Parergodrilidae

Parergodrilidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Orbiniida (?)
Family:

Parergodrilidae is an enigmatic family of polychaetes with only two genera, Stygocapitella, which lives on the coast; and Parergodrilus, which is terrestrial.

They share much in common with the clitellates, but molecular data place them with Questa and Orbiniidae.[1]

References

  1. ^ Purschke, Günter; Fursman, Mary C. (2005). "Spermatogenesis and Spermatozoa in Stygocapitella subterranea (Annelida, Parergodrilidae), an Enigmatic Supralittoral Polychaete". Zoomorphology. 124 (3): 137–148. doi:10.1007/s00435-005-0001-x. S2CID 32109905.


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