Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Sabellidae > Subfamily Myxicolinae > Tribe Myxicolini

Euchone Malmgren, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Euchone analis (Krøyer, 1856)
Euchone arenae Hartman, 1966
Euchone capensis Day, 1961
Euchone elegans Verrill, 1873
Euchone incolor Hartman, 1965
Euchone papillosa (Sars, 1851)
Euchone rosea Langerhans, 1884
Euchone rubrocincta (Sars, 1862)
Euchone southerni Banse, 1970

Literature

original description

Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.

additional source

Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.

additional source

Cochrane, S. J. 2003. Snowflakes and feather-dusters -- some challenges for soft-bottom fanworm systematics. Hydrobiologia 496: 49-62.

additional source

Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.

identification resource

Giangrande, Adriana; Wasson, Bryan; Lezzi, Marco; Licciano, Margherita. (2017). Description of Euchone anceps sp. nov. (Annelida: Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic, with remarks on the difficulty of generic definition. The European Zoological Journal. 84(1): 193-207.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Euchone Malmgren, 1866. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129528

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2021-06-14 by Geoffrey Read

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