Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae > Genus Marenzelleria

Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Marenzelleria*	Mesnil, 1896	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scolecolepis viridis*	Verrill, 1873	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gewone groenworm sources: Van Moorsel, G. W. N. M.; Tempelman, D.; Lewis, W. (2010). De Oostzeegroenworm Marenzelleria neglecta in het Noordzeekanaal (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 34: 45-54.

Polish: rogoża amerykańska

Literature

additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Maciolek, Nancy J. 1984. New records and species of Marenzelleria Mesnil and Scolecolepides Ehlers, (Polychaeta; Spionidae) from Northeastern North America. 48-62. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 48-62.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
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	Eno, N. C.; Clark, R. A.; Sanderson, W. G. (1997). Non-native marine species in British waters: a review and directory. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. pp. 136.
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.
redescription	Sikorski, A.V. & Bick, A. (2004). Revision of Marenzelleria Mesnil, 1896 (Spionidae, Polychaeta). Sarsia. 89(4):253-275.
new combination reference	Lagzdins, G.; Pallo, P. (1994). Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill) (Polychaeta, Spionidae) - a new species for the Gulf of Riga. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Biology. 43(3): 184-188.
taxonomy source	Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Pankova, Victoria V.; Malyar, Vasily V.; Cerca, José; Struck, Torsten H. (2021). A review of the worldwide distribution of Marenzelleria viridis, with new records for M. viridis, M. neglecta and Marenzelleria sp. (Annelida: Spionidae). Zootaxa. 5081(3): 353-372.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873). 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:131135