Melinna cristata
creator: Bellan, Gérard
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
date: 2026-08-27
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129804 on 2026-08-26
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-03-26T12:36:43Z
replaces: 155358
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Melinna cristata (M. Sars, 1851)
class: Polychaeta
family: Melinnidae
genus: Melinna
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211.
name published in year: 1851
order: Terebellida
parent name usage ID: 129168
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: (M. Sars, 1851)
specific epithet: cristata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted