Typhloscolecidae

[‚tif·lō·skō′les·ə‚dē]

(invertebrate zoology)

A family of pelagic polychaete annelids belonging to the Errantia.

References in periodicals archive ?

Of the 83 families of known polychaetes (Rouse & Pleijel, 2001), only the Tomopteridae, Alciopidae, Lopadorhynchidae, Iospilidae, Typhloscolecidae, and Pontodoridae are exclusively pelagic (Fauchald, 1977; Stop-Bowitz,1981).

A total of eight species of planktonic polychaetes were determined; seven of these belong to the families Tomopteridae, Iospilidae, Lopadorhynchidae, Typhloscolecidae and one undetermined species belongs to the family Alciopidae.

Therefore, the results of this study increased the records of pelagic polychaetes and added species from the families Iospilidae and Typhloscolecidae.

First records of pelagic polychaetes in southern Chile (Boca del Guafo--Elefantes Channel)/primeros registros de poliquetos pelagicos en el sur de Chile (Boca del Guafo--Canal Elefantes)

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