Amphinomida is an order of marine
polychaete
Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine Annelid, annelid worms, common name, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called c ...
s. The order contains two families:
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Amphinomidae
Amphinomidae, also known as the fireworms, bristle worms or sea mice, are a family (biology), family of marine polychaetes, many species of which bear chaetae mineralized with carbonate. The best-known amphinomids are the fireworms, which can ca ...
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Lamarck, 1818
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Euphrosinidae''
Williams, 1852
The fossil record of this taxon (not abundant in annelids overall because this taxon lacks a mineralized skeleton) includes ''Palaeocampa anthrax'' Meek & Worthen, 1865 from the Late Carboniferous site of Montceau-les-Mines.
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Errantia
Annelid orders
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