Melinninae

Melinninae are a subfamily of the Ampharetidae, belonging to the Terebellida (bristle worms).

Melinninae
Melinnopsis dubita, a species of the subfamily of Melinninae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaeta
Order:
Terebellida
Family:
Ampharetidae
Subfamily:
Melinninae

The Mellinninae are described firstly by Ralph V. Chamberlin in The Annelida Polychaeta, 1919.[1]

On page 443 he states:

" One or two stout dorsal spines caudad of the branchiae on each side; number of somites large, near seventy or more Melinninae[2]",

suggesting that there are more than 70 geni in this subfamily. The WoRMS currently lists eleven direct children[3] of the subfamily.

References
  1. University, Harvard (1919). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. The Museum,. p. 443.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. Chamberlin, Ralph (1919). The Memoirs of comparative Zoology. p. 443.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species, Melinninae Chamberlain, 1919".
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