Alitta | |
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Alitta virens, also known as the king ragworm | |
Alitta succinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Polychaeta |
Subclass: | Aciculata |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Suborder: | Nereidiformia |
Family: | Nereididae |
Subfamily: | Nereinae |
Genus: |
Alitta Bakken & Wilson, 2005 |
Species | |
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Alitta is a genus of marine annelids in Nereididae family (commonly known as sandworms or ragworms). There are three recognised species within the genus, Alitta grandis (Stimpson, 1853), Alitta succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) and Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835).Alitta brandti Malmgren, 1865 was originally considered part of the genus, but is now accepted as Neanthes brandti (Malmgren, 1865).