Lepidocoleidae
{{Short description|Family of polychaetes}}
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| taxon = Lepidocoleidae
| authority = Clarke, 1896
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Lepidocoleidae is a family of polychaetes belonging to the order Phyllodocida.{{cite web |title=Lepidocoleidae |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3267672 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=9 October 2021 |language=en}}
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.
- Carnicoleus Dzik, 1986
- Clarkeolepis Elias, 1958
- Compacoleus Schallreuter, 1985
- Kerrycoleus Prokop, 2002
- {{extinct}}Lepidocoleus Faber, 1886 Brandon Specktor: [https://www.livescience.com/devonian-excalibur-worm-shuriken-worm-fossil Fossils of 400-million-year-old 'Excalibur worm' discovered in Australia], on: LiveScience, 2 Dec. 2021
- Sokolophocoleus Pope, 1960
- Turrilepas Woodward, 1865
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