Alitta succinea
creator: Glasby, Chris
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
creator: Read, Geoffrey
date: 2026-08-29
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: Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234850 on 2026-08-29
created: 2006-11-26T17:18:18Z
modified: 2017-05-24T10:13:29Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)
class: Polychaeta
family: Nereididae
genus: Alitta
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV.
name published in: Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899. 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII.
name published in: Hartman, Olga. (1936). New species of polychaetous annelids of the family Nereidae from California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 83(2994): 467-480.
name published in: Heinen, Adolf. (1911). Die Nephthydeen und Lycorideen der Nord- und Ostsee, einschliesslich der verbindenden Meeresteile. Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen (Abteilung Kiel), Neue Folge. 13: 1-87, plate I, 5 maps.
name published in: Leuckart, R. (1847). Verzeichniss der zur Fauna Helgoland's gehörenden wirbellosen Seethiere. In: H. Frey & R. Leuckart, 1847. Beiträge zur Kenntniss wirbelloser Thiere. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1847. chapter pagination 136-168.
name published in: Pflugfelder, Otto 1933. Landpolychaten aus Niederlandisch-Indien. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 105(3/4): 65-76.
name published in: Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1898). Annélides polychètes des côtes de France (Manche et Océan). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris. Série 8, 5: 209-464, plates XIII-XXIII.
name published in: Treadwell, Aaron L. (1923). The heteronereis phase of a new species of a polychaetous annelid from Uruguay. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 64(2499): 1-3, plate I.
name published in year: 1868
name published in year: 1908
name published in year: 1936
name published in year: 1911
name published in year: 1847
name published in year: 1933
name published in year: 1898
name published in year: 1923
order: Phyllodocida
parent name usage ID: 234848
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: (Leuckart, 1847)
specific epithet: succinea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted