Lepidocoleidae
Family of polychaetes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lepidocoleidae is a family of polychaetes belonging to the order Phyllodocida.[1]
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Lepidocoleidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Clade: | †Cuniculepadida |
Family: | †Lepidocoleidae Clarke, 1896 |
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Lepidocoleidaes have an armor-like exoskeleton that consists of large enclosed mineralized calcite plates with two different crystalline layers with both rugae and growth lines on their external surface.
Genera:[1]
- Carnicoleus Dzik, 1986
- Clarkeolepis Elias, 1958
- Compacoleus Schallreuter, 1985
- Kerrycoleus Prokop, 2002
- †Lepidocoleus Faber, 1886[2]
- Sokolophocoleus Pope, 1960
- Turrilepas Woodward, 1865