Alitta succinea

Alitta succinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nereididae
Genus: Alitta
Species:
A. succinea
Binomial name
Alitta succinea
(Frey & Leuckart, 1847)[1]

Alitta succinea (known as the pile worm, clam worm or cinder worm)[2] is a species of marine annelid in the family Nereididae (commonly known as ragworms or sandworms).[3] It has been recorded throughout the North West Atlantic, as well as in the Gulf of Maine and South Africa.[1]

  1. ^ a b Read G, Fauchald K, Glasby C (2012). Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). "Alitta succinea". World Polychaeta database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. ^ "What Are These Swimming Worms!". Delaware Surf Fishing. 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ Gillet P, Surugiu V, Vasile R, Metais I, Mouloud M, Simo P (2011). "Preliminary data on population dynamics and genetics of Alitta succinea (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from the Romanian coast of the Black Sea". Italian Journal of Zoology. 78 (Supplement 1: Proceedings of the 10th International Polychaete Conference (20–26 June 2010, Lecce, Italy)): 229–241. doi:10.1080/11250003.2011.593347.

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