ringelwirmer
• العربية: حلقيات
• беларуская: Кольчатыя чэрві
• বাংলা: অঙ্গুরীমাল
• català: Anèl·lid boto
• čeština: Kroužkovci
• Deutsch: Ringelwürmer
• Ελληνικά: Δακτυλιοσκώληκες
• English: annelids
• español: Anélido
• eesti: Rõngussid, Anneliidid
• suomi: Nivelmadot
• Nordfriisk: Wirmer
• français: Annélides
• galego: Anélido
• हिन्दी: वलयिन
• hrvatski: Kolutićavci
• հայերեն: Օղակավոր որդեր
• italiano: Anellidi
• 日本語: 環形動物門
• latviešu: Posmtārpi
• македонски: Прстенести црви
• Nederlands: Ringwormen
• polski: Pierścienice
• português: Anelídeos
• română: Anelide
• русский: Кольчатые черви
• svenska: Ringmaskar
• தமிழ்: வளைதசைப்புழுக்கள்
• Tagalog: ugnaykatwan
• Türkçe: Halkalı solucanlar
• українська: Кільчасті черви
• Tiếng Việt: Ngành Giun đốt
• 中文: 环节动物

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