Progress and perspectives in the discovery of polychaete worms (Annelida) of the world

Pamungkas, Joko; Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Wilson, Simon P.; Costello, Mark J.

doi:10.1186/s10152-019-0524-z

Table 1 The list of valid polychaete families and their author(s), species and genera (ranked by species number per family), as well as years of first and last species descriptions and cumulative percentages of species described per half century

From: Progress and perspectives in the discovery of polychaete worms (Annelida) of the world

Family	Author(s)	Species	Genus	First name	% of species described by				Last name
Family	Author(s)	Species	Genus	First name	1850	1900	1950	2000	Last name
Syllidae	Grube, 1850	993	103	1776	2	20	34	79	2016
Polynoidae	Kinberg, 1856	876	174	1758	3	31	60	95	2016
Nereididae	Blainville, 1818	687	50	1758	10	35	61	94	2016
Spionidae	Grube, 1850	612	54	1767	3	12	27	83	2016
Terebellidae	Johnston, 1846	607	73	1766	4	28	55	85	2016
Serpulidae	Rafinesque, 1815	576	77	1758	8	29	47	90	2016
Sabellidae	Latreille, 1825	493	42	1767	10	39	61	86	2016
Phyllodocidae	Örsted, 1843	448	34	1767	7	36	58	93	2015
Eunicidae	Berthold, 1827	419	14	1767	6	46	70	94	2014
Onuphidae	Kinberg, 1865	340	24	1776	2	20	40	90	2016
Ampharetidae	Malmgren, 1866	306	66	1835	1	20	46	81	2016
Lumbrineridae	Schmarda, 1861	302	22	1776	3	27	56	91	2014
Cirratulidae	Carus, 1863	291	21	1776	3	22	41	75	2016
Maldanidae	Malmgren, 1867	272	45	1780	2	33	64	96	2016
Sigalionidae	Malmgren, 1867	219	28	1830	3	29	53	91	2016
Hesionidae	Grube, 1850	214	37	1780	3	19	36	83	2015
Dorvilleidae	Chamberlin, 1919	201	37	1828	1	13	23	83	2015
Capitellidae	Grube, 1862	193	46	1780	1	13	35	83	2016
Orbiniidae	Hartman, 1942	184	25	1758	3	16	32	90	2016
Flabelligeridae	de Saint-Joseph, 1894	182	27	1776	6	30	59	80	2016
Siboglinidae	Caullery, 1914	178	32	1933	0	0	2	86	2015
Paraonidae	Cerruti, 1909	169	10	1879	0	2	10	83	2013
Opheliidae	Malmgren, 1867	155	10	1818	4	22	49	85	2015
Amphinomidae	Lamarck, 1818	152	22	1766	8	44	81	95	2012
Nephtyidae	Grube, 1850	144	6	1780	4	27	52	94	2016
Sabellariidae	Johnston, 1865	130	13	1767	5	20	46	91	2015
Aphroditidae	Malmgren, 1867	123	12	1758	9	43	77	94	2013
Sphaerodoridae	Malmgren, 1867	112	11	1843	1	5	15	80	2016
Pilargidae	de Saint-Joseph, 1899	105	13	1758	1	9	25	76	2013
Fabriciidae	Rioja, 1923	91	21	1774	1	10	22	89	2014
Oenonidae	Kinberg, 1865	90	19	1804	8	35	65	97	2015
Goniadidae	Kinberg, 1866	90	12	1833	4	27	59	94	2004
Chrysopetalidae	Ehlers, 1864	87	27	1855	0	13	23	74	2015
Glyceridae	Grube, 1850	87	3	1776	9	46	67	83	2012
Echiuridae	Quatrefages, 1847	79	7	1766	5	25	76	99	2013
Trichobranchidae	Malmgren, 1866	78	6	1758	3	21	33	77	2016
Bonelliidae	Lacaze-Duthiers, 1858	74	31	1821	1	12	34	97	2015
Chaetopteridae	Audouin & Edwards, 1833	73	5	1804	3	26	52	69	2015
Magelonidae	Cunningham & Ramage, 1888	67	2	1858	0	5	19	81	2013
Scalibregmatidae	Malmgren, 1867	66	16	1843	3	12	26	83	2015
Acoetidae	Kinberg, 1856	60	10	1817	5	30	65	97	2008
Euphrosinidae	Williams, 1852	59	4	1818	7	29	70	92	2009
Pectinariidae	Quatrefages, 1866	57	5	1766	14	40	79	88	2015
Oweniidae	Rioja, 1917	55	6	1844	2	18	29	67	2015
Tomopteridae	Grube, 1850	52	3	1825	6	34	87	100	1992
Nerillidae	Levinsen, 1883	49	14	1848	2	4	20	90	2009
Alciopidae	Ehlers, 1864	47	10	1828	10	60	79	100	1991
Acrocirridae	Banse, 1969	44	10	1835	2	11	25	84	2012
Protodrilidae	Hatschek, 1888	39	4	1868	0	10	33	85	2015
Travisiidae	Hartmann-Schröder, 1971	34	1	1840	3	29	65	88	2006
Poecilochaetidae	Hannerz, 1956	31	1	1875	0	3	13	90	2009
Sternaspidae	Carus, 1863	29	3	1817	7	28	41	45	2015
Cossuridae	Day, 1963	26	1	1887	0	4	0	85	2015
Pholoidae	Kinberg, 1858	25	5	1776	20	24	0	88	2016
Arenicolidae	Johnston, 1835	22	5	1758	14	55	68	96	2001
Eulepethidae	Chamberlin, 1919	22	7	1875	0	18	41	86	2011
Fauveliopsidae	Hartman, 1971	22	2	1922	0	0	9	86	2014
Saccocirridae	Czerniavsky, 1881	22	1	1872	0	5	36	82	2007
Lopadorrhynchidae	Claparède, 1870	19	5	1855	0	53	84	100	1978
Typhloscolecidae	Uljanin, 1878	17	3	1851	0	53	100	0	1950
Dinophilidae	Macalister, 1876	15	3	1848	7	60	80	100	1999
Polygordiidae	Czerniavsky, 1881	15	1	1868	0	40	87	100	1999
Trochochaetidae	Pettibone, 1963	15	2	1844	13	33	60	87	2013
Histriobdellidae	Claus & Moquin-Tandon, 1884	13	3	1858	0	15	39	85	2005
Iphionidae	Kinberg, 1856	13	4	1818	8	23	0	92	2014
Lacydoniidae	Bergström, 1914	13	1	1875	0	8	15	69	2016
Spintheridae	Augener, 1913	12	1	1845	17	33	67	92	2003
Alvinellidae	Desbruyères & Laubier, 1986	11	2	1980	0	0	0	100	1993
Longosomatidae	Hartman, 1944	7	1	1874	0	14	29	86	2016
Apistobranchidae	Mesnil & Caullery, 1898	6	1	1879	0	33	0	100	1978
Psammodrilidae	Swedmark, 1952	6	1	1952	0	0	0	50	2015
Aberrantidae	Wolf, 1987	4	1	1965	0	0	0	50	2005
Iospilidae	Bergström, 1914	4	3	1879	0	75	100	0	1911
Urechidae	Monro, 1927	4	1	1852	0	75	100	0	1928
Antonbruunidae	Fauchald, 1977	3	1	1965	0	0	0	33	2015
Hartmaniellidae	Imajima, 1977	3	1	1977	0	0	0	100	1986
Uncispionidae	Green, 1982	3	2	1982	0	0	0	67	2011
Yndolaciidae	Støp-Bowitz, 1987	3	3	1987	0	0	0	33	2004
Paralacydoniidae	Pettibone, 1963	2	1	1913	0	0	100	0	1923
Parergodrilidae	Reisinger, 1925	2	2	1925	0	0	100	0	1934
Protodriloididae	Purschke & Jouin, 1988	2	1	1904	0	0	100	0	1926
Ichthyotomidae	Eisig, 1906	1	1	1906	0	0	100	0	1906
Ikedidae	Bock, 1942	1	1	1904	0	0	100	0	1904
Laetmonectidae	Buzhinskaya, 1986	1	1	1986	0	0	0	100	1986
Pontodoridae	Bergström, 1914	1	1	1879	0	100	0	0	1879
Total		11,456	1417

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