Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Maldanidae > Subfamily Euclymeninae

Praxillella Verrill, 1881

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Praxilla*	Malmgren, 1865	junior homonym
*Pseudoclymene*	Arwidsson, 1906	synonym

Children

Praxillella affinis (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872)
Praxillella challengeriae (McIntosh, 1885)
Praxillella gracilis (M. Sars, 1861)
Praxillella lophoseta (Orlandi, 1898)
Praxillella praetermissa (Malmgren, 1865)
Praxillella quadrilobata (M. Sars, 1856)
Praxillella trifila Hartman, 1960

Literature

original description	Verrill, A.E. (1881). New England Annelida. Part I. Historical sketch, with annotated lists of the species hitherto recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 4: 285-324.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Praxillella Verrill, 1881. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129360