Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Ampharetidae > Subfamily Ampharetinae

Lysippe Malmgren, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lysippides*	Hessle, 1917	generic synonym
*Pterolysippe*	Augener, 1918	generic synonym

Children

Lysippe fragilis (Wollebaek, 1912)
Lysippe labiata Malmgren, 1866

Literature

original description	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	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	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.
status source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (1956). Opinion 347. Validation, under the plenary powers, of the generic name Lysippe Malmgren, 1865 (Class Polychaeta). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 10:411-420.
taxonomy source	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lysippe Malmgren, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129166