Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Sabellidae > Subfamily Myxicolinae > Tribe Myxicolini > Genus Myxicola

Myxicola aesthetica (Claparède, 1870)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myxicola*	Koch in Renier in Meneghini, 1847	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Leptochone aesthetica*	Claparède, 1870	synonym

Literature

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.
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris. 1-494.
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.
additional source	Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.
additional source	Berkeley, Edith. (1930). Polychaetous annelids from the Nanaimo District. Part 5. Ammocharidae to Myzostomidae: with an appendix on some pelagic forms from the Straits of Georgia and the west coast of Vancouver Island. Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries. 6: 65-77 [article 5 of vol 6].

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Myxicola aesthetica (Claparède, 1870). 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:130931