Maldanidae | |
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Maldane adunca | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Clade: | Maldanomorpha |
Family: | Maldanidae Malmgren 1867 |
Subfamilies | |
Maldanidae is a family of more than 200 species of marine polychaetes commonly known as bamboo worms or maldanid worms.[1][2] They belong to the order Capitellida, in the phylum Annelida.[3] They are most closely related to family Arenicolidae, and together form the clade Maldanomorpha.[1]