Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Aphroditiformia > Family Polynoidae > Subfamily Polynoinae > Genus Harmothoe

Harmothoe clavigera (M. Sars, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Harmothoe*	Kinberg, 1856	accepted genus name
*Evarne*	Malmgren, 1865	junior homonym
*Harmothoe (Harmothoe)*	Kinberg, 1856	synonym
*Laenilla*	Malmgren, 1865	synonym
*Lagisca taurica*	(Czerniavsky, 1882)	synonym

Species group names

*Polynoe clavigera*	Sars, 1863	synonym

Literature

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	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 44(1): 67-95.
additional source	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
new combination reference	Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2009). Revision of the genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. Zootaxa. 2104(1): 1-76.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Harmothoe clavigera (M. Sars, 1863). 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:130760