Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Melinnidae > Genus Melinna

Melinna palmata Grube, 1870

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melinna*	Malmgren, 1866	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1870). Ueber seinen Aufenthalt in St. Malo, besonders über zwei noch nicht beschriebene Anneliden. [Also known as: 'Über zwei neue anneliden von St. Malo (Melinna palmata, Ereutho serrisetis)'.]. Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur, Breslau. 47: 68-69.
basis of record	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	McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year. Zoological Society of London City: London, UK.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna palmata Grube, 1870. 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:129808