Typhloscolecidae

Typhloscolecidae

[‚tif·lō·skō′les·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
A family of pelagic polychaete annelids belonging to the Errantia.
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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.
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)
Five phyllodocidacean families (Alciopidae, Lopadorrhynchidae, Pontodoridae, Tomopteridae, and Typhloscolecidae) and two flabelligerid families (Flotidae and Poeobiidae) are dominated by transparent species (Uschakov, 1972; Glasby et al., 2000).
Hidden in plain sight: The ecology and physiology of organismal transparency
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