Amphinomida
Hermodice carunculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Amphinomida
Families

Amphinomida is an order of marine polychaetes. The order contains two families:[1]

The fossil record of this taxon (not abundant in annelids overall because this taxon lacks a mineralized skeleton) includes Palaeocampa anthrax Meek & Worthen, 1865 from the Late Carboniferous site of Montceau-les-Mines.[2]

References

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amphinomida". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. ^ Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W.; Vannier, Jean (2004). "Carboniferous fireworms (Amphinomida : Annelida), with a discussion of species taxa in palaeontology". Invertebrate Systematics. 18 (6): 693–700. doi:10.1071/is04003. ISSN 1447-2600.


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