Melinninae

Melinninae
Melinnopsis dubita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Terebellida
Family: Ampharetidae
Subfamily: Melinninae
Chamberlin, 1919

Melinninae are a subfamily of the Ampharetidae, belonging to the Terebellida (bristle worms).

The Mellinninae are described firstly by Ralph V. Chamberlin in The Annelida Polychaeta, 1919.[1]

On page 443 he states:

" One or two stout dorsal spines caudad of the branchiae on each side; number of somites large, near seventy or more...Melinninae[2]",

. The WoRMS currently lists eleven direct children[3] of the subfamily.

References

  1. ↑ University, Harvard (1919). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Vol. 48. The Museum. p. 443.
  2. ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph (1919). The Memoirs of comparative Zoology. p. 443.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species, Melinninae Chamberlain, 1919".
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