Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Arenicolidae > Genus Arenicola

Arenicola defodiens Cadman & Nelson-Smith, 1993

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arenicola*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Franse tap; zwarte tap; zwarte wadpier

English: black lugworm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Black Lugworm

Literature

original description	Cadman, P. S. and Nelson-Smith, A. 1993. A New Species of Lugworm, Arenicola defodiens sp. nov. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 73(1): 213-224.
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: pp. 214-231
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Arenicola defodiens Cadman & Nelson-Smith, 1993. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129867