Alitta

Alitta
	Alitta virens, also known as the king ragworm
	Alitta succinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Subclass:	Aciculata
Order:	Phyllodocida
Suborder:	Nereidiformia
Family:	Nereididae
Subfamily:	Nereinae
Genus:	Alitta; Bakken & Wilson, 2005
Species
	Alitta grandis (Stimpson, 1853); Alitta succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847); Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835);

Alitta is a genus of marine annelids in Nereididae family (commonly known as sandworms or ragworms). There are three recognised species within the genus, Alitta grandis (Stimpson, 1853), Alitta succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) and Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835).^[1] Alitta brandti Malmgren, 1865 was originally considered part of the genus, but is now accepted as Neanthes brandti (Malmgren, 1865).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Fauchald, K.; Glasby, C. (2009). Alitta Bakken & Wilson, 2005. Fauchald, K. (Ed) (2009). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 2 August 2010

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[worms-1] Fauchald, K.; Glasby, C. (2009). Alitta Bakken & Wilson, 2005. Fauchald, K. (Ed) (2009). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 2 August 2010

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