Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Nereididae > Subfamily Nereidinae > Genus Alitta

Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alitta*	Kinberg, 1865	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Neanthes virens*	(M. Sars, 1835)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: king ragworm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: King Ragworm

Literature

original description	Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatter. Bergen. Trykt paa Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R. S. xii + 81 pp., 15 pls.
basis of record	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
redescription	Bakken, Torkild and Wilson, Robin S. 2005. Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta, 34(5):507-547
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (78 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

Glasby, C. (2014). Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234851