ANNELIDA
(segmented worms and leeches)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
BRANCHIOBDELLEA
a class of annelids
Class 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
BRANCHIOBDELLIDA
an order of annelids
Order 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE
a family of annelids
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
CLITELLATA
a class of annelids
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 		Class 9 subtaxa 198 images 15 ident. refs
POLYCHAETA
polychaete worms and ragworms
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 		Class 40 subtaxa 684 images 35 ident. refs
SPIRORBIDAE
spirorbid polychaetes
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Freshwater

() Macan, T.T. 1959 A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates 118pp, Longman
Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

Marine Planktonic Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

Marine

Anon. The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN) www.marlin.ac.uk/gallerycategory.php?gcatid=8
Fish, J.D. & Fish, S. 2011 A Student’s Guide to the Seashore 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/

Marine/Plankton

() Larink, O. & Westheide, W. 2011 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas (2nd ed) 2nd edition, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
() Larink, O. & Westheide, W. 2006 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas 143pp, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil

ANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 92 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
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