Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Melinnidae > Genus Melinna

Melinna islandica Saemundsson, 1918

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: nom. dub.

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melinna*	Malmgren, 1866	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Sæmundsson, Bjarni. (1918). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Islands polychaete Børsteorme (Annulata polychaeta Islandiae). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 69: 165-241, plate II.
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.
status source	Mackie, Anderew S Y; Pleijel, Fredrik. (1995). A review of the Melinna cristata - species Group (Polychaeta: Ampharetidae) in the northeastern Atlantic. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 92 (supplement): 103-124.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Melinna islandica Saemundsson, 1918. 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:129806