Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Syllidae > Subfamily Autolytinae > Tribe Autolytini

Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Autolytides*	Malaquin, 1893	generic synonym
*Autolytus (Autolytides)*	Malaquin, 1893	generic synonym
*Autolytus (Autolytus)*	Grube, 1850	generic synonym
*Crithida*	Gosse, 1855	generic synonym
*Diploceraea*	Grube, 1850	generic synonym
*Sacconereis*	J. Müller, 1853	generic synonym
*Sylline*	Grube, 1860	generic synonym
*Podonereis*	[auct. misspelling]	orthographic variant
*Autolytus*	Grube, 1850	synonym

Children

Autolytus (Proceraea)
Autolytus emertoni Verrill, 1881
Autolytus neapolitanus Cognetti, 1953
Autolytus roseus Claparède, 1864
Autolytus rubrovittatus Claparède, 1864
Autolytus smittiae Malaquin, 1893
Autolytus syllisetosus Langerhans, 1884
Crithida thalassina Gosse, 1855
Myrianida antondohrni (Çinar & Gambi, 2005)
Myrianida brachycephala (Marenzeller, 1874)
Myrianida cognettii (Çinar & Gambi, 2005)
Myrianida convoluta (Cognetti, 1953)
Myrianida dentalia (Imajima, 1966)
Myrianida edwarsi (Saint Joseph, 1887)
Myrianida hesperidium (Claparède, 1868)
Myrianida inermis (Saint Joseph, 1887)
Myrianida irregularis (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
Myrianida langerhansi (Gidholm, 1967)
Myrianida longoprimicirrata (López, San Martín & Jiménez, 1997)
Myrianida pinnigera (Montagu, 1808)
Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
Myrianida quindecimdentata (Langerhans, 1884)
Myrianida rubropunctata (Grube, 1860)
Myrianida tyrrhenica (Cognetti, 1953)
Sacconereis canariensis Greeff, 1879
Sacconereis cettensis Pagenstecher, 1892
Sacconereis helgolandica M. Müller, 1855
Sacconereis schultzii J. Müller, 1853

Literature

original description	Milne Edwards, Henri. (1845). Observations sur le développement des annélides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Série 3, Zoologie, 3: 145-182, plates 5-11.
basis of record	Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). Zootaxa. 680: 1-314.
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	NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes.
redescription	Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). Zootaxa. 680: 1-314.
identification resource	Dietrich, Anna; Hager, Tatjana; Bönsch, Regine; Winkelmann, Charlotte; Schmidt, Andreas; Nygren, Arne. (2015). A new species of Myrianida (Autolytinae, Syllidae, Annelida) from the North Sea, with short notes on the distribution and habitat of Northeast Atlantic autolytines. Marine Biology Research. 11(8): 804-813.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845. 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:129659