Parergodrilidae

Parergodrilidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Orbiniida (?)
Family: Parergodrilidae

Parergodrilidae is an enigmatic family of polychaetes with only two genera, Stygocapitella, which lives on the coast; and Parergodrilus, which is terrestrial.

They share much in common with the clitellates, but molecular data place them with Questa and Orbiniidae.[1]

  1. ^ Purschke, Günter; Fursman, Mary C. (2005). "Spermatogenesis and Spermatozoa in Stygocapitella subterranea (Annelida, Parergodrilidae), an Enigmatic Supralittoral Polychaete". Zoomorphology. 124 (3): 137–148. doi:10.1007/s00435-005-0001-x. S2CID 32109905.