Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Terebellidae > Subfamily Terebellinae > Tribe Polycirrini > Genus Lysilla

Lysilla nivea Langerhans, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lysilla*	Malmgren, 1866	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Langerhans, P. (1884). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira, IV. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 40: 247-285, plates15-17.
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	Holthe, T. (1986). Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia. 7: 1-192.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lysilla nivea Langerhans, 1884. 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:131501