Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Pilargidae > Subfamily Synelminae

Litocorsa Pearson, 1970

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Litocorsa stremma Pearson, 1970

Literature

original description	Pearson, T.H. (1970). Litocorsa stremma a new genus and species of pilargid (Polychaeta: Annelida) from the west coast of Scotland, with notes on two other pilargid species. Journal of Natural History. 4(1): 69-77.
basis of record	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	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
taxonomy source	Wolf, Paul S. (1984). Family Pilargidae Saint Joseph, 1899. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 4. 231pp. Chapter Pagination: 29.1-29.41, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
identification resource	Wolf, Paul S. (1986). Three new species of Pilargidae (Annelida:Polychaeta) from the east coast of Florida, Puerto Rico and the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 99(3): 464-471.
identification resource	Darbyshire, Teresa; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2003). Species of Litocorsa (Polychaeta: Pilargidae) from the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Hydrobiologia. 496(1-3): 63-73.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Litocorsa Pearson, 1970. 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:129464