Alitta succinea

Alitta succinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nereididae
Genus: Alitta
Species:
A. succinea
Binomial name
Alitta succinea
(Frey & Leuckart, 1847)[2]
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Nereis succinea Frey & Leuckart, 1847
  • Nereis (Neanthes) succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847)
  • Neanthes succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847)
  • Nereis limbata Ehlers, 1868
  • Nereis (Neanthes) perrieri Saint-Joseph, 1898
  • Nereis acutifolia Ehlers, 1901
  • Nereis glandulosa Ehlers, 1908
  • Nereis reibischi Heinen, 1911
  • Nereis (Neanthes) australis Treadwell, 1923
  • Nereis belawanensis Pflugfelder, 1933
  • Nereis (Neanthes) saltoni Hartman, 1936
  • Neanthes saltoni (Hartman, 1936)

Alitta succinea (known as the pile worm, clam worm or cinder worm)[3] is a species of marine annelid in the family Nereididae (commonly known as ragworms or sandworms).[4] It has been recorded throughout the North West Atlantic, as well as in the Gulf of Maine and South Africa.[2]

  1. ^ Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Alitta succinea" in SeaLifeBase. October 2024 version.
  2. ^ a b c Read G, Fauchald K, Glasby C (2012). Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). "Alitta succinea". World Polychaeta database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. ^ "What Are These Swimming Worms!". Delaware Surf Fishing. 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ Gillet P, Surugiu V, Vasile R, Metais I, Mouloud M, Simo P (2011). "Preliminary data on population dynamics and genetics of Alitta succinea (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from the Romanian coast of the Black Sea". Italian Journal of Zoology. 78 (Supplement 1: Proceedings of the 10th International Polychaete Conference (20–26 June 2010, Lecce, Italy)): 229–241. doi:10.1080/11250003.2011.593347.