Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae

Laonice Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Laonice appelloefi Söderström, 1920
Laonice bahusiensis Söderström, 1920
Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851)
Laonice sarsi Söderström, 1920

Literature

original description	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
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	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	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.
taxonomy source	Sikorski, Andrey V. (2011). Review of Laonice (Spionidae, Annelida) with remarks on several species and a description of a new species from South Africa. Italian Journal of Zoology. 78(S1): 201-214.
taxonomy source	Sikorski, Andrey; Pavlova, Lyudmila V. (2016). Three new species of Laonice (Polychaete: Spionidae) from West and Southwest Africa. Zootaxa. 4097(3): 353-368.
taxonomy source	Sikorski, Andrey; Pavlova, Lyudmila; Martin, Daniel; Gil, João. (2023). New sublittoral species of Laonice (Annelida: Spionidae) from southern Asian coasts. Zootaxa. 5277(3): 490-508.
taxonomy source	Bogantes, Viktoria E.; Halanych, Kenneth M.; Meißner, Karin. (2018). Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of North Atlantic Laonice Malmgren, 1867 (Spionidae, Annelida) including the description of a novel species. Marine Biodiversity. 48(2): 737-749.
identification resource	Delgado-Blas, Víctor H.; Diaz-Diaz, Oscar; Rozbaczylo, Nicolás. (2024). Laonice Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Aysén region in southern Chile with description of a new species. Zootaxa. 5551(1): 157-166.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Laonice Malmgren, 1867. 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:129613