Melinninae

Melinninae are a subfamily of the Ampharetidae, belonging to the Terebellida (bristle worms).

The Mellinninae are described firstly by Ralph V. Chamberlin in The Annelida Polychaeta, 1919.

On page 443 he states: "' One or two stout dorsal spines caudad of the branchiae on each side; number of somites large, near seventy or more Melinninae ',"suggesting that there are more than 70 genera in this subfamily. The WoRMS currently lists eleven direct children of the subfamily.