Lumbrineridae

Iris Worms (Lumbrineridae) are a family of polychaetes in the order Eunicida. Lumbrineridae live on the West Coast of the United States, the West Coast of Canada, and the Gulf of Mexico

History
Iris Worms (Lumbrineridae) are distributed worldwide, and are primarily found in the soft sediment of shallow and intertidal waters but sometimes lives on rocky bottoms and in algal holdfasts. Lumbrineris flabellicola is unusual in the way that it forms grooves and membranous tubes in various ahermatypic corals. A few observations suggest that Iris worm diets include carnivory on various invertebrates and questionable herbivory. Selective deposit feeding was described for ninoe nigripes and lumbrineris cf. latreilli Its population biology is unknown.

Genera
Genera:
 * Abyssoninoe Orensanz, 1990
 * Aotearia Benham, 1927
 * Augeneria Monro, 1930