Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Eunicida > Family Eunicidae

Eunice Cuvier, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eunice aphroditois (Pallas, 1788)
Eunice dubitata Fauchald, 1974
Eunice floridana (Pourtalès, 1867)
Eunice norvegica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Eunice oerstedii Stimpson, 1853
Eunice pennata (Müller, 1776)
Eunice purpurea Grube, 1866
Eunice roussaei Quatrefages, 1866
Eunice rubrocincta Ehlers, 1868
Eunice schizobranchia Claparède, 1870
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1817). Les Annélides. p.515-532 In. Le règne animal distribué d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. Volume 2. Contenant les Reptiles, les Poissons, les Mollusques et les Annélides. Deterville. Paris.
basis of record	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	Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix.
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.
additional source	Zanol, J.; Fauchald, K.; Paiva, P.C. (2007). A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae, polychaete, Annelida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150(2): 413-434.
additional source	Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. ; Carrera-Parra, Luis F.; De León-González, Jesus Angel. 2011. Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas. Revista de Biologia Tropical 59(4): 1463–1474
ecology source	Kise, H.; Reimer, J. (2016). Unexpected diversity and a new species of Epizoanthus (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) attached to eunicid worm tubes from the Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys. 562: 49-71.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice Cuvier, 1817. 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:129278