Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Aphroditiformia > Family Aphroditidae > Genus Laetmonice

Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Laetmonice*	Kinberg, 1856	accepted genus name
*Hermione*	Blainville, 1828	junior homonym
*Hermonia*	Hartman, 1959	junior homonym

Species group names

*Halithea hystrix*	Savigny in Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Hermonia hystrix*	(Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: モリコガネウロコムシ

Literature

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	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Laetmonice hystrix (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818). 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:129845