Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Phyllodociformia > Family Phyllodocidae > Subfamily Eteoninae > Genus Eulalia

Eulalia viridis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eulalia*	Savigny, 1822	accepted genus name
*Phyllodoce (Eulalia)*	Savigny, 1822	synonym

Species group names

*Phyllodoce gervillei*	Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833	subjective synonym
*Nereis viridis*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: groene bladkieuwworm sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: green paddle worm; green worm; greenleaf worm; green-leaf worm 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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: grüner Blattwurm; Grüner Borstenwurm sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;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.

Japanese: サミドリサシバ

Literature

additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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	Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger. 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates.
additional source	Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32.
additional source	McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae. 2: 1-232.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris. 5: 1-488.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Hartman, Olga. (1942). The identity of some marine annelid worms in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 92(3142): 101-140.
additional source	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV.
additional source	Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 227(1): 1-356.
additional source	Örsted, A.S. (1842). Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn. 4: 109-127.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
source of synonymy	Bergström, Erik. (1914). Zur Systematik der Polychætenfamilie der Phyllodociden. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 3: 37-224, plates I-V.
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.
redescription	Bonse, Susanne; Schmidt, Hartmut; Eibye-jacobsen, Danny; Westheide, Wilfried. (1996). Eulalia viridis (Polychaeta: Phyllodocidae) is a complex of two species in northern Europe: Results from biochemical and morphological analyses. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 37(1), 33-48.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eulalia viridis (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:130639