Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Annelida - (Class) Polychaeta - (Order) Phyllodocida

Subsequent entries

Aphrodita (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Palmyra (Genus) Savigny, 1818		Ref: Watson Russell, 1989 [assumed]

Current position

Aphroditoidea (Superfamily) Malmgren, 1867

Ref: F. Pleijel, 2001: 76. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Aciculata (Order) Rouse & Fauchald, 1997	Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Aphroditacea (Superfamily) Malmgren, 1867	Ref: M.H. Pettibone, 1982: 12.
Phyllodocida ([unranked])	Ref: G.W. Rouse & K. Fauchald, 1997: 204.

Historical positions

Aphroditoidea (Superfamily) Malmgren, 1867	Ref: F. Pleijel, 2001: 76; 73, table 1.1, fig. 2.3.
Polychaeta (Class) Grube, 1850	Ref: G. Bellan, 2001: 215.
Phyllodocida ([unranked])	Ref: G.W. Rouse & K. Fauchald, 1997: 163, 204.
Polychaeta (Class) Grube, 1850	Ref: G.B. Read, 1996
Aphroditoidea (Superfamily) Malmgren, 1867	Ref: G. Hartmann-Schröder, 1996: 33.
Phyllodocida (Order) Dales, 1962	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Aphroditacea (Superfamily) Malmgren, 1867	Ref: M.H. Pettibone, 1982: 12-13.
Nereimorpha (Suborder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10g;29s;3ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	7g;75s
2001	F. Pleijel: 76	7g;75s
1982	M.H. Pettibone	9g70s