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Pogonophora 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154451

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Class  
  Common Name(s): beard worms [English]
  
    pogonóforo [Portuguese]
  
    pogonophores [English]
  
  Valid Name: Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Kristian Fauchald   
  Notes: Research Zoologist, Curator of Worms, Department of Systematic Biology, Invertebrate Zoology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA   
  Reference for: Pogonophora    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: pogonóforo[Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pogonophora   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rouse, Greg W.   
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: A cladistic analysis of Siboglinidae Caullery, 1914 (Polychaeta, Annelida): formerly the phyla Pogonophora and Vestimentifera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 132, no. 1   
  Page(s): 55-80   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1096-3642   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb02271.x   
  Reference for: Pogonophora   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: When the Pogonophora & Vestimentifera were found to be part of the polychaetes (under family Siboglinidae), several names were effectively superfluous names for earlier polychaete names  
 

 

    


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