Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Pectinariidae > Genus Pectinaria

Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pectinaria*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Cistena*	Leach, 1816	synonym
*Pectinaria (Pectinaria)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Species group names

*Cistena pallassii*	Leach, 1816	synonym
*Nereis cylindraria belgica*	Pallas, 1766	synonym
*Pectinaria (Pectinaria) belgica*	(Pallas, 1766)	synonym
*Pectinaria belgica*	sensu Malmgren, 1866	synonym

Literature

additional source	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.
additional source	McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538.
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.
status source	Hutchings, Patricia A.; Peart, Rachael. (2002). A Review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian Fauna. Records of the Australian Museum,. 54(1): 99-127.
taxonomy source	van Haaren, Ton. (2021). Historical review of Dutch Pectinariidae with Pectinaria belgica as a new taxon for the Netherlands (Annelida: Polychaeta: Pectinariidae). Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies. 50(3): 278-298.
taxonomy source	Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. [book]. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement].

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766). 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:334417