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

Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alkmaria*	Horst, 1919	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: tentacled lagoon worm sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

German: Brackwasser-Ringelwurm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Polish: alkmarja

Literature

original description	Horst, R. (1919). Twee sedentaire Polychaeten uit he brakke water var Nederland. Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden). 5: 100-102.
additional source	Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1934). A viviparous brackish-water ampharetid, Alkmaria romijni Horst from Ringkøbing Fjord. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn Forening. 98: 215-222, 4 figures.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
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.
additional source	Cazaux, C. 1982. Developpement larvaire de l'ampharetidae lagunaire Alkmaria romijni Horst 1919. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 23: 143-157,7figures.
source of synonymy	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129769