Acrocirridae is a family of polychaete worms. Acrocirrids are detritivores (deposit feeders), catching falling particles with numerous long prostomial tentacles. There are eight known genera, and at least 21 described species and subspecies within the Acrocirridae. The acrocirrids are primarily benthic (seabed-dwelling) animals, but at least two genera (Swima and Teuthidodrilus) appear to have evolved or adapted to a pelagic (free-swimming) habitat.
Systematics
Following is a list of genera and species within the family Acrocirridae:
- Genus Acrocirrus <small>Grube, 1873</small>
- Acrocirrus aciculigerus <small>Kudenov, 1976</small>
- Acrocirrus bansei <small>Magalhães & Bailey-Brock, 2012</small>
- Acrocirrus columbianus <small>Banse, 1979</small>
- Acrocirrus crassifilis <small>Moore, 1923</small>
- Acrocirrus frontifilis <small>(Grube, 1860)</small>
- Acrocirrus heterochaetus <small>Annenkova, 1934</small>
- Acrocirrus incisa <small>Kudenov, 1975</small>
- Acrocirrus muroranensis <small>Okuda, 1934</small>
- Acrocirrus occipitalis <small>Banse, 1979</small>
- Acrocirrus okotensis <small>Imajima, 1963</small>
- Acrocirrus trisectus <small>Banse, 1969</small>
- Acrocirrus uchidai <small>Okuda, 1934</small>
- Acrocirrus validus <small>Marenzeller, 1879</small>
- Genus Chauvinelia <small>Laubier, 1974</small>
- Chauvinelia arctica <small>Averincev, 1980</small>
- Chauvinelia biscayensis <small>Laubier, 1974</small>
- Genus Flabelligella <small>Hartman, 1965</small>
- Flabelligella macrochaeta <small>(Fauchald, 1972)</small>
- Flabelligella mexicana <small>Fauchald, 1972</small>
- Flabelligella minuta <small>Hartman, 1965</small>
- Flabelligella papillata <small>Hartman, 1965</small>
- Genus Flabelligena <small>Gillet, 2001</small>
- Flabelligena amoureuxi <small>Gillet, 2001</small>
- Flabelligena biscayensis <small>(Kolmer, 1985)</small>
- Flabelligena cirrata <small>(Hartman & Fauchald, 1971)</small>
- Flabelligena erratica <small>(Orensanz, 1974)</small>
- Flabelligena gascognensis <small>Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2006</small>
- Flabelligena mediterranea <small>(Kolmer, 1985)</small>
- Genus Helmetophorus <small>Hartman, 1978</small>
- Helmetophorus rankini <small>Hartman, 1978</small>
- Genus Macrochaeta <small>Grube, 1850 </small>
- Macrochaeta australiensis <small>Kudenov, 1976</small>
- Macrochaeta bansei <small>Hartmann-Schröder, 1974</small>
- Macrochaeta clavicornis <small>(M. Sars, 1835)</small>
- Macrochaeta helgolandica <small>Friedrich, 1937</small>
- Macrochaeta leidyi <small>(Verrill, 1882)</small>
- Macrochaeta multipapillata <small>Westheide, 1981</small>
- Macrochaeta natalensis <small>Hartmann-Schröder, 1996</small>
- Macrochaeta papillosa <small>Ehlers, 1913</small>
- Macrochaeta pege <small>Banse, 1969</small>
- Macrochaeta polyonyx <small>Eliason, 1962</small>
- Macrochaeta sexoculata <small>(Webster & Benedict, 1887)</small>
- Macrochaeta westheidei <small>Santos & Silva, 1993</small>
- Genus Swima <small>Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009</small>
- S. bombiviridis <small>Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009</small> (also known as Green Bomber Worm or Bombardier Worm), Monterey Bay, California
- Swima fulgida <small>Osborn, Haddock & Rouse, 2011</small>
- Swima tawitawiensis <small>Osborn, Haddock & Rouse, 2011</small>
- Genus Teuthidodrilus <small>Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011</small>
- Teuthidodrilus samae <small>Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011</small> (also known as Squidworm), Celebes Sea, East Indian Archipelago
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