Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835) 
AphiaID: 234851

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Aciculata > Phyllodocida > Nereidiformia > Nereididae > Nereidinae > Alitta

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Alitta Kinberg, 1865
Sources		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., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46907 [details] basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] redescription: Bakken, Torkild and Wilson, Robin S. 2005. Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta, 34(5):507-547 [details] redescription: Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632, available online at http://hydro.bio.msu.ru/Personal/Jirkov.htm [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch zager  [details] English king ragworm  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 77 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Images		Nereis virens added on 2010-03-28 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: not checked Nereis virens on sand added on 2010-06-08 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234851
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2006-11-26 16:18:18Z   created   Glasby, Chris 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Glasby, C. (2013). Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234851 on 2013-05-23
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