Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae

Marenzelleria Mesnil, 1896

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Marenzelleria neglecta Sikorski & Bick, 2004
Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873)
Marenzelleria wireni Augener, 1913

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: groenworm; Oostzeezager

Literature

original description	Mesnil, F. (1896). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. I. Les Spionidiens des côtes de la Manche. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique. 29: 110-287, plates VII-XV.
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.
taxonomy source	Maciolek, Nancy J. 1984. New records and species of Marenzelleria Mesnil and Scolecolepides Ehlers, (Polychaeta; Spionidae) from Northeastern North America. 48-62. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 48-62.
identification resource	Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Pankova, Victoria I.; Neretina, Tatyana V.; Tzetlin, Alexander B. (2022). Canals and invasions: a review of the distribution of Marenzelleria (Annelida: Spionidae) in Eurasia, with a key to Marenzelleria species and insights on their relationships. Aquatic Invasions. 17(2): 186-206.
biology source	Blank, Miriam; Bastrop, Ralf. (2009). Phylogeny of the mud worm genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta, Spionidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Zoologica Scripta. 38(3): 313-321.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marenzelleria Mesnil, 1896. 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:129615