Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Arenicolidae > Genus Arenicola

Arenicola defodiens Cadman & Nelson-Smith, 1993

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arenicola*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Franse tap; zwarte tap; zwarte wadpier

English: black lug; black lug worm; black lugworm; runnydown sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Schwarzer Pierwurm

Literature

original description	Cadman, P. S.; Nelson-Smith, A. (1993). A New Species of Lugworm, Arenicola defodiens sp. nov. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 73(1): 213-224.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Arenicola defodiens Cadman & Nelson-Smith, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129867