Acrocirridae is a family of polychaete worms. Acrocirrids are detritivores (deposit feeders), catching falling particles with numerous long prostomial tentacles. There are eight known genera, and at least 21 described species and subspecies within the Acrocirridae. The acrocirrids are primarily benthic (seabed-dwelling) animals, but at least two genera (Swima and Teuthidodrilus) appear to have evolved or adapted to a pelagic (free-swimming) habitat.

Systematics

Following is a list of genera and species within the family Acrocirridae:

  • Genus Acrocirrus Grube, 1873 Acrocirrus aciculigerus Kudenov, 1976 Acrocirrus bansei Magalhães & Bailey-Brock, 2012 Acrocirrus columbianus Banse, 1979 Acrocirrus crassifilis Moore, 1923 Acrocirrus frontifilis (Grube, 1860) Acrocirrus heterochaetus Annenkova, 1934 Acrocirrus incisa Kudenov, 1975 Acrocirrus muroranensis Okuda, 1934 Acrocirrus occipitalis Banse, 1979 Acrocirrus okotensis Imajima, 1963 Acrocirrus trisectusAcrocirrus trisectus Banse, 1969 Acrocirrus uchidai Okuda, 1934 Acrocirrus validus Marenzeller, 1879
  • Genus Chauvinelia Laubier, 1974 Chauvinelia arctica Averincev, 1980 Chauvinelia biscayensis Laubier, 1974
  • Genus Flabelligella Hartman, 1965 Flabelligella macrochaeta (Fauchald, 1972) Flabelligella mexicana Fauchald, 1972 Flabelligella minuta Hartman, 1965 Flabelligella papillata Hartman, 1965
  • Genus Flabelligena Gillet, 2001 Flabelligena amoureuxi Gillet, 2001 Flabelligena biscayensis (Kolmer, 1985) Flabelligena cirrata (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971) Flabelligena erratica (Orensanz, 1974) Flabelligena gascognensis Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2006 Flabelligena mediterranea (Kolmer, 1985)
  • Genus Helmetophorus Hartman, 1978 Helmetophorus rankini Hartman, 1978
  • Genus Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 Macrochaeta australiensis Kudenov, 1976 Macrochaeta bansei Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 Macrochaeta clavicornis (M. Sars, 1835) Macrochaeta helgolandica Friedrich, 1937 Macrochaeta leidyi (Verrill, 1882) Macrochaeta multipapillata Westheide, 1981 Macrochaeta natalensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 Macrochaeta papillosa Ehlers, 1913 Macrochaeta pege Banse, 1969 Macrochaeta polyonyx Eliason, 1962 Macrochaeta sexoculata (Webster & Benedict, 1887) Macrochaeta westheidei Santos & Silva, 1993
  • Genus Swima Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009 S. bombiviridis Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009 (also known as Green Bomber Worm or Bombardier Worm), Monterey Bay, California Swima fulgida Osborn, Haddock & Rouse, 2011 Swima tawitawiensis Osborn, Haddock & Rouse, 2011
  • Genus Teuthidodrilus Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011 Teuthidodrilus samae Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011 (also known as Squidworm), Celebes Sea, East Indian Archipelago

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