Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Maldanidae > Subfamily Nicomachinae > Genus Nicomache

Nicomache (Loxochona) Arwidsson, 1906

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nicomache*	Malmgren, 1865	accepted genus name

Children

Nicomache (Loxochona) quadrispinata Arwidsson, 1906
Nicomache (Loxochona) trispinata Arwidsson, 1906

Literature

original description	Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic]. 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907].
additional source	Kongsrud, J.A.; Rapp, H.T. (2012). Nicomache (Loxochona) lokii sp. nov. (Annelida: Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the Loki's Castle vent field: an important structure builder in an Arctic vent system. Polar Biology. 35(2), 161-170.
additional source	De Assis, J. E.; Alonso, C.; Christoffersen, M. L. (2007). A catalogue and taxonomic keys of the Subfamily Nicomachinae (Polychaeta Maldanidae) of the world. Zootaxa. 1657: 41-55.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nicomache (Loxochona) Arwidsson, 1906. 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:325629