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

Myxicola Koch in Renier in Meneghini, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Myxicola aesthetica (Claparède, 1870)
Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808)
Myxicola steenstrupii Krøyer, 1856

Literature

original description	Renier, Stefano Andrea [posthumously as edited by Meneghini, Guiseppe]. (1847). Osservazioni postume di Zoologia Adriatica del Professore Stefano Andrea Renier, membro effettivo dell'Istituto Italiano, pubblicate per cura dell'I. R. Istituto Veneto de Scienze, Lettere ed Arti a studio del membro effettivo Prof. G. Meneghini. pp. ix, (1), 120, (2), 16 plates. Giovanni Cecchini, Venezia.
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	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.
additional source	Muir, Alexander I.; Petersen, Mary E. (2013). Authorship of some polychaete (Annelida) names derived from the works of Renier and Savigny. Zootaxa. 3717(3): 383.
redescription	Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V.
taxonomy source	Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II^me. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI.
taxonomy source	Putignano, Matteo; Langeneck, Joachim; Giangrande, Adriana. (2024). The forgotten diversity of the genus Myxicola (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in North America: redescription of historical taxa and description of two new species. Journal of Natural History. 58(37-40): 1393-1427.
taxonomy source	Tilic, Ekin; Sayyari, Erfan; Stiller, Josefin; Mirarab, Siavash; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). More is needed—Thousands of loci are required to elucidate the relationships of the 'flowers of the sea' (Sabellida, Annelida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 151: 106892: 1-9.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Myxicola Koch in Renier in Meneghini, 1847. 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:129537