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

Alitta Kinberg, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alitta grandis (Stimpson, 1853)
Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)
Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835)

Literature

original description	Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179.
additional source	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 181-192.
redescription	Khlebovich, V. V. (1996). [Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. Polychaetous annelids. Volume III. Polychaetes of the family Nereididae of the Russian Seas and the adjacent waters] (In Russian). [Book]. 222 pp. Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St Petersburg, n.s. no. 140, Nauka Publishing House.
taxonomy source	Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta. 34(5): 507-547.
taxonomy source	Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Bakken, Torkild. (2018). Revision of the Alitta virens species complex (Annelida: Nereididae) from the North Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 4483(2): 201-257.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Alitta Kinberg, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234848