Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Nereididae > Subfamily Nereidinae > Genus Alitta

Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alitta*	Kinberg, 1865	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Neanthes succinea*	(Leuckart, 1847)	synonym
*Nereis succinea*	Leuckart, 1847	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ambergele zeeduizendpoot

Japanese: アシナガゴカイ

Literature

additional source	Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta. 34(5): 507-547.
additional source	Ferreira, Letícia M.; Seixas, Victor C.; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Santos, Cinthya S. G. (2024). Another candidate to human-mediated transport: molecular evidence confirms that Alitta succinea (Nereididae: Annelida) is a widespread species. Marine Biodiversity. 54(1): 1-12.
redescription	Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2015). Redescription of Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) and reinstatement of A. acutifolia (Ehlers, 1901) n. comb. based upon morphological and molecular data (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Zootaxa. 3919(1): 157-178.
ecology source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Timm, Tarmo; Muir, Alexander I.; Gil, João. (2009). Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World. Zootaxa. 2070: 1–52.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847). 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:234850