Phyllodocidae is a family of polychaete worms. Worms in this family live on the seabed and may burrow under the sediment.
Characteristics Members of the Phyllodocidae are characterised by an eversible pharynx and leaf-like dorsal cirri. The head has a pair of antennae at the front, a pair of ventral palps and a single median antenna known as a "nuchal papilla". There is a pair of nuchal organs and there may or may not be a pair of eyes. The first two or three body segments may be part-fused and bear up to four pairs of tentacular cirri. The remaining body segments each bear leaf-like dorsal and ventral cirri, the dorsal ones being larger. The parapodia are uniramous or biramous, and chaetae are present on all but the first segment.
Genera The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera : Subfamily Eteoninae Bergström, 1914 Genus Eteone Savigny, 1818 Genus Eulalia Savigny, 1822 Genus Eumida Malmgren, 1865 Genus Galapagomystides Blake, 1985 Genus Hesionura Hartmann-Schröder, 1958 Genus Hypereteone Bergström, 1914 Genus Mystides Théel, 1879 Genus Protomystides Czerniavsky, 1882 Genus Pseudomystides Bergström, 1914 Genus Pterocirrus Claparède, 1868 Genus Sige Malmgren, 1865 Subfamily Notophyllinae Pleijel, 1991 Genus Austrophyllum Bergström, 1914 Genus Clavadoce Hartman, 1936 Genus Nereiphylla Blainville, 1828 Genus Notophyllum Örsted, 1843 Subfamily Phyllodocinae Örsted, 1843 Genus Chaetoparia Malmgren, 1867 Genus Levisettius Thompson, 1979 † Genus Paranaitis Southern, 1914 Genus Phyllodoce Lamarck, 1818
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