Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Terebellidae > Subfamily Terebellinae > Tribe Lanicini

Loimia Malmgren, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Loimia arborea Moore, 1903
Loimia medusa (Savigny, 1822)

Literature

original description	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.
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	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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Wang, Weina; Sui, Jixing; Kou, Qi; Li, Xin-Zheng. (2020). Review of the genus Loimia Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida, Terebellidae) from China seas with recognition of two new species based on integrative taxonomy. PeerJ. 8:e9491.
additional source	Carrerette, Orlemir; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2015). The genus Loimia Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida: Terebellidae) off the Brazilian coast, with description of three new species and notes on some morphological characters of the genus. Zootaxa. 3999(1): 1-31.
additional source	Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 40(1): 1-60.
status source	Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Hutchings, Pat. (2021). Revision of the French Terebellidae sensu stricto (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of nine new species. Zootaxa. 5038(1): 1-63.
taxonomy source	Martin, Daniel; Capa, Maria; Martínez, Alejandro; Costa, Ana Cristina. (2022). Taxonomic implications of describing a new species of Loimia (Annelida, Terebellidae) with two size-dependent morphotypes. European Journal of Taxonomy. 833: 60-96.
identification resource	Hutchings, Pat; Daffe, Guillemine; Flaxman, Beth; Rouse, Greg W.; Lavesque, Nicolas. (2024). A new species of Loimia (Annelida, Terebellidae) from Papua New Guinea, with comments on other species recorded in the region. Ocean and Coastal Research. 72(suppl 1): e24003, 1-9.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Loimia Malmgren, 1866. 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:129700