Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Maldanidae > Subfamily Euclymeninae > Genus Praxillella

Praxillella affinis (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Praxillella*	Verrill, 1881	accepted genus name
*Praxilla*	Malmgren, 1865	junior homonym
*Pseudoclymene*	Arwidsson, 1906	synonym

Species group names

*Clymene lophoseta*	Orlandi, 1898	subjective synonym
*Clymene affinis*	M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872	synonym
*Euclymene affinis*	(M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872)	synonym

Literature

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	Arwidsson, Ivar. (1906). Studien über die skandinavischen und arktischen Maldaniden nebst Zusammenstellung der übrigen bisher bekannten Arten dieser Familie. Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der Doktorwürde. Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Sektion der Philosophischen Fakultät zu Upsala, Upsala Universitet, Upsala [sic]. 1-308. Plates 1-12. [published 1906 or at latest 2 Feb 1907].
additional source	Okuda, Shiro. (1937). Annelida Polychaeta in Onagawa Bay and its vicinity. I. Polychaeta Sedentaria. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. Fourth Series Biology. 12(1): 45-69, plate 2.
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	Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris. 1-494.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
redescription	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. Praxillella affinis (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872). 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:130322