Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Syllidae > Subfamily Autolytinae > Tribe Autolytini > Genus Myrianida

Autolytus neapolitanus Cognetti, 1953

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

note: The taxonomic position of this species within Autolytinae is ambiguous; thus, even tough the name Autolytus is considered a junior synonim of Myrianida, Nygren (2004) avoided to place it within one of the accepted genera retaining the traditional nomencla

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myrianida*	Milne Edwards, 1845	accepted genus name
*Autolytides*	Malaquin, 1893	generic synonym
*Autolytus (Autolytides)*	Malaquin, 1893	generic synonym
*Autolytus (Autolytus)*	Grube, 1850	generic synonym
*Crithida*	Gosse, 1855	generic synonym
*Diploceraea*	Grube, 1850	generic synonym
*Sacconereis*	J. Müller, 1853	generic synonym
*Sylline*	Grube, 1860	generic synonym
*Podonereis*	[auct. misspelling]	orthographic variant
*Autolytus*	Grube, 1850	synonym

Literature

original description	Cognetti, Guiseppe. (1953). Ricerche sui Sillidi del Golfo di Napoli. III. Osservazioni biologiche e reperti di forme nuove. Bollettino di Zoologia. 20: 123-127.
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	Çinar, Melih Ertan; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2005). Cognetti's syllid collection (Polychaeta: Syllidae) deposited at the Museum of the Stazione Zoologica ‘‘Anton Dohrn'' (Naples, Italy), with descriptions of two new species of Autolytus. Journal of Natural History. 39(10): 725-762.
additional source	Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). Zootaxa. 680: 1-314.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Autolytus neapolitanus Cognetti, 1953. 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:131263