Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Order Nerillida

Nerillidae Levinsen, 1883

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leptonerilla Westheide & Purschke, 1996
Meganerilla Boaden, 1961
Mesonerilla Remane, 1949
Micronerilla Jouin, 1970 [unpublished]
Nerilla Schmidt, 1848
Nerillidium Remane, 1925
Nerillidopsis jouin, 1967
Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965
Psammoriedlia Kirsteuer, 1966
Thalassochaetus Ax, 1954
Troglochaetus Delachaux, 1921

Literature

original description	Levinsen, G.M.R. (1883). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn, 1882. 160-251.
additional source	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 44(1): 67-95.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
identification resource	Westheide, W. (1990). Polychaetes: interstitial families: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 44. Universal Book Services/Universal Book Services/Backhuys/W. Backhuys: Oegstgeest. ISBN 90-73348-08-0. VII, 152 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nerillidae Levinsen, 1883. 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:992

Dr. Emilia Rota. Nerillidae Levinsen, 1883. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/90c5f867-acdd-465f-be97-f6644ea1dea5