North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

Polychaeta taxon details

Alitta Kinberg, 1865

AphiaID

234848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234848)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Nereis virens Sars, 1835 accepted as Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Nereidinae Blainville, 1818

Original name

Alitta Kinberg, 1865

Synonymised names

Nereis (Alitta) (Kinberg, 1865) · unaccepted (superseded as subgenus rank)

Direct children (9)

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Species Alitta acutifolia (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Alitta brandti Malmgren, 1865
Species Alitta dyamusi (Izuka, 1912)
Species Alitta grandis (Stimpson, 1853)
Species Alitta plenidentata (Moore, 1909)
Species Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)
Species Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835)
Species Alitta williami Villalobos-Guerrero & Bakken, 2018
Species Alitta yarae Álvarez, Desiderato & Mucciolo, 2023

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 172 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Alitta Kinberg, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234848 on 2025-02-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-26 16:18:18Z

created

Glasby, Chris

2008-03-04 06:49:09Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2011-05-15 21:14:46Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2011-05-16 20:49:49Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2019-09-10 22:09:26Z

changed

Gil, João

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original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 172 [details]

taxonomy source Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Bakken, Torkild. (2018). Revision of the Alitta virens species complex (Annelida: Nereididae) from the North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 4483(2): 201-257., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4483.2.1 [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta. 34(5): 507-547., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00200.x
page(s): 517; note: diagnosis update [details] Available for editors

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additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 183 [details]

redescription Khlebovich, V. V. (1996). [Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. Polychaetous annelids. Volume III. Polychaetes of the family Nereididae of the Russian Seas and the adjacent waters] (In Russian). [Book]. 222 pp. Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St Petersburg, n.s. no. 140, Nauka Publishing House.
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors

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