NEAT*Annelida - TMBL

NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): 

South Scandinavian marine Annelida 

Check-List 

compiled at TMBL (Tjärnö Marine 

Biological Laboratory) by: 

Hans G. Hansson 1987-03-15 / small revisions until March 1996, 

when it was published on Internet as a pdf file. 

Revised and republished Aug. 1998. 

Acknowledging use of some unpublished information from Tomas 

Cedhagen, Christer Erséus, & Fredrik Pleijel. 

Citation suggested: Hansson, H.G. (Comp.), NEAT (North East 

Atlantic Taxa): South Scandinavian marine Annelida Check-List. 

Internet pdf Ed., Aug. 1998. [http://www.tmbl.gu.se]. 

Denotations: () = Genotype @ = Associated to * = General note 

PHYLUM, CLASSIS, SUBCLASSIS, SUPERORDO, ORDO, SUBORDO, 

INFRAORDO, Superfamilia, Familia, Subfamilia, Genus & species 

N.B.: This is one of several preliminary check-lists, covering S. Scandinavian marine 

animal (and partly marine protoctist) taxa. Some financial support from (or via) NKMB 

(Nordiskt Kollegium för Marin Biologi), during the last years of the existence of this 

organisation (until 1993), is thankfully acknowledged. The primary purpose of these 

checklists is to facilitate for everyone, trying to identify organisms from the area, to know 

which species that earlier have been encountered there, or in neighbouring areas. A 

secondary purpose is to facilitate for non-experts to find as correct names as possible for 

organisms, including names of authors and years of description. So far these checklists 

are very preliminary. Due to restricted access to literature there are (some known, and 

probably many unknown) omissions in the lists. Certainly also several errors may be 

found, especially regarding taxa like Plathelminthes and Nematoda, where the experience 

of the compiler is very rudimentary. The credibility of some other lists, containing taxa like 

e.g. Porifera, where, at least in certain subtaxa, taxonomic confusion seems to prevail, is 

certainly also suboptimal so far. 

Species found in South Scandinavia, as well as from neighbouring areas, chiefly the 

British Isles, have been considered, as some of them may show to have a slightly more 

northern distribution, than what is known today. However, species with a typical 

Lusitanian distribution, with their northern distribution limit around France or Southern 

British Isles, have as a rule been omitted here, albeit a few species with probable norhern 

limits around the British Isles are listed here until distribution patterns are better known. 

Arctic Taxa, known only from areas north of N Norway are probably not as well 

represented in this list as they should be, because they were not initially intended to be 

covered by these lists. The probability is high that some new taxa, described recently from 

the area, have been inadvertently omitted. I am fully aware of the incompleteness of the 

lists, but for the moment I cannot advance much further because of limited local library 

resources and lack of time, because of other duties. The compiler would be very grateful 

for every correction of presumptive lapses and omittances an initiated reader could make. 

Out of phylogenetical reasons the taxon Hirudinea has, opposed to common practice, in 

the context below been ranked as a suborder within the order Tubificida. Vernacular 

Swedish names have been quoted between citation marks for a few taxa. A few non-marine 

taxa have been included for special reasons. 

N.B. This document is intended to be completely unavailable regarding nomenclature 

within the meaning of ICZN.

ANNELIDA de Lamarck,1802 

POLYCHAETA Grube,1850 

PALPATA Rouse & Fauchald,1997 

ACICULATA Rouse & Fauchald,1997 

PHYLLODOCIDA Dales,1962? 

Myzostomidae 

* The following subfamilies lack Scandinavian species: 

Cystimyzostominae Jägersten,1940, Asteriomyzostominae Jägersten,1940, 

Mesomyzostominae ?Jägersten?,?1940? & Stelechopinae. ?Jägersten?,?1940? 

Asteriomyzostominae Jägersten,1940 

Asteromyzostomum Vagin,1954 

A. arcticum ?,1??? 

@ Urasterias lincki 

Arctic Seas 

A. multiplicatum ?,1??? 

@ Crossaster papposus 

Arctic Seas 

A. witjasi ?,1??? 

@ Psilaster pectinatus 

Arctic Seas 

Myzostominae Beard,1884 

Myzostomum Leuckart,1827 

= Myzostoma Leuckart,1829 

M. cirriferum Leuckart,1836 

= M. schulzeanum Diesing,1858 

= M. thompsoni Diesing,1858 

@ on Antedon spp. 

Bohuslän -Østfold - Bergen, Roscoff, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

M. carpenteri (von Graff,1884) 

@ on Hathrometra sarsi & Poliometra prolixa 

Bohuslän, Bergen, Faeroes 

M. parasiticum Leuckart,1827 (??) 

= M. glabrum Leuckart,1827 

= M. tuberculosum Semper,1859 

@ on Antedon spp. 

Mediterranean-North Sea, Bergen? 

M. alatum (von Graff,1884) 

@ on Antedon spp. & Leptometra spp. 

Mediterranean-Roscoff & Scotland 

M. ingolfi Jägersten,1940 

Iceland 

M. gigas Lütken, in von Graff,1877 

Arctic Seas

M. giganteum Nansen,1885 

* Possibly a synonym of M. gigas ? 

Spitsbergen 

Pulvinomyzostominae Jägersten,1940 

Pulvinomyzostomum Jägersten,1940 

P. pulvinar (von Graff,1884) 

= Myzostomum pulvinar von Graff,1884 () 

@ in digestive system of Antedon bifida & Leptometra spp. 

Mediterranean-Roscoff & Scotland 

Protomyzostominae ?Jägersten?,?1940? 

Protomyzostomum Fedotov,1912 

P. polynephris Fedotov,1912 () 

@ among gonads of Gorgonocephalus spp. 

Bergen, Trondheimsfjord, Kolafjord 

Phyllodocidoidea Örsted,1843 

Phyllodocidae Örsted,1843 

Notophyllinae Pleijel,1991 

Nereiphylla de Blainville,1828 

= Genetyllis Malmgren,1865 ( G. lutea Malmgren,1865) 

N. lutea (Malmgren,1865) 

= Genetyllis lutea Malmgren,1865 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Nordland, Scotland, Shetlands 

N. paretti de Blainville,1828 () 

= Phyllodoce paretti : Auctt. 

= Phyllodoce kinbergi de Quatrefages,1866 

= Phyllodoce pancerina Claparède,1870 

= Phyllodoce (Carobia de Quatrefages,1866) splendens de Saint-Joseph,1888 

Engl. Channel, NW Scotland, W Ireland, France, Mediterranean 

N. rubiginosa (de Saint-Joseph,1888) 

= Phyllodoce (Carobia) rubiginosa de Saint-Joseph,1888 

= Phyllodoce breviremis de Quatrefages,1866 

Engl. Channel, W Ireland, France, NW Spain, Mediterranean 

Notophyllum Örsted,1843 

N. foliosum (M. Sars,1835) () 

= Phyllodoce foliosa M. Sars,1835 

= N. longum Örsted,1843 

= N. viride Örsted,1843 

= N. polynoides Örsted,1845 

= Trachelophyllum luetkeni Levinsen,1883 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - N Troms, all around British Isles, "circumboreal" 

N. cf. N. americanum Verrill,1885 

* a bluish black specimen, taken by Pleijel,1989 

Säcken 

Phyllodocinae Örsted,1843 

= Pareteoninae Hartmann-Schröder,1975

Chaetoparia Malmgren,1867 

C. nilssoni Malmgren,1867 () 

Bohuslän, Skagerrak, Østfold - Nordland, North Sea, Faeroes, Iceland, W Mediterranean 

Paranaitis Southern,1914 

= Anaitis Malmgren,1865, non Duponchel,1829, nec Römer,1857 (Mollusca) 

= Pareteone Hartmann-Schröder,1975 

= Compsanaitis Hutchings & Murray,1984 

P. kosteriensis (Malmgren,1867) 

= Anaitis kosteriensis Malmgren,1867 

= Mystides lizziae M'Intosh,1908 

= Paranaitis kosteriensis : Bergström,1914 

Skagerrak, Koster area, Østfold - S Troms, Denmark, Scotland, Ireland, Labrador 

P. wahlbergi (Malmgren,1865) 

= Anaitis wahlbergi Malmgren,1865 () 

Koster area, Østfold - Troms, W Scotland, Norwegian Sea, Spitsbergen 

P. aff. polynoides (Moore,1909) 

SW Iceland, off SW Jan Mayen 

P. aff. uschakovi Eibye-Jacobsen,1991 

= P. caeca Uschakov,1972, ?non (Moore,1903) 

off S Iceland (deep water) 

Phyllodoce de Lamarck,1818 (Proposed conservation, ICZN 2765) 

non = Phyllodoce Ranzani,1817 

= Anaitides Czerniavsky,1882 ( Phyllodoce groenlandica Örsted,1843) 

= Sphaerodoce Bergström,1914 

= Zverlinum Averincev,1972 

= Phyllouschakovius Blake,1988 

S.g. Phyllodoce 

P. laminosa de Lamarck,1818 () 

= P. bimaculata de Saint-Joseph,1898 

?Fredrikshavn, NW & S North Sea, Trondheimsfjord, from Scotland - Mediterranean 

P. lineata (Claparède,1870) 

= Anaitis lineata Claparède,1870 

= P. callirhynchus Michaelsen,1897 

= P. papulosa de Saint-Joseph,1898 

between W Norway & Faeroes, S North Sea, Plymouth, Ireland, Biscay, Banyuls, Napoli 

S.g. Anaitides Czerniavsky,1882 

P. citrina Malmgren,1865 

= P. badia Malmgren,1867 

* A doubtful member of the subgenus according to Pleijel, 1993. 

Öresund - Bohuslän - all Norway, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Shetlands, Faeroes, Helgoland, 

Wales, W Greenland 

P. groenlandica Örsted,1842 

= P. luetkeni Malmgren,1867 

= P. arctica Hansen,1880 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak -all Norway, Faeroes, Iceland, British Isles, Arctic, W 

& S Greenland 

P. cf. longipes Kinberg,1866 

=? Phyllodoce macropapillosa de Saint-Joseph,1895 

= Anaitis jeffreysii M'Intosh,1908 

= Paranaitis jeffreysii : Southern,1914

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Østfold, Shetlands, North Sea, British Isles, Chile, Mexico 

P. maculata (Linnaeus,1767) 

= P. teres Malmgren,1865 

= P. pulchella Malmgren,1867 

= P. rinki Malmgren,1867 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Denmark, British Isles, Greenland 

P. madeirensis Langerhans,1880 

Arcachon, Bordeaux 

P. mucosa Örsted,1843 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Trøndelag, North Sea, British Isles, White Sea 

P. rosea (M'Intosh,1877) 

= Anaitis rosea M'Intosh,1877 

= Anaitides subulifera Eliason,1962 

Öresund - Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Trondheimsfjord, Helgoland, Engl. Channel, 

Scotland, Ireland 

Eteoninae Bergström,1914 

= Mystidinae Bergström,1914 

= Protomystidinae Bergström,1914 

Eteone de Savigny,1822 

= Eteonella M'Intosh,1874 

= Hypereteone Bergström,1914 

= Mysta Malmgren,1865 

E. arctica Malmgren,1867 

* Possibly a junior syn.on. of E. longa (O. Fabricius,1780) 

Spitsbergen (or Finnmark), Scotland, Ireland 

E. barbata (Malmgren,1865) 

= Mysta barbata Malmgren,1865 

= Mysta papillifera Théel,1879 

= Eteone striata Levinsen,1883 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, Østfold - Bergen, North Sea, E & S British Isles, Ireland, Iceland, 

Kara Sea 

E. (E.) cf. flava (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Nereis flava O. Fabricius,1780 () 

= E. depressa Malmgren,1865 

=? E. fucata Sars,1872 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, Østfold - W Finnmark, Norw. Sea, England, Ireland, Greenland 

E. foliosa de Quatrefages,1866 

= E. lactea Claparède,1868 

=?E. caeca Ehlers,1874 

= E. malmgreni Michaelsen,1897 

= Hypereteone lactea : Bergström,1914 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak-Nord-Trøndelag, North Sea, Faeroes, British Isles, Ireland, 

Gibraltar, Italy 

E. cf. longa (O. Fabricius,1780) 

=? E. lilljeborgi Malmgren,1867 

=? E. villosa Levinsen,1883 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, Isefjorden, all Norway, Netherlands, British Isles, Shetlands, 

Faeroes, Greenland, White Sea 

E. picta de Quatrefages,1866 

= Mysta picta : Auctt. 

= Eteone armata Claparède,1868 

= Eteone incisa de Saint-Joseph,1888

S North Sea, E England, W Scotland, Engl. Channel, Ireland, W France, Portugal, 

Mediterranean 

E. robertianae (M'Intosh,1874) 

= Eteonella robertianae M'Intosh,1874 

* A species of uncertain status, which is in need of redescription (Pleijel,MS) 

Scotland (St. Andrews) 

E. spetsbergensis Malmgren,1865 

* A species of uncertain status, which is in need of redescription (Pleijel,MS) 

Spitsbergen, Skagerrak - Öresund 

E. suecica Bergström,1914 

Gullmar Fjord, Koster area, Østfold, off river Tyne in England, Shetlands 

Eulalia de Savigny,1822 

= Hypoeulalia Bergström,1914 

= Notalia Bergström,1914 

= Steggoa Bergström,1914 

E. aurea Gravier,1896 

=? E. brevisetis de Saint-Joseph,1899 

E Scotland, Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, S Portugal 

E. bilineata (Johnston,1840) 

= E. problema Malmgren,1865 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak - Troms, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, Scotland, "Cosmopolitic" 

E. expusilla Pleijel,1987 

= E. pusilla : Auctt., non Örsted,1843 

Mediterranean-Engl. Channel-Norfolk & Anglesey, Wales, Faeroes 

E. hanssoni Pleijel,1987 

Bergen-Tromsø, Faeroe area, between Faeroes & Iceland, Jan Mayen 

E. microoculata Pleijel,1987 

Norway (Fensfjord area, - Trondheimsfjord), Irish Sea, Galicia Bank, Josephine Seamount 

E. mustela Pleijel,1987 

= Mystides (Protomystides) bidentata : Southern,1914, non Langerhans, 1880 

Koster area, Bergen, Plymouth, W Ireland, Scotland, Shetlands, Faeroes, off Portugal, 

Mediterranean 

E. ornata de Saint-Joseph,1888 

E Scotland, Engl. Channel, Ireland, N France, Biscay 

E. tjalfiensis Ditlevsen,1917 

Bohuslän - Bergen - Trondheim, Faeroes, Iceland, Davis Strait 

E. tripunctata M'Intosh,1874 

= E. pulchra Langerhans,1884 

= E. claparedii de Saint-Joseph,1888 

Engl. Channel, E Scotland & NE England, Ireland, France-Portugal, Mediterranean 

E. viridis (Linnaeus,1767) 

= Nereis viridis Linnaeus,1767 () 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak - all Norway, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, W & SW Greenland, 

Ireland, Britain - S Portugal, Mediterranean, all around the subarctic northern hemisphere 

E. venusta de Saint-Joseph,1888 

* Sp. dub. according to Pleijel,1993 

Dinard 

E. n. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995

Irish Sea 

Eumida Malmgren,1865 

= Vitiaziphyllum Ushakov,1972 

= Pirakia Bergström,1914 

E. bahusiensis Bergström,1914 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Fensfjord area, Shetlands, all around British Isles, W 

Ireland 

E. arctica (Annenkova,1946) 

= Eulalia minuta Ditlevsen,1917 non Phyllodoce (Eulalia) minuta Grube,1880 

= Eulalia arctica Annenkova,1946 

= E. ditlevseni Eibye-Jacobsen,1991? 

Denmark (Öresund), Iceland, off SE Faeroes, Davis Strait, Siberian & Alaskan Arctic, 

Norwegian Trough 

E. ockelmanni Eibye-Jacobsen,1987 

Öresund, N Bohuslän, N North Sea, NE England, Faeroes, Iceland, Ireland 

E. sanguinea (Örsted,1843) () 

=? E. communis Gravier.1896 

= Eulalia eos Michaelsen,1897 

@ Lanice conchilega in Dutch estuaries 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak- Troms, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, all around Britain, Ireland, 

Biscay, Mediterranean, Black Sea, all over the world except Arctic & Antarctic 

E. punctifera (Grube,1860) ( of Pirakia Bergström,1914) 

= Phyllodoce (Eulalia) punctifera Grube,1860 

= Eulalia splendens de Saint-Joseph,1888 

= Eulalia nebulosa Parfitt sensu M'Intosh,1908 

non = Eumida (Pirakia) punctifera : Hartmann-Schröder,1971 

Oslofjord, Bergen, Adriatic - Ireland & Engl. Channel, S North Sea 

E. fucescens (de Saint-Joseph,1888) 

= Pirakia fucescens : Auctt. 

= Eulalia fucescens de Saint-Joseph,1888 

* A dubious species according to Pleijel,1993 

Engl. Channel 

Hesionura Hartmann-Schröder,1958 ( H. fragilis Hartmann-Schröder,1958) 

= Eteonides Hartmann-Schröder,1960 

H. elongata (Southern,1914) 

= Mystides (Mesomystides) elongata Southern,1914 

= Pseudomystides elongata : Auctt. 

= Eteonides elongata : Hartmann-Schröder,1963 

= Mystides augeneri Friedrich,1937 

* Westheide & von Nordheim,1985 claim that Hesionura sp. was found at Bonden, 

Gullmarfjord area. 

E England, W Ireland, Bahamas, Helgoland, Bordeaux, N Spain, Bahamas, E USA 

Mystides Théel,1879 

M. borealis Théel,1879 () 

Novaja Zemlja 

M. caeca Langerhans,1880 

= M. (Mesomystides) borealis : Southern,1914 

Bohuslän - Østfold - Skagerrak - Fensfjord area, off Shetlands, E England, Engl. Channel, 

W Ireland, Madeira, Mediterranean 

M. bathysiphonicola Hartmann-Schröder,1973 

@ in tubes of Bathysiphon sp. & Hormosina normanni

* Considered an incertae sedis presumably not belonging within Mystides by 

Pleijel MS 

off SW Ireland 

M. southerni Banse,1954 

* An incertae sedis. 

Bergen - Møre 

M. spp. 

* Several undescribed species occur in the North East Atlantic. They can not be 

described until M. borealis has been redescribed from topotype material. 

? 

Protomystides Czerniavsky,1882 ( Mystides bidentata Langerhans,1880 - Madeira) 

=? Pseudeulalia Eliason,1962 

= Protomystidella Hartmann-Schröder,1983 

P. exigua (Eliason,1962) 

= Pseudeulalia exigua Eliason,1962 ( of Pseudeulalia Eliason,1962) 

Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Sogn og Fjordane, Norwegian Trough 

Pseudomystides Bergström,1914 

P. limbata (de Saint-Joseph,1888) 

= Mystides (Mesomystides Czerniavsky,1882) limbata de Saint-Joseph,1888 () 

= Eteonides mystidoides Hartmann-Schröder,1963 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak, Østfold, German Bight, North Sea, E England, Ireland, Engl. 

Channel, Mediterranean 

P. southerni (Banse,1954) 

= Mystides southerni Banse,1954 

* Described from a juv. spm. Considered as a Nomen Dubium by Pleijel 

Kieler Bucht - Kattegatt? 

P. spinachia Peterssen & Pleijel, in Pleijel, 1993 

= Lugia de Quatrefages,1866 sp. sensu Kirkegaard et al., "Fredrikshavnkompendiet" 

Öresund, Koster Area, Fredrikshavn, Østfold - Bergen, Mediterranean 

Pterocirrus Claparède,1868 

P. macroceros (Grube,1860) 

= Phyllodoce (Eulalia) macroceros Grube,1860 () 

Engl. Channel, Ireland, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico, 

South Africa, Sea of Japan 

P. nidarosiensis Pleijel,1987 

Norway (Fensfjorden Area, Trondheim, Lofoten), Faeroes 

P. slastnikovi Annenkova,1946 

Norwegian Trough (outside Bergen), off S & E Faeroes 

Sige Malmgren,1865 

= Vitiazia Ushakov,1953 

S. fusigera Malmgren,1865 () 

= Eumida fusigera : Ushakov,1972 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Lofoten, N British Isles, Barents Sea, Massachusetts? 

S. oliveri Pleijel,1990 

Koster area - Troms 

S. macrocephala Malm,1874 

* Never refound. Considered as a Nomen dubium by Pleijel 

Bohuslän (Gullmar Fjord)

Alciopidae Costa,1862 (1 species) 

Alciopa Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1829 

A. reynaudii Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1829 () 

= Nauphantha celox Greeff,1876 

= Greeffia celox : Apstein,1900 

N North Sea, Engl. Channel, off SW Ireland & off SW Britain - Atlantic 

Vanadis Claparède,1870 

V. formosa Claparède,1870 ( - Bay of Naples) 

Warmer Atlantic & Mediterranean, exceptionally off SW Britain 

V. crystallina Greeff,1876 

Faeroe-Iceland area & Biscay - southwards in Atlantic & Mediterranean 

V. longissima (Levinsen,1885) 

= Rhynchonerella longissima Levinsen,1885 

* Not mentioned in Pleijel & Dales 1991. 

Atlantic 

Plotohelmis Chamberlin,1919 ( P. alata Chamberlin,1919) 

P. tenuis (Apstein,1900) 

= Corynocephalus tenuis Apstein,1900 

Biscay-Tropical Atlantic, perhaps somewhat more to the north during exceptional 

conditions 

Rhynchonereella Costa,1862 

= Rhynchonerella Claparède,1868 

= Rhynchonorella Apstein,1891 

= Rhynchoneerella Cerrutti,1909 

R. gracilis Costa,1862 ( - Bay of Naples) 

= Callizona nasuta Greeff,1876 

= Callizona Henseni Apstein,1900 

off SW Ireland-Biscay-Warmer Atlantic & Mediterranean 

R. angelini Kinberg,1866 

= Callizona angelini : Apstein,1900 

off W & SW Ireland-cold surface layer region of Atlantic 

R. petersii (Langerhans,1880) 

= Alciopa (Halodora) Petersii Langerhans,1880 

= Vanadis setosa Greeff,1885 

= Vanadis heterochaeta Viguier,1886 

= Alciopa Cari Hering,1892 

= Callizona setosa : Apstein,1900 

Atlantic warm surface layers-Britain (under exceptional conditions) 

R. fulgens Greeff,1885 


Lusitanian-Mediterranean 

R. moebii (Apstein,1900) 

= Callizona moebii Apstein,1900 



Alciopina Claparède & Panceri,1867 

= Corynocephalus Levinsen,1885

A. albomaculata (Levinsen,1885) 

= Corynocephalus albo-maculatus Levinsen,1885 


@ May be found in the gastrovascular system of Ctenophora or free-living. 

Atlantic-Mediterranean 

Krohnia de Quatrefages,1866 

= Callizonella Apstein,1891 

K. lepidota (Krohn,1845) 

= Alciopa lepidota Krohn,1845 



Torrea de Quatrefages,1850 

= Torea de Quatrefages, in de Quatrefages & Vaillant,1866 

= Asterope Claparède,1870, non Hübner,1819 (Lepidoptera), nec Philippi,1840 

(Crustacea), nec J. Müller & Troschel,1840 (Echinodermata) 

= Halochnaura Berg,1898 

T. candida (Delle Chiaje,1841) 

= Alciope candida Delle Chiaje,1841 



Lacydoniidae Bergström,1914 

Lacydonia Marion & Bobretzky,1875 

L. miranda Marion & Bobretzky,1875 () 

Ireland, Engl. Channel, Mediterranean 

L. eliasoni Hartmann-Schröder,1996 

= L. nahe miranda Marion & Bobretzky,1875 (sensu Eliason,1962) 

Skagerrak 

L. laureci Laubier,1975 

Mediterranean 

Tomopteridae Grube,1848 

Enapteris Rosa,1908 

E. euchaeta (Chun,1888) 

= Tomopteris euchaeta Chun,1888 () 

Wales, Mediterranean (usually oceanic or occuring off e.g. Azores & Canaries) 

Tomopteris Eschscholtz,1825 ( T. onisciformis Eschscholtz,1825) 

= Johnstonella Gosse,1853 

T. (Johnstonella) apsteini Rosa,1908 



T. (Tomopteris) cavallii Rosa,1907 

Skagerrak, W Britain-S Atlantic 

T. (Johnstonella) helgolandica Greeff,1879 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, North Sea, Britain 

T. (Tomopteris) ligulata Rosa,1908 


Atlantic

T. (Tomopteris) nisseni Rosa,1908 

off W Scotland & off W Ireland 

T. (Tomopteris) planktonis Apstein,1900 

off SW Britain-Warmer Atlantic, Koster Channel (sensu Båmstedt,1988) 

T. (Tomopteris) septentrionalis de Quatrefages,1866 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak?, Denmark, Faeroes, Iceland 

T. kefersteini Greeff,1879 

between Scotland & Iceland, Canaries, Mediterranean 

T. krampi Wesenberg-Lund,1936 

SW Iceland, W Britain-Warmer Atlantic 

T. elegans Chun,1888 

Biscay-Canaries & southwards 

Lopador(r)hynchidae Claparède,1868 

Lopadorrhynchus Grube,1850 ( L. brevis Grube,1855 - Mediterranean) 

= Lopadorhynchus Malaquin & Dehorne,1907 (emend. of -rrhynchus Grube) 

L. appendiculatus Southern,1909 

S & W Ireland-Azores-Canaries, Mediterranean 

L. uncinatus Fauvel,1915 

off Ireland & SW Britain, Biscay, Canaries, Azores, Mediterranean 

L. nationalis Reibisch,1895 



Maupasia Viguier,1886 

= Halyplanes Reibischg,1893 

= Haliplanes Reibischg,1895 

M. coeca Viguier,1886 () 

Ireland-Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean 

M. gracilis (Reibisch,1893) 

= Halyplanes gracilis Reibisch,1893 

= Haliplanes magna Southern,1909 

off SW Ireland-Tropical Atlantic 

M. isochaeta (Reibisch,1895) 

= Haliplanes isochaeta Reibisch,1895 



Pelagobia Greeff,1879 

P. longicirrata Greeff,1879 () 

Norwegian Sea, Arctic Basin, off Faeroes, off Ireland, Canaries 

P. serrata Southern,1909 

off SW Ireland-Azores, Mediterranean 

Pedinosoma Reibisch,1895 

P. curtum Reibisch,1895 () 


Atlantic-Mediterranean

Pontodoridae Bergström,1914 

* The only species is known from warm Atlantic & cold Pacific only. 

Iospiloidea Bergström,1914 

Iospilidae Bergström,1914 

Phalacrophorus Greeff,1879 

P. pictus pictus Greeff,1879 () 

Norwegian Sea, S Barents Sea, Mediterranean 

P. pictus borealis Reibisch,1895 

E Greenland, deep water troughs of the Barents & Kara Seas, Arctic Basin 

Typhloscolecoidea Uljanin,1878 

Typhloscolecidae Uljanin,1878 

Typhloscolex Busch,1851 

T. muelleri Busch,1851 () 

Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, Arctic Basin 

Sagitella N. Wagner,1872 

S. kowalevskii N. Wagner,1872 () 

Faeroes-off SW Ireland-Biscay 

Travisiopsis Levinsen,1885 ( T. lobifera Levinsen,1885) 

T. lanceolata Southern,1910 

off W Ireland, Biscay 

T. levinseni Southern,1910 

between Scotland & Iceland, off W Ireland, Canaries, Azores 

Glyceroidea Grube,1850 

Glyceridae Grube,1850 

Glycera de Lamarck,1818 

G. alba (O.F. Müller,1776) 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Troms, North Sea, Engl. Channel, W Br. Isles, 

Faeroes, Iceland, Mediterranean, W - S Africa 

G. americana Leidy,1855 

= G. corrugata Baird,1863 

= G. peruviana de Quatrefages,1866 

= G. jucunda Hansen,1882 

= G. laevis Kinberg,1866 

=? G. edentata Hansen,1882 

=? G. longissima Arwidsson,1899 

= G. rugosa Johnson,1901 

NW & SW Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico 

G. capitata Örsted,1843 

= G. setosa Örsted,1843 

= G. mulleri de Quatrefages,1866 

* Has been confused with G. lapidum. G. capitata has a northern distribution. 

Arctic, off N Norway (Fondal, Tromsö etc., but other sources give all Norway as 

distribution area), White Sea, Greenland, Iceland, Faeroes

G. celtica O'Connor,1987 

= G. siphonostoma delle Chiaje (p.p.) 

* G. siphonostoma delle Chiaje is considered a nomen dubium by O'Connor, 1987 

North Sea (Forties Oil Field, Moray Firth), Engl. Channel, Ireland 

G. dayi O'Connor,1987 

Norwegian coast, North Sea, S & W coast of Ireland 

G. gigantea de Quatrefages,1866 

North Sea, Cullercoats, Hebrides, Engl. Channel, Ireland 

G. lapidum de Quatrefages,1866 

= G. capitata : Auctt., non Örsted,1843 

* A species complex with at least 4 varieties sensu O'Connor, 1987. See also Eliason, 

1962 a, b 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - W Finnmark, North Sea, Irish Sea, Faeroes, Iceland, 

Azores 

G. mimica Hartman,1965 

Biscay, deep 

G. oxycephala Ehlers,1887 

= G. ehlersi Arwidsson,1899 

Norway, North Sea, Engl. Channel, W Scotland, S & W Ireland 

G. rouxii Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 

= G. goesi Malmgren,1867 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Lofoten, North Sea, Faeroes, Iceland, Irish Sea, 

Mediterranean 

G. tridactyla Schmarda,1861 

= G. convoluta Keferstein,1862 

S North Sea, Engl. Channel, Irish Sea, Wales, Ireland, Mediterranean 

G. tesselata Grube,1863 

= G. spadix Treadwell,1943 

Kattegatt, S North Sea, W Ireland, off SW Faeroes, Mediterranean 

G. unicornis de Lamarck,1818, ex de Savigny MS () 

Stavanger - Trondheimsfjorden, S North Sea 

Glycerella Arwidsson,1899 ( Hemipodus magellanicus M'Intosh,1885) 

G. atlantica Wesenberg-Lund,1950 

S of Iceland 

Goniadidae Kinberg,1866 

Bathyglycinde Fauchald,1972 ( B. mexicana Fauchald,1972) 

Bookhoutia Mohammed,1973 ( B. oligognatha Mohammed,1973) 

Glycinde F. Müller,1858 ( G. multidens F. Müller,1858) 

= Eone Malmgren,1866 

= Epicaste Kinberg,1866 

G. nordmanni (Malmgren,1866) 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Lofoten, Iceland, Faeroes, North Sea 

Goniada Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1834 

= Leonnatus Kinberg,1866 

G. emerita Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1834 ()

Scotland, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

G. maculata Örsted,1843 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak , North Sea, all Norway, Faeroes, Br. Isles, 

G. norvegica Örsted,1844 

Oslofjord - N Finnmark, Skagerrak, Faeroes, Iceland 

G. pallida Arwidsson,1898 

Väderöarna, Vestfold - Arendal 

Goniadella Hartman,1950 ( Eone gracilis Verrill,1873) 

G. bobretzkii (Annenkova,1929) 

Skagerrak, Fjällbacka area, Østfold - Nordland, North Sea, Faeroes 

G. cf. G. gracilis (Verrill,1873) 

Ireland, W England 

Goniadides Hartmann-Schröder,1960 ( G. aciculata Hartmann-Schröder,1960) 

Goniadopsis Fauvel,1928 ( G. agnesiae Fauvel,1928) 

Ophioglycera Verrill,1885 ( O. gigantea Verrill,1885) 

Progoniada Hartman,1965 ( P. regularis Hartman,1965) 

Sphaerodoroidea Malmgren,1867 

Sphaerodoridae Malmgren,1867 

* See Desbruyères, D. 1980. Bull. Mus. natn. Nat. Hist. Paris. 2:109-128. All sete are 

simple in Sphaerodorum while combined sete are to be found in Ephesiella 

Amacrodorum Kudenov,1987 ( ? - Alaska) 

* No Scandinavian species. Lacking macrotubercles. 

Clavodorum Hartman & Fauchald,1971 ( C. atlanticum Hartman & Fauchald,1971) 

C. fauchaldi Desbryères,1980 

Biscay in 1913 m. 

Commensodorum Fauchald,1974 

C. commensalis (Lützen,1961) 

= Sphaerodoridium commensalis Lützen,1961 () 

@ Commensalistic with Terebellides stroemi 

Gullmar Fjord 

Ephesiella Chamberlin,1919 

E. abyssorum (Hansen,1878) 

= Sphaerodorum abyssorum Hansen,1878 () 

= Sphaerodorum peripatus Claparède,1863 non (Johnston,1845) 

* See Fauchald, 1974 (J.Nat.Hist. 8: 257-289) 

Skagerrak, Väderöarna (in shell sand) - Oslofjord - Troms, S Br. Isles, between 

Trondheim & Faeroes, Mediterranean 

E. cf. macrocirris Hartman & Fauchald,1971 

* Petersen in prep sensu Petersen,1986, (mimeo) 

? Denmark ? 

E. ramosae Desbruyères,1980 

Biscay in 2156 m.

Ephesiopsis Hartman & Fauchald,1971 ( E. guayanae Hartman & Fauchald,1971) 

Sphaerodoridium Lützen,1961 

S. claparedii (Greeff,1866) 

= Sphaerodorum claparedii Greeff,1866 () 

Clyde Sea area, W Ireland, S Irish Sea, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

S. fauchaldi Hartmann-Schröder,1993 

* Hartmann-Schroder, Gesa, 1993. Sphaerodoridium fauchaldi sp. n., ein neuer 

Polychaet der Familie Sphaerodoridae aus der Nordsee (Polychaeta). 

Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst. 90:123-125 

North Sea 

Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald,1971 ( Sphaerodorum sphaerulifer 

Moore,1911) 

S. baltica (Reimers,1933) 

= Sphaerodoridium balticum (Reimers,1933) 

S Baltic - Öresund, Bergen 

S. chardyi Desbruyères,1980 


S. disticha (Eliason,1962) 

= Sphaerodoridium distichum (Eliason,1962) 

Skagerrak 

S. laureci Desbruyères,1980 


S. longipapillata Desbruyères,1980 

Biscay & NE Atlantic in 4150 & 3465 m. 

S. martinae Desbruyères,1980 

Biscay in 1913 m 

S. minuta (Webster & Benedict,1887) 

= Sphaerodoridium minutum (Webster & Benedict,1887) 

Isefjorden, Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Varangerfjord area, W Ireland 

S. parva (Ehlers,1913) 


S. philippi (Fauvel,1911) 

= Sphaerodoridium philippi (Fauvel,1911) 

Öresund - Skagerrak, Oslofjord - S Nordland 

S. sibuetae Desbruyères,1980 


Sphaerodorum Örsted,1843 

= Ephesia Rathke,1843, non Hübner,1818 (Lepidoptera) ( E. gracilis Rathke,1843) 

S. gracilis (Rathke,1843) 

= S. flavum Örsted,1843 () 

* Ectoparasite on Amphiura & Ophiura (Ockelman, pers. comm.) 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Troms, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

S. ophiurophoretos Martin & Alvà,1988 

@ Amphipholis squamata 

Engl. Channel 

S. sp. sensu Petersen,1986 (mimeo)

? Denmark ? 

Sphaerephesia Fauchald,1972 ( S. longiseta Fauchald,1972 - E Pacific) 

Nereid(id)oidea Johnston,1845 

Hesionidae M. Sars,1862 

* Pleijel started 1990 taxonomical work with this family. 

Hesioninae M. Sars,1862 

Gyptis Marion & Bobretzky,1875 

= Oxydromus Grube,1855, non Schlegel,1854 (Aves) 

G. propinqua Marion & Bobretzky,1875 () 

= G. rosea : Hartmann-Schröder,1971, : Helgason & al.,1990, non (Malm,1874) 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Fensfjord, Engl. Channel, Ireland, Faeroes, 

Iceland, Mediterranean 

G. rosea (Malm,1874) 

= Ophiodromus roseus Malm,1874 

*G. rosea lives in greater depths (>80m) than G. propinqua, and at soft bottoms. 

Gullmarn, Koster Area, Oslofjord, Skagerrak - Nordland, Irish Sea 

G. golikovi (Averincev,1990) 

= Podarke golikovi Averincev,1990 

= Gyptis mackiei Pleijel,1993 (synonomy by Pleijel, unpubl.) 

Koster area, Skagerrak, Faeroes, Laptev Sea, Franz Joseph Land 

G. sp.n. 

* Fragments of a deep-living (≈1500m) undescribed species are known according to 

Pleijel (oral communic.). 

Faeroes 

Podarkeopsis Laubier,1961 ( Podarkeopsis galangaui Laubier,1961 - Banyuls; a 

junior synon. of Oxydromus arenicolus La Greca,1946, a species with Mediterranean 

distribution) 

P. helgolandica (Hilbig & Dittmer,1979) 

= Gyptis helgolandica Hilbig & Dittmer,1979 

= Gyptis capensis : Auctt., non (Day,1963) 

= Gyptis brevipalpa : Auctt., non (Hartmann-Schröder,1959) 

Koster Area (sensu Pleijel), North Sea (German Bay), Cornwall, Engl. Channel 

Hesione de Lamarck,1818 ( H. splendida de Lamarck,1818 - Red Sea) 

H. steenstrupii de Quatrefages, 1866 

Guéthary (France) 

Hesiospina Imajima & Hartman,1964 

H. similis (Hessle,1925) 

= Kefersteinia similis Hessle,1925 () 

* See O'Connor & Shin, 1983 Cah. mar. Biol. 24:355-361 

Arendal - Bergen, Ireland (Galway Bay), British Isles, Japan 

H. n.sp. Will be described by A. Mackie & F. Pleijel. 

* Possibly this taxon was described from Bergen as Castalia longicornis M. Sars,1862 

Koster area 

Psamathe Johnston,1836 

= Kefersteinia de Quatrefages,1866 

P. fusca Johnston,1836 ()

= Psamathe cirrhata Keferstein,1862 ( of Kefersteinia de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Castalia aurantiaca M. Sars,1862 

= Hesione fusca : Carus,1885 

=? Kefersteinia claparedii de Quatrefages,1866 

* Southern, 1914 compares Kefersteinia aurantiaca from Kieler Bucht with P. fusca 

and concludes that they are identical; Helgason & al. 1990 reach the same conclusion 

Kieler Bucht - Isefjord - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, all Norway, Iceland, Br. Isles, 

Mediterranean 

P. cirrata var. hibernica (Southern,1914) 

= Kefersteinia cirrata var. hibernica Southerrn,1914 

* red-eyed 

British Isles 

P. sp. 

= "Kefersteinia sp." : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

Irish Sea 

Leocrates Kinberg,1866 ( L. chinensis Kinberg,1866 - Hongkong) 

= Dalhousia M'Intosh,1885 ( Dalhousia atlantica M'Intosh,1885) 

L. atlanticus (M'Intosh,1885) 

= Dalhousia atlantica M'Intosh,1885 

Faeroes, Iceland, off W Bretagne, Mediterranean, Canaries, Zaire 

Dalhousiella M'Intosh, 1901 

D. carpenteri M'Intosh, 1901 () 

Celtic Sea 

Nereimyra de Blainville,1828 

= Castalia de Savigny,1822, non de Lamarck,1819 (Mollusca) ( Nereis rosea O. 

Fabricius,1780) 

=? Halimede Rathke,1843 

=? Psamathe Johnston,1830, in M'Intosh,1908 

=? Psammate M. Sars,1853 

N. punctata (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Nereis punctata O.F. Müller,1776 

= Nereis rosea O. Fabricius,1780 () 

=? Psamathe fusca Johnston,1836, in M'Intosh,1908 

=? Halimede venusta Rathke,1843 

Kieler Bucht - Isefjord - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, White Sea, Br. Isles, 

Greenland 

N. aphroditoides (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Nereis aphroditoides O. Fabricius,1780 

=? Castalia fabricii Malmgren,1867 

Greenland 

N. britannica (Chamberlin,1920) 

= Psamathe britannica Chamberlin,1920 

Ireland 

N. arctica (Malmgren,1867) 

= Castalia arctica Malmgren, 1867 

Spitsbergen 

N. multipapillata (Théel,1879) 

= Castalia multipapillata Théel,1879 

Novaja Zemlja 

Ophiodromus M. Sars,1861 

= Oxydromus Grube,1855, non Schlegel,1854 (Aves)

= Podarke Ehlers,1864 

= Mania de Quatrefages,1866 ( Podarke agilis Ehlers,1864) 

* According to Pleijel (oral communication) the type species of Podarke Ehlers,1864 is 

not P. agilis, but a banded species of the Ophiodromus flexuosus group. 

O. flexuosus (delle Chiaje,1827) 

= Nereis flexuosa delle Chiaje,1827 

= O. vittatus M. Sars,1861 () 

= Oxydromus fasciatus Grube,1855 ( of Oxydromus Grube,1855) 

* Pleijel thinks that the northern populations may belong to another species than the 

Mediterranean, because 

those latter worms are associated to Astropecten, but not the populations in N. Europe. 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, Østfold - S Troms, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

O. pelagica Rioja,1923 

Spain 

O. cf. O. agilis Ehlers,1864 

= Podarke cf. P. agilis Ehlers,1864 

?Koster area, Fredrikshavn, British Isles 

O. pallidus (Claparède,1865) 

= Podarke pallida Claparède,1865 

* either O. pallidus or O. agilis is found along the Swedish westcoast 

? Koster area, British Isles, Mediterranean 

O. obscurus (Verrill,1873) 

= Podarke obscura Verrill,1873 

* See Haaland, B. & T. Schram 1983, Sarsia 68:85-96 

Oslo Fjord 

Anoplonereis Giard, 1882 

* Family uncertain. ?A synonym of Ophiodromus M. Sars,1862? 

A. herrmanni Giard, 1882 () 

Bretagne 

Syllidia de Quatrefages,1866 

= Magalia Marion & Bobretzky,1875 ( Magalia perarmata Marion & 

Bobretzky,1875) 

S. armata de Quatrefages,1866 ( - La Rochelle, W France) 

= Magalia perarmata Marion & Bobretzky,1875 

Isefjorden - Skagerrak - Tröndelag, North Sea, W France 

S. assimilis (Pryde,1914) 

= Magalia assimilis Pryde,1914 

North Sea 

Periboea Ehlers,1864 

P. longocirrata Ehlers,1864 () 

Atlantic? France, Mediterranean 

Wesenbergia Hartman,1955 

= Hesionella Wesenberg-Lund,1950, non Hartman,1939 

W. problematica (Wesenberg-Lund,1950) 

= Hesionella problematica Wesenberg-Lund,1950 () 

off SW Iceland 

Microphtalminae Hartmann-Schröder,1971 

Hesionides Friedrich,1937

H. arenaria arenaria Friedrich,1937 () 

North Sea, Mediterranean 

H. maxima Westheide,1967 

North Sea (Sylt), Mediterranean 

H. gohari Hartmann-Schröder,1960 

N European shores of NE Atlantic, Mediterranean 

Microphthalmus Mecznikow,1865 

M. aberrans (Webster & Benedict,1887) 

Öresund, Kieler Bucht, Isefjorden, Oslofjord - Bergen, Iceland, Mediterranean 

M. bifurcatus Hartmann-Schröder,1974 

Skagerrak, W Scotland 

M. ephippiophorus Clausen,1986 

Bergen - Troms 

M. fragilis Bobretzky,1870 

S North Sea, Mediterranean 

M. listensis Westheide,1967 

Oslofjord, Skagerrak, S North Sea 

M. pseudaberrans Campoy & Viéitez,1982 

Atlantic Spain 

M. sczelkowii Mecznikow,1865 () 

N Bohuslän, Fredrikshavn, German North Sea coast, Bergen - NW Finnmark 

M. schelkowii murmanica Zaks, in Ushakov,1955 

Murmansk 

M. schelkowii cantabrica Rioja,1925 

Spain 

M. similis Bobretzky,1870 

German North Sea coast, NW Sør-Trøndelag 

M. southerni Westheide,1967 

Ireland 

Pilargiidae de Saint-Joseph,1899 

* May emalgamate into Hesionidae 

Ancistrosyllis M'Intosh,1879 

A. groenlandica M'Intosh,1879 ( - Greenland) 

W Scotland, Irish Sea, ?Mediterranean, W Greenland 

A. hamata (Hartman,1960) 

Mediterranean 

Ancistargis Jones,1961 ( ? - Gulf of Mexico) 

Cabira Webster,1879 

Glyphohesione Friedrich,1950 

G. klatti Friedrich,1950 () 

= Synelmis klatti : Auctt.

Öresund - Bohuslän - W Finnmark, Helgoland, Iceland, W Scotland, Irish Sea, S Spain 

Litocorsa Pearson,1970 

L. stremma Pearson,1970 ( - W Scotland) 

* See Pearson, T.H., 1970. J. Nat. Hist. 4: 69-77 

Westcoast of Scotland, Mediterranean 

Loandalia Monro,1936 ( L. aberrans Monro,1936 - Angola) 

Otopsis Ditlevsen,1917 

O. longipes Ditlevsen,1917 ( - near Iceland) 

British Isles 

Pilargis de Saint-Joseph,1899 

P. papillata Rasmussen,1973 

* See Rasmussen, K.J.F. 1973, Sarsia 53: 19-24 

Østfold - Fensfjorden (deeper than 400 m) 

P. verrucosa de Saint-Joseph,1899 ( - France) 

Gullmarsfjorden in ≈90 m, Skagerrak, Fensfjord area, Brest, Arcachon, Mediterranean 

Parandalia Emerson & Fauchald,1971 ( P. ocularis Emerson & Fauchald,1971 - S 

California) 

Sigambra F. Müller,1858 (? - Brazil) 

S. tentaculata (Treadwell,1941) 

= S. parva Day,1963 

=? S. hanokai Kitamori,1960 

Mediterranean 

Synelmis Chamberlin,1919 ( S. simplex Chamberlin,1919 - S Pacific) 

Telehsapia Fauvel,1932 

Nautiliniellidae Miura & Laubier,1990 

* No NE Atlantic species known yet. 

Syllidae Grube,1850 

= Levidoridae Perkins,1987 

* Levidoridae is now synonymized with Syllidae (Glasby 1993). 

Levidorum Hartman,1967 

Miscellania Martin, Alós & Sardá,1990 

* Which subfamily? 

M. dentata Martin, Alós & Sardá,1990 

Atlantic & Mediterranean Spain 

Autolytinae Rioja,1925 

Epigamia Nygren, 2003? ( Autolytus noroi Immajima & Hartman, 1964 - Japan) 

= Autolytus Grube,1850 (p.p.) 

E. alexandri (Malmgren,, 1867) 

= Autolytus alexandri Malmgren,1867 

= Autolytus newtoni Malmgren, 1867 

= Stephanosyllis ornata Verrill, 1874 

= Autolytus longigula Verrill, 1881 

= Autolytus longeferiens de Saint-Joseph,1887

= Autolytus paradoxus de Saint-Joseph,1887 

= Autolytus verrilli Marenzeller,1892 

= Proceraea rzhavskyi Britayev & San Martín, 2001 

Bohuslän, Skagerrak, Faeroes, S North Sea, Engl. Channel, SW Br. Isles, Iberian Atlantic, 

Iceland, Davis Strait, Massachusetts, W Iceland, Spitsbergen, Greenland, New England, 

North Pacific 

E. labordai (San Martín & López, 2002) 

= Autolytus labordai San Martín & López, 2002 

Banco de Galicia in 769-780 m 

E. macrophtalma (Marenzeller,1875) 

= Proceraea macrophtalma Marenzeller, 1875 

= Autolytus sardai Martin & Alós,1987 

Spain, Mediterranean, Ireland? 

Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845 

= Autolytus Grube,1850 (p.p.) 

= Autolytides Malaquin, 1893 

M. brachycephala (Marenzeller,1874) 

= Proceraea brachycephala Marenzeller, 1874 

= Proceraea luxurians Marenzeller, 1874 

= Autolytus mirabilis Verrill, 1882 

= Autolytus punctatus de Saint-Joseph,1887 

= Autolytus ehbiensis de Saint-Joseph,1887 (p.p.) 

= Autolytus aurantiacus Korringa, 1951 

= Autolytus benazzi Cognetti, 1953 

Bohuslän, Skagerrak, Norway, Faeroes, Norfolk, Netherlands, Wales, English Channel 

(Dinard), Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean, US Atlantic 

M. convoluta (Cognetti, 1953) 

= Autolytus convolutus Cognetti, 1953 

Atlantic Spain, Mediterranean, North Pacific 

M. edwarsi (de Saint-Joseph) 

= Autolytus edwarsi de Saint-Joseph,1887 

= Autolytus edwardsi : Auctt. 

= Autolytus prismaticus : Thorson,1946 

@ Obelia geniculata, O. longissima & Clytia hemisphaerica 

Bohuslän (e.g. Gullmarfjord & Inre Vattenholmen), Skagerrak - Isefjorden, Faeroes, 

Wales, English Channel, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

M. inermis (de Saint-Joseph, 1887) 

= Autolytus inermis de Saint-Joseph,1887 ( of Autolytides) 

Koster area, Skagerrak, Trondheim Fjord, Faeroes, English Channel (Dinarrd), Iberian 

Atlantic, North Carolina, Californa - Washington 

M. irregularis (Imajima, 1966) 

= Autolytus irregularis Imajima, 19666 

= Autolytus rubrolineatus Gidholm,1967 

Koster Channel, Bergen, Faeroes, Japan, US Pacific 

M. langerhansi (Gidholm, 1967) 

= Autolytus langerhansi Gidholm,1967 

= Autolytus brachycephalus : Southern,1914, non (Marenzeller,1874) 

Gullmarfjord area, Skagerrak, Wales, Mediterranean 

M. pinnigera (Montagu,1808) 

= Nereis pinnigera Montagu,1808 ( of Myrianida) 

= Myrianida fasciata Milne Edwards, 1845 

= Myrianida maculata Claparède, 1868 

Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, Mediterranean

M. prolifera (O.F. Müller,1784) 

= Nereis prolifera O.F. Müller,1784 () 

= Autolytus ehbiensis de Saint-Joseph,1887 (p.p.) 

@ Obelia geniculata & O. longissima 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, Oslofjord, Trondheim, North Sea, Engl. Channel, 

Ireland, Mediterranean 

M. quindecimdentata (Langerhans, 1884) 

= Autolytus quindecimdentatus Langerhans,1884 

= Autolytus lugens de Saint-Joseph,1887 

= Odontosyllis longicornis Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 

Gullmarn, Skagerrak (?Arendal area), Bergen, Trondheim, Engl. Channel, Wales, 

Mediterranean, Madeira, Cuba, Red Sea 

M. rubropunctata (Grube,1860) 

= Sylline rubropunctata Grube, 1860 

= Autolytus (Proceraea) ornatus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 

Isefjorden, Roscoff, Mediterranean 

The following three former Autolytus species are considered dubious or incertae sedis by 

Nygren 2003: 

Autolytus emertoni Verrill, 1881 

= Autolytus groenlandicus Wesenberg-Lund,1947 

* Considered an Autolytinae incertae sedis by Nygren 2003.. 

W Greenland 

Autolytus roseus Claparède,1864 

* Nomen dubium 

Engl. Channel 

Autolytus smittiae Malaquin,1893 

* Nomen dubium. "Among Smittia landsbrownei" 

Engl. Channel, Iberian Atlantic 

Proceraea Ehlers,1864 

= Amytis Savigny, 1822 (n. obl.) 

= Polynice Savigny, 1822 (n. obl.) 

= Nereisyllis de Blainville, 1828 (n. obl.) 

= Polybostrichus Örsted, 1843, non Polybostricha Brandt, 1837 (Cnidaria) 

= Stephanosyllis Claparède, 1864 

= Pteroautolytus Ehlers, 1907 

P. aurantiaca Claparède,1868 

= Autolytus aurantiacus : Auctt. 

Isefjorden, Engl. Channel, Roscoff, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

P. cornuta (Agassiz,1862) 

= Autolytus cornutus Agassiz, 1862 

= Autolytus fallax Malmgren, 1867 

= Myriana cirrata Treadwell, 1931 

= Autolytus prismaticus : Thorson, 1946 

Isefjord, Öresund, Bohuslän (e.g. Inre -Vattenholmen), Skagerrak, Stavanger, Faeroes 

P. paraurantiaca Nygren, 2003? 

= P. aurantiaca Nygren & Gidholm, 2001, non Claparède, 1868 

Atlantic Spain, Mediterranean 

P. prismatica (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Nereis prismatica O.F. Müller,1776 ( of Amytis) 

= Nereis prismatica O. Fabricius,1780 

= Polybostrichus longisetosus Örsted,1843 

= Autolytus incertus Malmgren,1867 

= Proceraea gracilis Verrill, 1874

= Autolytus trilineatus Berkeley & Berkeley, 1945 

?Öresund - ?Kieler Bucht, Faeroes, White Sea, Iceland, E & W Greenland, Spitsbergen, N 

America 

P. picta Ehlers,1864 ( of Proceraea) 

S North Sea, Newcastle, Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, Roscoff, Iberian Atlantic, 

Mediterranean 

P. pleijeli Nygren, 2003? 

* Among hydroids & tunicates in 1 m. depth 


P. scapularis (Claparède, 1864) 

= Autolytus megodon de Saint-Joseph,1887 

England?, French Channel coast (Dinard), Mediterranean 

Procerastea Langerhans,1884 

P. halleziana Malaquin,1893 

Skagerrak, Biscay 

P. nematodes Langerhans,1884 () 

= P. perrieri Gravier,1900 

Skagerrak, Iberian Atlantic 

Virchowia Langerhans, 1879 

V. clavata Langerhans,1879 () 

Engl. Channel, Madeira, Mediterranean 

Imajima Nygren, 2003? ( Autolytus japonensis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 - Japan) 

I. draculai (San Martín & López, 2002) 

= Paraprocerastea draculai San Martín & López, 2002 

NW Spain 

Eusyllinae Rioja,1925 

Amblyosyllis Grube,1857 ( A. rhombeata Grube,1857) 

= Gattiola Johnston,1863 

= Pterosyllis Claparède,1863 

= Nicotia Costa,1864 

= Pseudosyllides Czerniavsky,1882 

= Thylaciphorus de Quatrefages,1866 

A. finmarchica (Malmgren, 1867) 

= Gattiola finmarchica Malmgren,1867 

?Öresund?, ?Trondheimsfjord, Faeroes, Finnmark, Iceland 

A. formosa (Claparède,1863) 

= Pterosyllis formosa Claparède,1863 

S North Sea, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

A. lineata (Grube,1864) 

England, Ireland 

Dioplosyllis Gidholm,1962 

D. cirrosa Gidholm,1962 () 

Irish Sea, Roscoff 

Ehlersia de Quatrefages,1866 ( Syllis sexoculata Ehlers,1864) 

E. ferrugina Langerhans,1881

= Syllis (Ehlersia) ferrugina Langerhans,1881 

England 

Eusyllis Malmgren,1867 

= Desmosyllis Verrill,1900 

E. assimilis Marenzeller,1875 

Engl. Channel 

E. blomstrandi Malmgren,1867 ( - Spitsbergen) 

=? E. tubifex Gosse 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, Spitsbergen, N & W Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

E. intermedia de Saint-Joseph,1886 

Engl Channel, Iberian coast 

E. lamelligera Marion & Bobretzky,1875 

Engl. Channel 

E. monilicornis Malmgren,1867 

Engl. Channel, Spitsbergen 

Fauvelia Gravier,1900 

F. martinensis Gravier,1900 

Engl. Channel 

Odontosyllis Claparède,1863 

= Umbellisyllis G.O. Sars,1869 

O. ctenostoma Claparède,1868 

Engl. Channel, Newcastle & most of Br. Isles, Ireland, Mediterranean 

O. fulgurans fulgurans (Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833) 

= Syllis fulgurans Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1834 () 

Engl. Channel, N North Sea, S & W Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

O. gibba Claparède,1863 

W North Sea, Engl. Channel, W Br. Isles, Ireland, Mediterranean 

O. polyodonta de Saint-Joseph,1886 

Engl. Channel, Atlantic Iberia 

O. cucullata (M'Intosh,1908) 

= Syllis cucullata M'Intosh,1908 

Engl. Channel 

O. fasciata (G.O. Sars, 1869) 

= Umbellisyllis fasciata G.O. Sars,1869 ( of Umbellisyllis G.O. Sars, 1869) 

Hardangerfjord, Manger, Ålesund 

Opisthodonta Langerhans,1879 ( O. morena Langerhans,1879) 

O. pterochaeta Southern,1914 

S North Sea, Ireland, Iberian Atlantic 

O. n. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

Irish Sea 

Palposyllis Hartmann-Schröder,1977 

P. prosostoma Hartmann-Schröder,1977 

Irish Sea

Petitia Siewing,1956 

P. amphophtalma Siewing,1956 () 


Pionosyllis Malmgren,1867 

P. compacta Malmgren,1867 ( - Spitsbergen) 

?Skagerrak (off Arendal), Spitsbergen 

P. dionisi Nunez & San Martin,1991 


P. divaricata (Keferstein,1862) 

Engl. Channel, Iberian Atlantic 

P. lamelligera de Saint-Joseph,1887 

S North Sea, Newcastle and most of Br. Isles, Ireland, Iceland, Mediterranean 

P. pulligera (Krohn,1852) 

Engl. Channel, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea 

P. serrata Southern,1914 

S North Sea, Ireland 

P. propreweismanni Dauvin & Lee,1983 

Roscoff 

P. nidarosiensis (Bidenkap,1907) 

= Syllis nidarosiensis Bidenkap,1907 

= P. enigmatica (Wesenberg-Lund,1950) ( of Hesiosyllis Wesenberg-Lund, 1950) 

@ Phakellia spp. 

* Genus somewhat dubious. May be an Eusyllis. 

Koster area, Trondheimsfjord, East of Iceland. 

Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict,1884 ( S. arenae Webster & Benedict,1884) 

S. bidentata Southern,1914 

England, Ireland 

S. websteri Southern,1914 

Isefjorden, Fredrikshavn, Kieler Bucht, North Sea, Northumberland, Ireland 

S. varians Webster & Benedict,1884 

Dinard, Atlantic N. America 

S. arenae Webster & Benedict,1884 

possibly S North Sea, E USA 

Syllides Örsted,1845 

S. articulocirratus Gillandt,1979 

Helgoland 

S. benedicti Banse,1971 

Skagerrak, Fjällbacka area 

S. edentula (Claparède,1868) 


S. fulva (Marion & Bobretzky,1875) 

= S. longocirrata : Fauvel,1923, non Örsted,1845 

Mediterranean, Engl. Channel?

S. longocirrata Örsted,1845 () 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak, Oslofjord 

Exogoninae Rioja,1925 

Brania de Quatrefages,1866 

= Grubea de Quatrefages,1866 

B. cf. B. pusilla (Dujardin,1839) () 

* See Gillandt, 1979: 36-38 

S North Sea, Helgoland, Newcastle, Ireland, Mediterranean 

Exogone Örsted,1845 

= Syllinae Claparède,1864 

= Paedophylax Claparède,1868 

= Syllia de Quatrefages,1866 

E. acerata San Martin & Parapar,1990 

Mediterranean Spain 

E. brevipes (Claparède,1864) 

= Sylline brevipes Claparède,1864 

Engl. Channel, Mediterranean 

E. dispar (Webster,1879) 

= Paedophylax dispar Webster,1879 

non = E. dispar : Hartmann-Schröder,1971 (sensu Gardiner,1976) 

Skagerrak, Østfold - Trøndelag 

E. fauveli Cognetti,1961 

Bretagne 

E. longicirris (Webster & Benedict, 1887) 

= Paedophylax longicirris Webster & Benedict, 1887 

= E. furcifera Eliason,1962 

Skagerrak, Iceland, Maine 

E. hebes (Webster & Benedict,1884) 

= Paedophylax hebes Webster & Benedict,1884 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Fensfjord area, S North Sea, Br. Isles, W Greenland, 

Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

E. hebes var. hibernica Southern,1914 

Ireland 

E. (E.) naidina Örsted,1845 ( - Denmark) 

= E. gemmifera Pagenstecher,1862 

= Syllis longiseta Gosse,1855 

Kieler Bucht - Isefjord - Skagerrak (Arendal area), S & W Br. Isles, Iberian Atlantic, 

Mediterranean, Canaries, Madeira 

E. verugera (Claparède,1868) 

= Paedophylax veruger Claparède,1868 

= E. verugera profunda Hartman,1965 

Skagerrak - N Öresund, Oslofjord - Lofoten, S North Sea, Br. Isles, Faeroes, Iceland, 

Davis Strait, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterr. 

Grubeosyllis Verrill,1900 ( Grubeosyllis rugulosa Verrill,1900 - Bermudas or New 

England) 

= Pseudobrania San Martín,1984 (??) 

G. alvaradoi (San Martin,1984) 

= Pseudobrania alvaradoi San Martin,1984 

Balearean Isles

G. celiae Parapar & San Martin,1992 

Mediterranean Spain 

G. clavata (Claparède,1863) 

= Syllis clavata Claparède,1863 

= Brania clavata (Claparède,1863) 

* See San Martín, 1984: 167-171 

Engl. Channel, SW Br. Isles, Ireland, Mediterranean 

G. euritmica Sardá,1984 

= Pseudobrania euritmica Sardá,1984 

Gibraltar 

G. limbata (Claparède,1868) 

= Brania limbata (Claparède,1868) 

* See San Martín, 1984: 164-167 

Isefjord, Kattegatt, Bergen 

G. swedmarki (Gidholm,1962) 

= Brania swedmarki Gidholm,1962 

NW North Sea, Roscoff, Florida 

G. vieitezi (San Martin,1984) 

= Pseudobrania vieitezi San Martin,1984 

Balearean Isles 

G. yraidae (San Martin,1984) 

= Pseudobrania yraidae San Martin,1984 

Balearean Isles 

Parapionosyllis Fauvel,1923 

P. longocirrata (de Saint-Joseph,1887) 

= Pionosyllis longocirrata de Saint-Joseph,1887 

Engl. Channel-Mediterranean 

P. gestans (Pierantoni,1903) 

= Pionosyllis gestans Pierantoni,1903 () 


P. minuta (Pierantoni,1903) 

Roscoff, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

Sphaerosyllis Claparède,1863 

S. bulbosa Southern,1914 

S North Sea, Engl. Channel, S & W Br. Isles, Ireland 

S. erinaceus Claparède,1863 

= S. longicauda : Auctt., non Webster & Benedict,1887 

= S. latipalpis Levinsen,1883 

Kieler Bucht - Öresund - Skagerrak, France, Spitsbergen, Greenland 

S. hystrix Claparède,1863 ( - Adriatic) 

non = S. hystrix of North American authors. This is instead S. taylori Perkins,1981. 

Koster area, Oslofjord - Bergen, North Sea, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

S. ovigera Langerhans,1879 

Engl. Channel, Cullercoats, Senegal, Mediterranean, Madeira 

S. pirifera Claparède,1868 

Faeroes, England, Mediterranean

S. tetralix Eliason,1920 

Öresund - Skagerrak, Gullmar Fjord, Oslofjord, Roscoff, Iberian Atlantic 

S. papillifera Naville,1933 

France 

S. taylori Perkins,1981 

Irish Sea, Florida 

S. n. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

Irish Sea 

Eurysyllinae Hartman,1965 

* Should perhaps be amalgamated with Syllinae? 

Eurysyllis Ehlers,1864 

= Polymastus Claparède,1864 

= Plakosyllis Hartmann-Schröder,1956 

E. tuberculata Ehlers,1864 () 

= Polymastus paradoxus Claparède,1864 ( of Polymastus Claparède,1864) 

?Kattegatt, Ireland,North Sea, S & W Br. Isles, Roscoff, Iberian Atlantic, Madeira, 

Mediterranean 

E. brevipes (Hartmann-Schröder,1956) Gidholm,1962 

= Plakosyllis brevipes Hartmann-Schröder,1956 ( of Plakosyllis Hartmann- 

Schröder,1956) 

Roscoff, Banyuls 

Syllinae Rioja,1925 

Haplosyllis Langerhans,1879 

= Hemisyllis Verrill,1900 

H. spongicola (Grube,1855) 

= Syllis spongicola Grube,1855 () 

Hardangerfjord (deep), Trondheimsfjord, Iceland, Br. Isles, Ireland 

Syllis de Lamarck,1818 ( S. monilaris de Lamarck,1818, ex de Savigny MS) 

= Typosyllis Langerhans,1879 (p.p.) 

= Langerhansia Czerniavsky,1882 (p.p.) 

* This genus (including subgenera, which sometimes are used as genera of their own) is 

in need of revisions. 

S. amica de Quatrefages,1866 

= Syllis (Ehlersia) aestethica de Saint-Joseph,1887 

= Ehlersia simplex Langerhans,1879 

= Syllis cunninghami M'Intosh,1908 

Ireland, England, Wales, Mediterranean, Iberian Atlantic 

S. (Syllis) gracilis Grube,1840 

Fredrikshavn, Kristiansand area, S North Sea, Helgoland, Br. Isles 

S. incisa (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Nereis incisa O. Fabricius,1780 

Greenland 

S. oerstedi (Malmgren,1867) 

= Chaetosyllis oerstedi Malmgren,1867 

Spitsbergen 

S. torquata Marion & Bobretzky,1875 

Spain

S. abyssicola Ehlers,1875 

England, deep 

S. (Langerhansia) cornuta Rathke,1843 

Skagerrak, Vestfold - Troms, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

S. (Langerhansia) nepiotoca (Caullery & Mesnil,1916) 

= Ehlersia nepiotoca Caullery & Mesnil,1916 

Irish Sea, France 

S. (Langerhansia) garciai (Campoy,1981) 

= Langerhansia garciai Campoy,1981 

Wales, Spain 

S. (Typosyllis) armillaris (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Nereis armillaris O.F. Müller,1776 

= Syllis fabricii Malmgren,1867 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles, Iberian Atlantic, Greenland 

S. (Typosyllis) fasciata Malmgren,1867 

= S. incisa Ditlevsen,1909 

off Faeroes, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Novaja Zemblja, Kara Sea, Jan Mayen, E & W 

Greenland 

S. (Typosyllis) hyalina Grube,1863 

= Syllis borealis Malmgren,1867 

Skagerrak (Kristiansand area) - Bergen, ?Trondheimsfjord, ?Finnmark, Iberian Atlantic 

S. (Typosyllis) krohnii Ehlers,1864 

= Syllis krohnii Ehlers,1864 ( of Typosyllis Langerhans,1879) 

Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

S. (Typosyllis) prolifera Krohn,1852 

= Syllis prolifera Krohn,1852 

= Syllis armandi Claparède,1864 

Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

S. (Typosyllis) variegata Grube,1860 

= Syllis armoricana Claparède,1863 

= Syllis aurantiaca Claparède,1868 

= Syllis oblonga Keferstein,1862 

* This nominal species may be a synonym of S. (Typosyllis) prolifera Krohn,1852 

Oslofjord, ?Skagerrak, France, British Isles, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

S. (Typosyllis) vittata Grube,1840 

= Syllis aurita Claparède,1864 

= Syllis buskii M'Intosh,1908 

England, Ireland, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

Pseudosyllis Grube,1863 

P. brevipennis Grube,1863 

= Syllis (Typosyllis) brevipennis : Auctt. 

?Ireland, Azores, Adriatic 

Trypanosyllis Claparède,1864 

T. coeliaca Claparède,1868 

Nordland, Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, Iberian Atlantic, Madeira, Mediterranean, Florida 

T. zebra (Grube,1860) 

= Syllis zebra Grube,1860 () 

Engl. Channel, SW Br. Isles, Ireland, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean

T. (Trypanedenta Imajima & Hartman,1964) sp. 

Norway (Hardangerfjorden, deep) 

Xenosyllis Marion & Bobretzky,1875 

X. scabra (Ehlers,1864) 

= Syllis scabra Ehlers,1864 () 

Engl. Channel, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

Calamyzinae Hartmann-Schröder,1971 

* Was originally referred to as a family: Calamyzidae 

Calamyzas Arwidsson,1932 

C. amphictenicola Arwidsson,1932 () 

@ Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars,1835) 

Swedish Skagerrak Coast, Vestfold - Trondheimsfjord 

Nere(id)idae Johnston,1845 

Gymnonere(id)inae Banse,1977 

Ceratocephale Malmgren,1867 

C. loveni Malmgren,1867 () 

= C. borealis Wesenberg-Lund,1950 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak, all Norway 

Nere(id)inae Johnston,1845 

Eunereis Malmgren,1867 

E. longissima (Johnston,1840) 

= Nereis (eunereis) longissima Johnston,1840 () 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak - Bergen, Br. Isles, Irish Sea, Faeroes 

E. elitoralis Eliason,1962 

= Nereis (eunereis) elitoralis Eliason,1962 

Skagerrak, Østfold - Fensfjord area, Irish Sea, off NE Faeroes 

Hediste Malmgren,1867 

H. diversicolor (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller,1776 () 

Baltic (Bottenviken) - Bohuslän - Nordmark, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

Websterinereis Pettibone,1971 ( Nereis tridentata Webster,1880) 

W. glauca (Claparède,1870) 

Öresund, Arendal area - Sør-Trøndelag, Engl. Channel, Faeroes 

Micronereis Claparède,1863 

M. variegata Claparède,1863 () 

Engl. Channel 

Neanthes Kinberg,1866 ( N. vaalii Kinberg,1866) 

N. caudata (delle Chiaje,1828) 


N. fucata (de Savigny,1822) 

=? Lycoris fucata de Lamarck,1818 ex Savigny MS (nomen nudum) 

= Nereis fucata : Auctt.

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Bergen, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

N. grandis (Stimpson,1853) 

= Nereis grandis Stimpson,1853 

= Nereis southerni Abdel-Moez & Humphries,1955 

= Nereis virens : Rasmussen,1973, non M. Sars,1835 

* See Klebovich et al., 1980 

Isefjorden, Roskilde fjord, Skagerrak? - Kattegatt?, Engl. Channel, E Canada 

N. irrorata (Malmgren,1867) 

= Nereis irrorata : Auctt. 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak, SW Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

N. succinea (Frey & Leuckart,1847) 

= Nereis succinea : Auctt. 

non = Nereis (Neanthes) succinea : Fauvel,1923 (p.p.) 

Kieler Bucht-Belt Sea - Isefjord - Bohuslän, Mediterranean 

N. virens (M. Sars,1835) 

= Nereis virens : Auctt. 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Trondheimsfjord, White Sea, Br. Isles, 

Mediterranean 

N. cf. N. flavipes Ehlers,1868 

Irish Sea area 

Nereis Linnaeus,1758 

N. falsa de Quatrefages,1866 


N. pelagica Linnaeus,1758 () 

W Baltic - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles, White Sea, W Greenland, 

Faeroes, Mediterranean 

N. rava Ehlers,1868 


N. zonata Malmgren,1867 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak - Bergen - N Troms, Br. Isles, NW Greenland, Faeroes, 

Mediterranean 

Perinereis Kinberg,1866 ( P. novaehollandiae Kinberg,1866) 

P. cultrifera (Grube,1840) 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

P. marioni (Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1834) 

Engl. Channel, Mediterranean 

P. oliveirae Horst,1889 

Bretagne, Iberian Atlantic, Canaries, Mediterranean 

Platynereis Kinberg,1866 ( P. magalhaensis Kinberg,1866) 

P. coccinea (delle Chiaje,1841) 

* Separated from P. dumerilii by presence of paragnaths in group IV (anteroventrolateral) 

Engl. Channel, Vigo Bay, the Azores, Mediterranean 

P. dumerilii (Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1834) 

Baltic (S Finnland) - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Nordland, Br. Isles 

P. massiliensis (Moquin-Tandon,1869) 

Isefjorden, S North Sea

Lycastis de Savigny,1822 

L. brevicornis Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 

La Rochelle, Noirmoutier 

Rullierinereis Pettibone,1971 

R. faroensis Kirkegaard,1998 

off Faeroes (Faeroe Bank) in 100 m depth 

Antonbruuniidae Fauchald,1977 & Ichthyotomidae Eisig,1906 

* Not in Scandinavian waters 

Nephtyidoidea Grube,1850 

Nephtyidae Grube,1850 

Aglaophamus Kinberg,1866 ( A. lyratus Kinberg,1866) 

A. malmgreni (Théel,1879) 

= Nephthys malmgreni Théel,1879 [sic! (genus spelling)] 

Skagerrak, Oslofjord - NE Finnmark 

A. rubella (Michaelsen,1897) 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak - Møre 

Micronephtys Friedrich,1937 

M. minuta (Théel,1879) 

= Nephtys minuta Théel,1879 () 

White Sea, in 18-270 m, Barents Sea, N Spitsbergen, Nova Scotia 

M. neotena (Noyes,1980) 

= Aglaophamus neotenus Noyes,1980 

White Sea, in 3-9 m, Atlantic coast of N America 

Nephtys Cuvier,1817 

N. caeca (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= N. margaritacea Johnston,1835 

= N. bononensis de Quatrefages,1866 

= N. oerstedii de Quatrefages,1866 

= N. nudipes Ehlers,1868 

SW Baltic (E of Bornholm) - Skagerrak - Finnmark, Iceland, Greenland, S & central 

North Sea, E & N Br. Isles, Engl. Channel 

N. ciliata (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= N. borealis Örsted,1843 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway 

N. cirrosa Ehlers,1868 

= N. ehlersi Heinen,1911 

* most common i dephts less than 45 m. 

Oslofjord - NE Finnmark, SW North Sea, Br. Isles, Irish Sea, Engl. Channel, Biscay, 

Portugal 

N. assimilis Örsted,1843 

= N. breogani Laborda & Viéitez,1984 

* Given own specific status by Rainer,1989 

Kieler Bucht, Öresund, Kattegatt, Bohuslän, Engl. Channel, Ireland, Portugal, Mediterr., 

NW Africa 

N. hombergii de Lamarck,1818 ()

= Nereis scolopendroides delle Chiaje,1822 

= Nephtys neapolitana Grube,1840 

= N. macandrewi Baird,1873 

S & W Baltic - Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - W Finnmark, Barents Sea, North Sea, 

Shetlands, Faeroes, Br. Isles, Ireland, Mediterranean 

N. kersivalensis M'Intosh,1908 

= N. hombergi var. kersivalensis M'Intosh, 1908 

* Raised to specific status by Rainer,1989 

Öresund, Kattegatt, Oslofjord, Engl. Channel, Helgoland, Hebrides, Ireland, W. France 

N. hystricis M'Intosh,1900 

* between 100-600 m depth. 

N Kattegatt, Skagerrak, Egersund - Troms, North Sea, England (Newcastle), Ireland, Irish 

Sea, Iberian Atlantic 

N. incisa Malmgren,1865 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak - W Finnmark, Br. Isles, Irish Sea, Iceland, Portugal, NW Africa, 

Mediterranean 

N. longesetosa Örsted,1842 

= N. longoscetosa (sic!): Örsted,1843 

= N. longosetosa : Auctt. 

= N. emarginata Malm,1874 

= N. johnstoni Ehlers,1874 

* Spelling in Eliason, 1962 is longisetosa 

Central Baltic - Skagerrak - all Norway, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, SE North 

Sea, E, N & NW Br. Isles 

N. paradoxa Malm,1874 

* May possibly dwell another species, N. brachycephala Ushakov, 1955, which is 

separated by the structure of the leaf-like interramal cirrs 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway 

N. pente Rainer,1984 

= N. ciliata : Auctt., non Müller,1776 

= N. zatsepini Jirkov,1986 

Kiel - Gullmar Fjord - Koster Channel, Bergen, North Sea, Shetlands, Ireland, Greenland, 

Barents Sea, Labrador 

N. pulchra Rainer,1991 

* between 200-930 m. 

Oslofjord - Skagerrak - Troms 

Paralacydoniidae Pettibone,1963 

Paralacydonia Fauvel,1913 

P. paradoxa Fauvel,1913 ( - Mediterranean) 

North Atlantic, Mediterranean 

Aphroditoidea Malmgren,1867 

Aphroditidae Malmgren,1867 

Aphrodita Linnaeus,1758 

= Aphrodite : Auctt., non Link,1807 (Mollusca) 

= Halithea de Savigny, in de Lamarck, 1818 

= Milnesia de Quatrefages, 1866 

= Aphroditella Roule, 1898 

A. aculeata Linnaeus, 1758 () 

= Aphrodita borealis Johnston,1840 (synonymy fide Malmgren 1867) 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, all Norway, Br. Isles, Mediterranean

A. alta Kinberg, 1856 

= Aphroditella pallida Roule, 1898 

Atlantic Spain, W Mediterranean, SW Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf 

A. perarmata Roule, 1898 

= A. roulei Horst, 1917 

NE Atlantic (Las Pliones), coral bottom at 640 m, Aegean Sea 

Laetmonice Kinberg,1855 

= Laetmatonice : Auctt. 

L. filicornis Kinberg,1855 () 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, all Norway, Br. Isles 

L. producta Grube,1877 

off W Ireland in >900 m depth 

L. uschakovi ?,19?? 

off S Iceland, Barents Sea, Newfoundland, Arctic Seas 

Hermonia Hartman,1959 

= Hermione de Blainville,1828, non Meigen,1800 

H. hystrix (de Lamarck,1818, ex de Savigny MS) 

= Halithea hystrix de Lamarck,1818, ex de Savigny MS () 

North Sea, W Scotland, Rockall Trough, Engl. Channel, Mediterranean 

Polynoidae Kinberg,1855 

Polynoinae Kinberg,1855 

Polynoe de Lamarck,1818, ex de Savigny MS 

P. crassipalpa Marenzeller,1874 

* Possibly synon. with P. scolopendrina. Not mentioned in Chambers & Muir 1998. 

Engl. Channel 

P. scolopendrina de Savigny,1822 ( - French Atlantic) 

= Polynoe johnstoni Marenzeller,1874 

@ Commensalistic with Eupolymnia nebulosa and Lysidice 

Kattegatt - Gullmar Fjord - Koster area - Skagerrak - Manger, Iceland, Engl. Channel, 

Mediterranean 

Acanthicolepis M'Intosh,1900 

= Dasylepis Malmgren,1867, non Pander,1856 (Pisces) 

A. asperrima (M. Sars,1861) 

= Polynoe asperrima M. Sars,1861 () 

Østfold - Oslo Fjord (Dröbak) - NE Finnmark, off S Spitsbergen, Azores 

Arctoninae Hanley,1989 

* This is a dubious subfamily, which probably should be included in Harmothoinae. 

Adyte de Saint-Joseph,1899, emend. Pettibone,1969 

A. assimilis (M'Intosh,1876) 

= Hermadion? hyalinus G.O. Sars,1873 (n.obl.) 

= Hermadion assimile M'Intosh,1876 () 

= Scalisetosus assimilis : Auctt. 

@ Between rays of Echinus esculentus 

Norway (Egersund area - Trondheim), Br. Isles, Engl. Channel, Mediterranean 

Malmgrenia M'Intosh,1874 ( M. whiteavesii M'Intosh,1874)

= Malmgreniella Hartman,1967 emend. Pettibone,1993 (p.p.) ( M. dicirra 

Hartman,1967 - Pacific Antarctic) 

* Malmgrenia M'Intosh,1874 is considered indeterminable by Pettibone,1993, but 

Chambers & Muir is not willing to accept keeping the NE Atlantic species in 

Malmgreniella , because of some differences from the Antarctic type material, and are 

refering to M'Intosh's later clear description of the genus. They give no reason for not 

using e.g. Malmgren's genus name Parmenis (described 1867), of which they move it's 

type species P. ljungmani into Malmgrenia, although this name is older, defined in a 

similar way as Malmgrenia and - as far as can be seen - there should be no problem with 

its type species. The still older Laenilla Malmgren,1865 is originally defined in a 

somewhat different way and may possibly be improper as a senior synonym of 

Malmgrenia, because one of it's original species (L. glabra ) will be placed inside and the 

other (L. alba ) outside this genus as it is defined today. Keeping Malmgrenia should 

thus be a case for ICZN. 

M. andreapolis M'Intosh,1874 

= Harmothoe andreapolis : Auctt. 

= Harmothoe synaptae Saint-Joseph,1906 

= Harmothoe lunulata : Auctt., non (delle Chiaje,1830) 

@ Echinoderms, e.g. Acrocnida, Leptosynapta & Labidoplax 

Gullmarn, Norway (Hjeltefjord), Scotland, Irish Sea 

M. arenicolae (Saint-Joseph,1888) 

= Malmgrenia arenicolae arenicolae (de Saint-Joseph,1888) 

= Harmothoe lunulata : Auctt., non (delle Chiaje,1830) 

@ Arenicola marina, Notomastus, Golfingia spp., Neoamphitrite figulus, Loimia medusa 

& Lanice 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak - Nordland, Spitsbergen, Br. Isles, N France 

M. castanea M'Intosh,1876 

= Harmothoe castanea : Auctt. 

@ Spatangus purpureus & Astropecten irregularis 

Kattegatt, Koster area (Segelskären - H.G. Hansson, unpubl.), Bergen, North Sea, Br. 

Isles, Mediterranean - in 8-878 m. 

M. darbouxi Pettibone,1993 

= Harmothoe lunulata : Katzmann,1983, non (delle Chiaje,1841) 

Adriatic sea - in 20-60 m. 

M. glabra (Malmgren,1865) Chambers & Muir,1998 

= Laenilla glabra Malmgren,1865 

= Harmothoe glabra (Malmgren,1865) 

= Lepidonotus semisculptus Johnston, ex Leach MS,1865 

= H. longisetis : Fauvel,1923 (p.p.), non (Grube,1863) 

= H. longisetis : Hartmann-Schröder,1971, non (Grube,1863) 

@ Chaetopterus & other tube building polychaetes 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Lofoten, Spitsbergen, North Sea, NW Greenland, Engl. 

Channel 

M. ljungmani (Malmgren,1867) Chambers & Muir,1998 

= Parmenis ljungmani Malmgren,1867 ( of Parmenis Malmgren,1867) 

= Harmothoe ljungmani (Malmgren,1867) 

= Harmothoe macleodi M'Intosh,1875 

= Harmothoe zetlandica M'Intosh 

N Öresund - Koster area - Østfold - Bergen, North Sea, Senegal, Mediterranean 

M. lunulata (delle Chiaje,1830) 

= Polynoe lunulata delle Chiaje,1830 

= Harmothoe lunulata : Auctt. 

@ Commensalistic in digging holes of echinoderms and other animals 

Mediterranean - in 16-30m 

M. marphysae (M'Intosh,1876) 

= Harmothoe marphysae M'Intosh,1876

@ Commensalistic with Marphysa sanguinea and found in the tube of Pectinaria koreni 

Engl. Channel, Scotland 

M. mcintoshi (Tebble & Chambers,1982) 

= Harmothoe (Parmenis Malmgren,1867) mcintoshi Tebble & Chambers,1982 

= Lagisca jeffreysi M'Intosh,1900, non Lagisca jeffreysi M'Intosh,1876 

= Harmothoe haliaeti : Fauvel,1914, ?non M'Intosh,1876 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea, Faeroes, Br. Isles - in 21-128m 

Subadyte Pettibone,1969 

* This genus is not recognized by Chambers & Muir 1998, who is using Adyte. 

S. pellucida (Ehlers,1864) 

= Scalisetosus pellucidus : Auctt. 

= Hermadion fragile Claparède,1868 

= Adyte pellucida : Auctt. 

= Scalisetosus communis : M'Intosh,1900, : Cuénot,1912, non (Delle Chiaje,1841) 

= Polynoe pellucida Ehlers,1864 ( for Subadyte Pettibone,1969) 

@ On rays of Ophiothrix 

Öresund, Skagerrak, Egersund area, Sogn og Fjordane, North Sea, Engl. Channel, 

Mediterranean 

Wilsoniella Pettibone,1993 

* This genus is not recognized by Chambers & Muir 1998, who is using Malmgrenia. 

W. furcosetosa (Loshamn,1981) 

= Malmgrenia furcosetosa Loshamn,1981 () 

= Harmothoe furcosetosa 

@ burrows of Amphitrite edwardsi 

Koster area, Skagerrak (Arendal area - Kristiansand area) 

Harmothoinae Willey,1902 

Antinoe Kinberg,1855 

Austrolaenilla Bergström,1916 ( A. antarctica Bergström,1916) 

A. mollis (M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872) 

Öresund, Kostersäcken, Skagerrak, Dröbak-N Norway, Br. Isles 

Bathynoe Ditlevsen,1917 

= Weberia Horst,1915 (preoccupied) 

B. nodulosa Ditlevsen,1917 () 

off S. Iceland (deep water) 

Bylgides Chamberlin,1919 

= Antinoe Malmgren,1865, non Kinberg,1855 

= Bylgia Théel,1879, non Münster,1839 

= Antinoella Augener,1928 

= Antinoana Hartman & Fauchald,1971 

B. acutisetis Loshamn,1981 

Norway (Stavanger area & Hardanger Fjord) 

B. elegans (Théel,1879) 

= Bylgia elegans Théel,1879 () 

= Harmothoe (Antinoella) sarsi sarsi : Auctt., non Kinberg 

= Harmothoe sarsii forma occidentalis Malm,1874 

* Possibly synonymous with B. groenlandica (Malmgren,1867) 

Deep Koster Channel (common), Skagerrak, Oslo Fjord-Spitsbergen, Kara Sea, Br. Isles 

B. finmarchica (Malmgren,1867) 

= Antinoe finmarchica Malmgren,1867

* Dubious species, sensu Loshamn 1980 (MS) & sensu Pettibone 1993 

Tromsø, ?off W Ireland 

B. groenlandica (Malmgren,1867) 

= Polynoe badia Théel,1879 (p.p.) 

= Antinoella plumosa Fauchald,1972 

= Harmothoe promamme : Auctt., non (Malmgren,1867) 

Skagerrak, Oslo Fjord-Finmarken, Greenland 

B. promamme (Malmgren,1867) 

= Polynoe badia Théel,1879 (p.p.) 

= Polynoe glaberrima Hansen,1882 

Spitsbergen-Kara Sea 

B. annenkovae Pettibone,1993 

W Finnmark - Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen, Bjørnøya, Novaja Zemlja 

B. sarsi (Kinberg, in Retzius, 1857) 

= Antinoe sarsi Kinberg, in Retzius,1857 ( of Antinoella Augener,1928) 

= Harmothoe sarsii forma balthica Malm,1874 

Baltic 

Neobylgides Pettibone,1993 ( Neobylgides scotiensis Pettibone,1993 - Antarctic) 

* Revision of some species referred to Antinoe, Antinoella, Bylgides, and 

Harmothoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Harmothoinae). 

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 545: 41pp. 

Enipo Malmgren,1865 

=? Heteropolynoe Bidenkap,1907 

E. kinbergi Malmgren,1865 () 

=? Heteropolynoe nordgaardi Bidenkap,1907 ( of Heteropolynoe Bidenkap,1907 - 

Trondheimsfjord) 

W Baltic - Bohuslän - Oslofjord - Skagerrak - Møre - Trondheimsfjord, Cullercoats, W 

Scotland 

E. elisabethae M'Intosh,1900 

= Polynoe kinbergi : Fauvel,1923, ?non (Malmgren,1865) 

* May be a synonym of Malmgren's species. 

E Scotland, Netherlands 

Eucranta Malmgren,1865 

E. villosa Malmgren,1865 () 

Koster Area-Skagerrak-all Norway-Spitsbergen, Barents Sea 

Eunoe Malmgren,1865 

E. nodosa (M. Sars,1861) 

= Polynoe (Eunoe) islandica Hansen,1878 

= Polynoe arctica Hansen,1879 

= Polynoe spinnulosa Hansen,1880 

= Polynoe foraminifera Hansen,1882 

=? Harmothoe vittata Trautzsch,1889 

Öresund - Skagerrak - all Norway - Spitsbergen, NW Greenland, Engl. Channel 

E. oerstedi Malmgren,1865 () 

= Lepidonote scabra Örsted,1843 (n.obl.) 

Bergen - NE Finnmark, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Greenland, Engl. Channel 

E. senta (Moore,1902) 

= Gattyana senta Moore,1902 

Lofoten - Troms, NW Greenland

E. truncata (Moore,1902) 

= Harmothoe (Eunoa) truncata Moore,1902 

NW Greenland 

E. laetmogonensis Kirkegaard & Billett,1980 

@ the holothurian Laetmogone violacea 

Shamrock Canyon, deep NE Atlantic 

Gattyana M'Intosh,1897 emend. Pettibone,1953 

= Nychia Malmgren,1865, non Stål,1859 (Hemiptera) 

G. amondseni (Malmgren,1867) 

central Öresund - Skagerrak - all Norway, Spitsbergen, NW Greenland 

G. cirrhosa (Pallas,1766) 

= Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas,1766 () 

= Polynoe scabriuscula M. Sars,1861 

=? Gattyana nutti Pettibone,1955 

@ Commensalistic in tubes of Neoamphitrite figulus (or Chaetopterus sensu Southern) 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak - all Norway - Spitsbergen, around Br. Isles, Engl. Channel, N 

France, NW & SW Greenland 

G. ciliata Moore,1902 

NW Greenland 

Harmothoe Kinberg,1855 ( H. spinosa Kinberg,1855) 

H. alba (Malmgren,1865) 

Bergen-Tromsø 

H. antennata Grube,18?? 

= Lagisca antennata : M'Intosh,1897 (p. 178) 

@ a very dubious species according to Loshamn,1980 (MS) 

W Norway (Hardangerfjord) 

H. antilopes M'Intosh,1876 

= Harmothoe norvegica Bidenkap, 1894 

Outer Skagerrak-Ålesund, N North Sea, Hebrides, Engl. Channel, Mediterranean, ?SW 

Greenland? 

H. areolata Grube,1860 

Engl. Channel 

H. (Evarne Malmgren,1865) aspera (Hansen,1878) 

= Lagisca multisetosa Moore,1902 

Skagerrak, Dröbak-N Norway, Spitsbergen, Barents Sea, NW Greenland 

H. borealis (Théel,1879) 

* May be transposed to a new (undescribed) genus together with H. johnstoni M'Intosh 

Gullmar Fjord, Koster Channel, Skagerrak - all Norway, Spitsbergen, Kara Sea 

H. (Evarne Malmgren,1865) clavigera M. Sars,1863 

= H. pagenstecheri Michaelsen,1896 (see Chambers & Muir 1998) 

= Harmothoe impar var. Pagenstecheri Michaelsen,1896 

* Possibly only an adult form of H. impar (Johnston,1839) 

Helgoland, Christiansund, Engl. Channel, Isle of Man, W Scotland, SW Ireland 

H. coeliacia de Saint-Joseph,1888 

Dinard 

H. echinopustulata Fauvel,1913 

Spain (Bahia de Rosas), Mediterranean, Morocco, Azores 

H. elisabethae (M'Intosh,1900)

* Dubious species. Is described as Lagisca and is presented as Lagisca by Southern 

Öresund, Ireland 

H. (Evarne Malmgren,1865) fragilis Moore,1910 

= Harmothoe impar Malmgren,1865 (p.p.) non (Johnston,1839) (with which 

it often has been confused) ( of Evarne Malmgren,1865) 

N Öresund - Skagerrak - all Norway-Spitsbergen, Barents Sea, Br. Isles 

H. globifera (G.O. Sars,1873) 

= Polynoe assimilis Hansen,1882 

Ålesund - Tromsø, N Norw. Sea, Spitsbergen, Barents Sea 

H. haliaeti M'Intosh,1876 

* Dubious species 

Engl. Channel, Ireland 

H. hyalonema Martin, Rosell & Uriz,1992 

@ Hyalonema spp. 

Mediterranean 

H. imbricata (Linnaeus,1767) 

E Baltic - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway - Spitsbergen, White Sea, Iceland, Br. Isles, 

Mediterranean, NW & SW Greenland 

H. (Evarne Malmgren,1865) impar (Johnston,1839) 

non = Evarne impar of Malmgren,1865 nec of Ditlevsen,1917 

=? H. reticulata (Claparède,1870) 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak - Nord-Trøndelag, Br. Isles, Engl. Channel, Mediterranean 

H. johnstoni (M'Intosh,1876) 

= H. abyssicola Bidenkap,1894 

= H. borealis : Eliason,1962 : Hartmann-Schröder,1971 

* May be transposed to a new (undescribed) genus together with H. borealis Théel 

Skagerrak, Oslo Fjord-Nordland, North Sea, Br. Isles 

H. maxillospinosa de Saint-Joseph,1888 

Dinard 

H. micraspis Eliason,1962 

* Dubious species according to Loshamn,1980 (MS) 

Skagerrak 

H. nodosa (M. Sars,1860) 

* Is this not a synonym of Eunoe nodosa (M. Sars,1861)? 

Vestfold - Bergen 

H. oculinarum (Storm,1879) 

@ with white-coloured elytrae, on madreporarians 

Stavanger - Senja, ?Iceland 

H. spinifera (Ehlers,1864) 

Shetlands, Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, Mediterranean 

H. violacea (Storm,1879) 

= Evarne normani M'Intosh,1897 

* Should on account of 16 pairs of elytrae go to a new genus according to Loshamn,1980 

(MS) 

Dröbak - S Troms, Iceland, off SW Ireland 

H. viridis Loshamn,1981 

Koster area, Skagerrak-N Lofoten 

Intoshella Darboux,1899 ( Polynoe (Langerhansia) euplectellae M'Intosh,1885) 

= Langerhansia M'Intosh,1885, non Czerniavsky,1881

I. cornuta (Rathke,1843) 

?Norw. Sea 

Lagisca Malmgren,1865 

* See Averincev, 1977 for revision of Lagisca species. May be considered as a subgenus 

of Harmothoe. 

L. extenuata (Grube,1840) 

= Polynoe extenuata Grube,1840 

= Harmothoe extenuata (Grube,1840) 

= Lagisca jeffreysi M'Intosh,1876, non Lagisca jeffreysii M'Intosh,1900 

Britain, Mediterranean 

L. fraserthomsoni (M'Intosh,1897) 

= Harmothoe haliaeti M'Intosh,1885 (p.p.), non M'Intosh,1876 

= Harmothoe fraserthomsoni M'Intosh,1897 

@ Spatangus raschi 

N North Sea, Ålesund, the Hebrides, Faroe Channel, off SW Ireland, off S Iceland 

L. propinqua Malmgren,1867 

= L. floccosa : M'Intosh,1900, non (de Savigny,1820) 

= L. extenuata : Auctt. (p.p.), non Grube,1840 

?Öresund - Koster area - Bodø, Br. Isles, Ireland 

L. rarispina (M. Sars,1861) 

= Polynoe rarispina M. Sars,1861 () 

= L. extenuata : Auctt. (p.p.), non Grube,1840 

Egersund - NE Finnmark, Spitsbergen, Engl. Channel, NW & SW Greenland 

L. hubrechti (M'Intosh,1885) 

Shamrock Canyon (deep Biscay), Antarctic 

Leucia Malmgren,1867 

L. nivea (M. Sars,1863) 

= Polynoe nivea M. Sars,1863 () 

Koster Channel, Skagerrak - all Norway, Madeira, Azores 

Melaenis Malmgren,1865 

M. loveni Malmgren,1865 

@ ?Arenicola 

Spitsbergen, Novaja Zemlja, NW Greenland 

Nemidia Malmgren,1865 

N. torelli Malmgren,1865 () 

Spitsbergen 

Neopolynoe Loshamn,1981 

= Eupolynoe Bidenkap,1894, non M'Intosh,1874 

N. paradoxa (Storm,1888) 

= Polynoe paradoxa Storm,1888 () 

Dröbak - N Troms, off S Iceland 

Alentiinae Pettibone,199? 

Alentia Malmgren,1865 

A. gelatinosa (M. Sars,1835) 

= Polynoe gelatinosa M. Sars,1835 () 

= Halosydna gelatinosa : Fauvel,1923

@ Sometimes in Nerine burrows 

Bohuslän-Skagerrak-Trondheim-S Lofoten, Faeroes, Bretagne, Br. Isles, Senegal, Cape 

Verde 

Lepidastheniinae Pettibone,1989 

Lepidasthenia Malmgren,1867 ( Polynoe elegans Grube,1840) 

L. argus Hodgson,1900 

@ Commensalistic with Neoamphitrite edwardsi 

Plymouth, Wales 

L. maculata Potts,1910 

Ireland 

Lepidonotinae Willey,1902 

Acholoe Claparède,1870 

A. squamosa (delle Chiaje,1828) 

= Nereis squamosa delle Chiaje,1828 () 

= Polynoe astericola delle Chiaje,1841 

@ Dwells in ambulacral furrows of Astropecten irregularis & Luidia ciliaris 


Lepidonotus Leach,1816, emend. Malmgren,1865 

L. clava (Montagu,1808) 

= Aphrodita clava Montagu,1808 () 

S North Sea, Br. Isles, Mediterranean, Kattegatt?? (sensu Tebble & Chambers) 

L. squamatus (Linnaeus,1767) 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak - all Norway - Spitsbergen, White Sea, North Sea, Br. Isles, N 

France 

Allmaniella M'Intosh,1885 

* Correct subfamily? 

A. setubalensis M'Intosh,1885 () 

N Atlantic (off Sétubal in 470 fathoms) 

Iphioninae Baird,1865 


Lepidonotopodinae Pettibone,1983, emend. Miura,1994 


Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder,1971, emend. Pettibone,1976 

Bathyfauvelia Pettibone,1976 

B. affinis (Fauvel,1914) 

= Macellicephala affinis Fauvel,1914 () 

= Macellicephala annae Reyss,1971 

* Pelagic species. 

Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen, Franz Josefs Land, Madeira, Mediterranean 

Macellicephala M'Intosh,1885 emend. Pettibone,1976 ( Polynoe (Macellicephala) 

mirabilis M'Intosh,1885 - Antarctic) 

M. violacea (Levinsen,1887) 

= Oligolepis violacea Levinsen,1887 

= Macellicephala mirabilis : Auctt., non M'Intosh (p.p.)

Bergen-N Norway, Spitsbergen, Barents Sea, NE Iceland, Jan Mayen, NE Greenland, 

Kara Sea 

M. longipalpa Uschakov,1957 

E & W Greenland, Spitsbergen, Kara Sea, Franz Josefs Land 

Polaruschakovinae Pettibone,1976 

Diplaconotum Loshamn,1981 

D. paucidentatum (Eliason,1962) 

= Macellicephala paucidentata Eliason, 1962 ( - Skagerrak) 

Skagerrak 

Polaruschakov Pettibone,1976 

P. polaris (Uschakov,1957) 

= Macellicephala polaris Uschakov,1957 () 

= Macellicephala arctica Knox,1959 

High Arctic seas 

Acoetidae Kinberg,1858 

=Polyodontidae Buchanan,1894 (2 species) 

Panthalis Kinberg,1855, emend. Hartman,1939 

P. oerstedi Kinberg,1855 ( - Bohuslän) 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - W Finnmark, Shetlands, Mediterranean, NW Africa in 11-760 m. 

Polyodontes Renier, in Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1832 (n. cons., Op. 1692, ICZN) 

= Phyllodoce Ranzani,1817 

P. maxillosus (Ranzani,1817) 

= Phyllodoce maxillosa Ranzani,1817 ( - ?Mediterranean) 

?Scotland (Clyde Sea area), Atlantic Spain, Mediterranean, Red Sea 

Pholoidae Kinberg,1858 

* Joining Pholoe & Pholoides (formerly in Pholoididae (= Peisidicidae)) in one 

common family seems not to be accepted by all polychaete workers. 

Pholoe Johnston,1839 

* When Petersen's since a long time awaited Pholoe revision is finished, revisions may be 

expected. 

E.g. what is Palmyra ocellata Johnston,1828 (England) & Pholoe eximina 

Johnston,1865 (England) ? 

P. assimilis Örsted,1845 

* Less than 6-7 mm long. Common 

Oslofjord 

P. baltica Örsted,1843 

= Pholoe minuta : Auctt. (p.p.), non (O. Fabricius,1780) 

* May possibly be a synonym of P. longa (O.F. Müller). ≤≈20 mm long. 

Öresund, Kattegatt, Oslofjord 

P. fauveli Kirkegaard,1983 

Biscay, Azores (800-1300 m) 

P. inornata Johnston,1839 () 

= Pholoe minuta : Auctt. (p.p.), non (O. Fabricius,1780) 

* Among Laminaria hapteres, serpulide tubes, mussel beds etc. Chambers' largest 

specimen: 10 mm long for 70 chaetigers 

Koster area, all Norway, E Scotland, Northumberland

P. longa (O.F. Müller,1776) 

* May become at least 22 mm long in Greenland 

in Amphiura bottoms, SW Greenland 

P. minuta (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Aphrodita minuta O. Fabricius,1780, non Pennant,1777 

Greenland, e.g. Godhavn Harbour, Arctic waters 

P. pallida Chambers,1985 

* May become at least 15 mm long. 

= Pholoe cf. anoculata : Christie,1982, non Hartman,1965 

Koster area, Oslofjord - Nordland, E Scotland, Northumberland 

P. synophthalmica Claparède,1868 

* Described from the Mediterranean, but is possibly a synonym of P. inornata Johnston 

Mediterranean, ?=Arendal - Varangerfjord area? 

P. synophthalmica Claparède,1868 dinardensis Saint-Joseph,1888 

* Possibly a synonym of P. inornata Johnston 

Dinard 

P. tecta Stimpson,1854 

= Pholoe minuta nans Zachs,1923 

Barents Sea, Bay of Fundy 

P. tuberculata Southern,1914 

* Among Laminaria hapteres; with few papillae on basis of dorsal tentacular cirri; 

Southerns largest specimen: 21 mm long for 68 chaetigers, greyish brown or flesh 

coloured. A possible synonym of P. baltica. 

Ireland 

Laubierpholoe Pettibone,1992 ( Pholoe antipoda Hartman,1967 - off S America & 

off New Zealand) 

L. swedmarki (Laubier,1975) Pettibone,1992 

= Pholoe swedmarki Laubier,1975 

* interstitial in coral sand from 2-8 m. 

Bermuda, ?NE Atlantic 

Pholoides Pruvot,1895 

= Peisidice Johnson,1897 

= Parapholoe Hartmann-Schröder,1965 

P. dorsipapillata (Marenzeller,1893) 

= Pholoe dorsipapillata Marenzeller,1893 ( - Mediterranean) 

= Peisidice bermudensis Hartman & Fauchald,1971 (Pettibone,1992) 

Skagerrak, Mediterranean 

Sigalionidae Malmgren,1867 

Euthalenessa Darboux,1899 

= Thalenessa M'Intosh,1885, non Baird,1866 (Polychaeta) 

E. dendrolepis (Claparède,1868) 

= Sthenelais dendrolepis Claparède,1868 

* One specimen known from Roscoff, diverging from specimens from the Mediterranean 

type area, e.g. by lacking eyes and some other prostomium differences. 

?Roscoff, Mediterranean 

Fimbriosthenelais Pettibone,1971 ( Sthenelais longipinnis Grube,1870) 

* Genus synonymized with Sthenelais by Chambers,1985 

F. zetlandica (M'Intosh,1876) 

= Sthenelais? zetlandica M'Intosh,1876

= Sthenelais atlantica M'Intosh,1876 

= Sthenelais sarsi M'Intosh,1897 

?Dröbak, ?Outer Skagerrak, Bergen, Shetlands, off S Ireland, Cape Verde 

Leanira Kinberg,1855 ( L. quatrefagesi Kinberg,1855) 

L. hystricis Ehlers,1874 

W Scotland (deep), Greenland, Biscay, Azores 

Neoleanira Pettibone,1970 

N. tetragona (Örsted,1845) 

= Sigalion tetragonum Örsted,1845 () 

= Leanira tetragona : Auctt. 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Scotland, Isle of Man, Azores, 

Mediterranean 

Psammolyce Kinberg,1855 

P. arenosa (Delle Chiaje,1830) 

= Sigalion arenosum Delle Chiaje,1830 

W Engl. Channel, W France-Ghana, Mediterranean 

P. inclusa (Claparède,1868) 

= Lepidopleurus inclusus Claparède,1868 

N Bretagne, Mediterranean 

Sigalion Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards, in Cuvier,1830 

= Thalenessa Baird,1866 

= Eusigalion Augener,1918 

S. mathildae Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards, in Cuvier,1830 () 

* Normally inhabiting very small water depths 

Kattegatt, Ålesund, Engl. Channel, Ireland, Irish Sea, Mediterranean 

S. squamosus Delle Chiaje,1830 

= Sigalion squamosum Delle Chiaje,1830 

= Sthenelais dendrolepis M'Intosh,1869 

= Sigalion buskii M'Intosh,1876 

= Sigalion squamatum : Auctt. 

Shetlands, Scotland, W France, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean, Canaries, NW Africa, 

South Africa 

Sthenelais Kinberg,1855 ( S. helenae Kinberg,1855) 

S. boa (Johnston,1833) 

= Sigalion boa Johnston,1833 

= Sigalion idunae Rathke,1843 

= Sthenelais edwardsii de Quatrefages,1866 

= Sigalion carringtonii Carrington,1865 

= Sthenelais minor : Saint-Joseph,1899, non Pruvot & Racovitza,1895 

Fredrikshavn, Skagerrak, Dröbak-Lofoten, Br. Isles, Brest, Mediterranean 

S. filamentosus Ditlevsen,1917 

* Specimen in Zool.Mus. Copenh, identification uncertain according to M. Petersen, 1986 

(mimeo) 

? 

S. jeffreysi M'Intosh,1876 

= Eusthenelais hibernica M'Intosh,1876 

= S. heterochaeta M'Intosh,1897 

* Campoy,1982 and Kirkegaard,1983 are treating E. hibernica M'Intosh as a good 

species in the genus 

Parasthenelais Amoreux,1972

Skagerrak, Oslo Fjord-Lofoten, W Ireland 

S. limicola (Ehlers,1864) 

= Sigalion limicola Ehlers,1864 

N Öresund - Drøbak - Skagerrak - Nordland, Shetlands, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

S. minor Pruvot & Racovitza,1895 

Mediterranean 

Labioleanira Pettibone,1992 ( Leanira yhleni Malmgren,1867) 

L. yhleni (Malmgren,1867) Pettibone,1992 

= Sthenolepis yhleni (Malmgren,1867) Hartman,1965 

off W France, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

Eulepethidae Chamberlin,1919 


Chrysopetaloidea Ehlers,1864 

Chrysopetalidae Ehlers,1864 

Chrysopetalum Ehlers,1864 

= Palmyrides Claparède,1864 

= Palmyropsis Claparède,1864 

C. debile (Grube,1855) 

= Palmyra debilis Grube,1855 ( - Adriatic Sea) 

= C. fragile Ehlers,1864 

= Palmyra (Palmyrides) portus veneris Claparède,1864 

= Palmyra (Palmyropsis) evelinae Claparède,1864 

Ireland, France, Mediterranean 

Dysponetus Levinsen,1879 

= Taphus Webster & Benedict,1887 ( T. hebes Webster & Benedict,1887 - Maine) 

D. caecus (Langerhans,1880) 

= Chrysopetalum caecum Langerhans,1880 

Koster area, Frederikshavn, Mediterranean, Madeira 

D. paleophorus Hartmann-Schröder,1974 

SW Norway 

D. pygmaeus Levinsen,1879 ( - Greenland) 

=? Taphus hebes Webster & Benedict,1887 

Greenland, ?Maine 

Paleanotus L. Schmarda,1861 ( P. chrysolepis L. Schmarda,1861 - Cape Town 

coast) 

=? Heteropale H. Johnson,1897 ( H. bellis H. Johnson,1897 - NE Pacific) 

P. schmardai S.A. Mileikovsky,1961 

off NE Norway (71°12' N, 24°14'E) 

Pisionoidea Southern,1914 

Pisionidae Southern,1914 

Pisione Grube,1857 ( P. oerstedi Grube,1857) 

P. remota (Southern,1914) 

Bohuslän, Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Nordland, SW Iceland

EUNICIDA Dales,1962? 

AMPHINOMINA 

Amphinomidae de Lamarck,1818 

Amphinome Breuguière,1789 

A. rostrata (Pallas,1776) 

= Aphrodita rostrata Pallas,1776 () 

= A. pallasii : Fauvel,1923 

Br. Isles?, Azores 

Chloeia de Lamarck,1818 ( Aphrodita flava Pallas,1766) 

C. venusta de Quatrefages,1866 

= C. fucata ? M'Intosh,1876 

Europ. Atlantic, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

Hermodice Kinberg,1857 

H. carunculata (Pallas,1766) 

= Aphrodita carunculata Pallas,1766 () 

North Sea (Dogger Bank), Mediterranean, subtropical & tropical Atlantic 

Hipponoe Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1830 

= Hipponoa Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 

H. gaudichaudi Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1830 () 

@ Lepas spp. & other floatsome 

Ireland, Bay of Biscay, Iberian Atlantic 

Linopherus de Quatrefages,1866 ( Amphinome incarunculata Peters,1854) 

= Pseudeurythoe Fauvel,1932 

L. hemuli (Fauchald,1972) 

= Pseudeurythoe hemuli Fauchald,1972 

Norway (Sognefjord, deep), Newcastle (20-70m) 

Notopygos Grube,1855 ( N. crinita Grube,1855) 

N. megalops M'Intosh,1885 

Iberian Atlantic 

Paramphinome Sars,1869 

P. jeffreysii (M'Intosh,1868) 

= P. pulchella Sars,1869 () 

= Hipponoe jeffreysii M'Intosh,1868 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, Østfold - W Finnmark, Shetlands 

Pareurythoe Gustafson,1930 ( P. japonica Gustafson,1930) 

= Pleione Lamarck,1818 (p.p.) 

P. borealis (M. Sars,1862) 

=? Pleione vagans de Savigny,1822 

Bergen - Trondheimsfjord, English Channel, N North Sea 

Euphrosinidae Williams,1851 

Euphrosine de Lamarck,1818 ( E. myrtosa de Lamarck,1818 ex de Savigny MS) 

E. armadillo M. Sars,1851 

= Euphrosine lanceolata M'Intosh,1876

Bergen - Troms 

E. borealis Örsted,1843 

North Sea coast of Jylland, Trondheimsfjord, Troms 

E. cirrata M. Sars,1862 

Stavanger - Nordland 

E. foliosa Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1834 

Newcastle, Wales, Ireland, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

SPINTHERINA 

Spintheridae 

Spinther Johnston,1845 

= Oniscosoma M. Sars, 1851 

= Cryptonota Stimpson, 1854 

S. arcticus (M. Sars,1851) 

= Oniscosoma arcticus M. Sars, 1851 

= Spinther miniaceus Grube,1860 

* See Fauvel, 1923, Friedrich, 1938, Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Varangerfjord area, Adriatic Sea 

S. citrinus (Stimpson,1854) 

= Cryptonota citrina Stimpson, 1854 

= S. arcticus Hansen, non (M. Sars,1851) 

= S. oniscoides : Auctt., non Johnston,1845 

Norway, Engl. Channel, Bay of Fundy 

S. oniscoides Johnston,1845 () 

* Sensu Pettibone is S. oniscoides of Annenkova a synonym 

of S. citrinus (Stimpson,1854) 

? Bergen, W Jylland, Engl. Channel, Ireland 

S. wireni Hartman,1948 

= Spinther arcticus Wirén,1883, non (M. Sars,1851) 

= S. arcticus von Graff,1888, non (M. Sars,1851) 

= S. oniscoides M'Intosh,1876, non Johnston,1845 

British Isles, North Atlantic 

EUNICINA 

Uncertain superfamily 

Histriobdellidae Vaillant,1890 

Histriobdella Van Beneden,1858 

H. homari Van Beneden,1858 () 

@ On Homarus & Nephrops gills 

Gullmar Fjord, ?Østfold, SW North Sea, S & W Br. Isles 

Mochtyelloidea 

* No recent species belong to this taxon? 

Mochtyellidae 

Rhytiprionidae 

Xanioprionidae

Hartmanielloidea Imajima,1977 

* No Scandinavian species belong to this taxon 

Hartmaniellidae Imajima,1977 

Eunicoidea 

Paulinitidae 

= Muelleriprionidae 

= Kielanoprionidae 

* Not recent 

Onuphidae Kinberg,1865 

Onuphinae Kinberg,1865 

Diopatra Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 

D. neapolitana delle Chiaje,1841 ( D. amboinensis A. & M.-E.,1833) 


Onuphis Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 

O. (Onuphis) eremita Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 () 

France 

O. opalina (Verrill,1873) 

SE of Iceland 

O. rullieriana (Amoureux,1977) 

= Nothria rulleriana Amoureux,1977 

Biscay 

Rhamphobrachium Ehlers,1887 ( R. Agassizii Ehlers,1887) 

R. brevibrachiatum (Ehlers,1875) 

= Diopatra brevibrachiatum Ehlers,1875 

= Onuphis brevibrachiatum : Auctt. 

off S Ireland, Inlet of Engl. Channel, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

Paradiopatra Ehlers,1887, em. Paxton,1986 ( Diopatra (Paradiopatra) fragosa 

Ehlers,1887) 

= Sarsonuphis Fauchald,1982 

P. fiordica (Fauchald,1974) 

= Sarsonuphis fiordica (Fauchald,1974) 

= Nothria fiordica Fauchald,1974 

Oslofjord - Lofoten 

P. quadricuspis (M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872) 

= Onuphis quadricuspis M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 () 

Bohuslän (Säcken area), Skagerrak, all Norway, N North Sea, Engl. Channel 

P. hartmanae (Kirkegaard,1980) 

Biscay 

P. hispanica (Amoureux,1972) 

= Nothria hispanica Amoureux,1972 

Biscay 

P. iberica (Hartmann-Schröder,1975) 

Biscay

Hyalinoecinae 

Aponuphis Kucheruk,1978 

A. bilineata (Baird,1870) 

= Hyalinoecia bilineata Baird,1870 

= Hyalinoecia sicula M'Intosh, non de Quatrefages 

* with gills from the 4:th setiger 

Moray Firth, Magnus oilfield, SW & W British Isles up to Shetlands, Biscay, 

Mediterranean 

A. bilineata var. rigida (Claparède,1868) 

= Hyalinoecia bilineata var. rigida Claparède,1868 

* with gills from the 7:nth setiger 

? 

A. fauveli (Rioja,1918) 

= Hyalinoecia fauveli Rioja,1918 

off S. Ireland, Biscay, Mediterranean 

A. grubii (Marenzeller,1886) 

Moray Firth, Magnus oilfield, Biscay 

Hyalinoecia Malmgren,1867 

H. robusta E. Southward,1977 

Denmark Strait, S Biscaya, Canary Islands 

H. tubicola (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Nereis tubicola O.F. Müller,1776 () 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Lofoten 

H. sp. 

* with gills from the 20:eth setiger 

? 

Nothria Malmgren,1867 

N. conchylega (M. Sars,1835) 

= Onuphis conchylega M. Sars,1835 () 

Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea, Br. Isles, NW Greenland 

N. hyperborea (Hansen,1878) 

= Onuphis hyperborea Hansen,1878 

Norwegian fjords (deep), between Trondheim & Faeroes, off E Iceland 

N. britannica (M'Intosh,1903) 

= Onuphis lepta : Auctt., non Chamberlin,1919 

Shetlands 

Eunicidae de Lamarck,1818 

Eunice Cuvier,1817 (Nomen Conservandum) ( Nereis aphroditois Pallas,1788) 

E. dubitata Fauchald,1974 

= E. oerstedii : Fauvel, 1914 & 1923 non Stimpson, 1853 

@ often among corals 

Ven, Norway (Oslo Fjord - W Finnmark), Iceland, W France, W Spain, Portugal, Azores, 

Morocco, Mediterranean 

E. harassii Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 

@ Freeliving, but may occasionally be found as a commensal with Ostrea edulis 

?Breviksfjord (S. Norway), E Scotland, Engl. Channel, Dublin Bay

E. norvegica (Linnaeus,1767) 

= E. floridana (Pourtales,1869) 

@ Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus,1758) 

W Sweden, Skagerrak, all Norway, Iceland, Mediterranean 

E. oerstedi Stimpson,1854 

Engl. Channel, Portugal, Mediterranean 

E. pennata (O.F. Müller,1776) 

Öresund-Skagerrak, all Norway, North Sea, Shetlands, Orkneys, Faeroes, Iceland, 

Spitsbergen, SW Greenland, Azores, Morocco, Mediterranean, New England, Fundy Bay 

E. torquata de Quatrefages,1866 

British Isles, France 

E. vittata delle Chiaje,1828 

Inlet of Engl. Channel 

Lysidice de Lamarck,1818 

L. ninetta Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 () 

Wales, Ireland, France 

Marphysa de Quatrefages,1866 

M. bellii (Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833) 

@ Notomastus latericeus 

Bergen - S Nordland, Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, Mediterranean 

M. fallax Marion & Bobretzky,1875 

Engl. Channel, Ireland - Madeira, W Mediterranean 

M. kinbergi M'Intosh,1910 

* Not mentioned in George & Hartmann-Schröder,1985 

British Isles 

M. sanguinea (Montagu,1815) 

= Nereis sanguinea Montagu,1815 () 

S North Sea, Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland 

M. sp. : Winsnes,1989 

* "conforms to the description of M. sanguinea in most respects" 

Uddevalla 

Nematonereis Schmarda,1861 

N. unicornis (Grube,1840) 

= Lumbriconereis unicornis Grube,1840 () 

Wales, Ireland, Mediterranean 

Oenonoidea Kinberg,1865 

Polychaetaspidae 

= Polychaeturidae 

= Rhamphoprionidae 

* Not recent. 

Kalloprionidae 

* Not recent. 

Lumbrineridae Malmgren,1867 

= Lysaretidae Kinberg,1865 

Augeneria Monro,1930

A. tentaculata Monro,1930 () 


Oslofjord - Nordland 

A. algida (Wirén,1901) 

= Lumbriconereis algida Wirén,1901 

Spitsbergen 

Lumbrineriopsis Orensanz,1974 ( Lumbrineris mucronata Ehlers,1908) 

L. paradoxa (de Saint-Joseph,1888) 

Engl. Channel (Dinard), Iberian Atlantic, Azores 

Lumbrineris de Blainville,1928 

= Lumbriconereis Grube,1840 

= Zygolobus Grube,1863 

L. agastos Fauchald,1974 

Bergen 

L. aniara Fauchald,1974 

Oslofjord - Bergen 

L. cluthensis (Clark,1953) 

Scotland (Firth of Clyde) 

L. coccinea (Renier,1804) 

= Nereis coccinea Renier,1804 

* Published in "Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi, nominati e ordinati secondo il Sistema 

di Bosc. - Padua, 38 pp.", thus not in one of Reniers for nomenclatorial purpose banned 

published works. 

French Engl. Channel Coast, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean, Canaries 

L. fauchaldi Blake,1972 

Davis Strait in 580-610 m. 

L. flabellicola (Fage,1936) 

@ Caryophyllia spp., Flabellum spp., etc. 


Celtic Sea, Japan 

L. funchalensis (Kinberg,1865) 

Roscoff, Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

L. futilis Kinberg,1865 

S North Sea 

L. gracilis (Ehlers,1868) 

Skagerrak, Oslofjord - SW Finnmark, North Sea 

L. labrofimbriata (de Saint-Joseph,1888) 

Engl. Channel (Dinard), Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

L. latreilli Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 ( - Chaussey Islands) 

= L. futilis : Michaelsen,1897, non Kinberg,1865 

= L. nardonis Michaelsen,1897 

Vestfold - Lofoten, Norwegian Sea 

L. minuta (Théel,1879) 

= Lumbrinereis minuta Théel,1879 

= Paraninoe minuta (Théel,1879) Orensanz,1990 

= Lumbriconereis minuta : Auctt.

Novaja Zemlja, Kara Sea, Arctic 

L. mixochaeta Oug,1998 

Troms, Svalbard, Kara Sea 

L. pseudofragilis Amoureux,1977 

* Very similar to L. fragilis, but having yellow aciculae instead of black. 

off S England & S Ireland in 380-1200 m 

L. rovignensis (Fauvel,1940) 


British Isles 

L. vanhoeffeni Michaelsen,1898 

Disco area (Greenland) 

Abyssoninoe Orensanz,1990 

* Only species with yellow aciculae known. 

A. abyssorum (M'Intosh,1885) 

= Lumbriconereis abyssorum M'Intosh,1885 () 

off Norway, Biscay, Mediterranean, off Chile, Antarctic - in 274-6000 m 

A. hibernica (M'Intosh,1903) 

= Lumbriconereis hibernica M'Intosh,1903 

= Lumbrineris pseudo-fragilis Amoureux,1977 

= Lumbrineris scopa Fauchald,1974 

= Lumbrineris scopa aequilobata Winsnes,1981 

* Synon. with L. tetraura sensu Hartmann-Schröder,1971, 

George & Hartmann-Schröder, 1985, but not sensu O'Connor & al.,1989. 

Winsnes (in Frame,1992) only recognize Clyde Sea as distribution area. 

Parapar, O'Connor, Besteiro & Urgorri,1994 synonymized A. scopa (s.l.) with this. 

Öresund-Skagerrak, Østfold - S Troms, North Sea, Clyde Sea in 49-70 m, N Spain 

Eranno Kinberg,1865 (emend. & reinstated by Orensanz,1990) 

E. bifrons Kinberg,1865 () 

Irish Sea, Biscay, off Congo, S Sandwich Islands, SW Atlantic 

E. ehlersii (M'Intosh,1885) 

Greenland 

Lumbricalus Frame,1992 ( Lumriconeris januarii Grube,1878 - West Indies) 

L. adriatica Fauvel,1940 

Mediterranean, W Africa 

Paraninoe Levenstein,1977 ( Ninoe fusca Moore,1911- California & Kermadec 

Trench in deep water) 

* Aciculae black. 

P. brevipes (M'Intosh,1903) 

= Lumbriconeris brevipes M'Intosh,1903 

NW Spain, both sides of N America in 65-6684 m 

Scoletoma de Blainville,1828 

= Unciniseta Bidenkap,1907 

* Aciculae usually yellow, although black in S. fragilis & S. magnidentata. 

S. fragilis (O.F. Müller,1776) Frame,1992 

= Lumbricus fragilis O.F. Müller,1776 () 

= Lumbrineris fragilis (O.F. Müller,1776)

= Lumbrineris borealis Kinberg,1865 

= Lumbrineris minuta Michaelsen,1897, non (Théel,1879) 

Öresund - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea 

S. impatiens (Claparède,1868) 

= Lumbrineris impatiens (Claparède,1868) 

= Lumbrineris tetraura : Hartmann-Schröder,1971,: George & Hartm.-Schröder,1985, 

non (Schmarda,1861) 

?W Baltic?, Skagerrak (off Arendal), North Sea 

S. magnidentata (Winsnes,1981) 

= Lumbrineris magnidentata Winsnes,1981 


Oslofjord - Bergen 

S. tetraura (Schmarda,1861) 

= Notocirrus tetraurus Schmarda,1961 

* This species may be misidentified from Norway. Could be S. impatiens. 

Østfold - Nordland, South Africa 

Ninoe Kinberg,1865 ( Ninoe chilensis Kinberg,1865 - Chile) 

N. armoricana Glémarec,1968 

N Biscay, Mediterranean 

Oenonidae Kinberg,1865 emend. Colbath,1989, emend. Orensanz,1990 

= Arabellidae Hartman,1944 

= Atraktoprionidae 

= Skalenoprionidae 

Arabella Grube,1850 

A. iricolor (Montagu,1804) 

= Nereis iricolor Montagu,1804 () 

South Devon, Engl. Channel 

Drilonereis Claparède,1870 

D. brattstroemi Fauchald,1972 

@ On Brisaster fragilis (Düben & Koren) 

Norway (Sognefjorden, Hardangerfjorden, deeper than 200m) 

D. filum (Claparède,1868) 

= Lumbriconereis filum Claparède,1868 () 

=? Lumbriconereis variegatus Bidenkap,1895 

= D. longa var. elisabethe M'Intosh,1910 

= D. macrocephala de Saint-Joseph,1888 

= D. norvegica Sömme,1927 

@ Can be parasitic in Cirratulus cirratus (O.F. Müller) 

Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Nordland, Iceland, Mediterranean 

D. magna Webster & Benedict,1887 


British Isles 

D. caulleryi Pettibone,1957 

@ Nothria conchylega M. Sars 

Massachusetts-Virginia 

Haematocleptes Wirén,1886 

H. terebellidis Wirén,1886 () 

@ Endoparasitic in Terebellides stroemi M. Sars & Ampharete falcata Eliason,1955 

Gullmar Fjord, W Britain

Labrorostratus de Saint-Joseph,1885 

L. parasiticus de Saint-Joseph,1885 () 

@ Endoparasitic in Syllids, or freeliving. 

Engl. Channel (Dinard) 

L. jonicus Tenerelli,1961 

@ Endoparasitic in Syllids 

Mediterranean 

L. luteus Übelacker,1978 


?Spanish Mediterranean?, Bahamas 

L. prolificus Amaral,1977 


?Spanish Mediterranean? 

Notocirrus Schmarda,1861 ( N. chilensis Schmarda,1861) 

N. scoticus M'Intosh,1869 

Hebride Isles, Irish Sea 

Oligognathus Spengel,1882 

O. bonelliae Spengel,1882 () 

@ Bonellia viridis Rolando 

Mediterranean 

O. parasiticus Cerruti,1909 

@ Spio mecznikowianus Claparède 

Mediterranean 

Dorvilleoidea Chamberlin,1919 

Tetraprionidae 

* Not recent. 

Dorvilleidae Chamberlin,1919 

= Iphitimidae Fauchald,1970 

= Dinophilidae Schultz,1852 

* These families were united by Eiby-Jacobsen & Kristensen,1994 (Zool. Scr. 23(2):107- 

131) 

* See also comment regarding name under Dorvillea below. 

Arenotrocha Westheide & Von Nordheim,1985 

A. minuta (Levi,1954) 

= Ophryotrocha minuta Levi,1954 ( - Roscoff) 

Helgoland, Roscoff (littoral) 

Dorvillea Parfitt,1866, non Gray (ex Leach),1852 (Mollusca - a junior synonym of the 

bivalve Abra ) 

= Staurocephalus Grube,1855, non Barrande,1846 (Trilobita) ( S. rubrovittatus 

Grube,1855) 

= Stauroceps Verrill,1900 

= Teleonereis Verrill,1900 

* Preferably a case for ICZN (nomen rej. declaration of Gray's name), alternatively in 

need of another name, perhaps any of Verrills genera? 

D. erucaeformis (Malmgren,1865) 

Bergen - W Finnmark

D. rubrovittata (Grube,1855) 

= Staurocephalus rubrovittatus Grube,1855 () 

N North Sea, Trondheimsfjord 

D. n.sp. (H.G. Hansson, unpublished) 

* A species from coarse sublittoral sand & gravel 

Koster area, SE Norway 

Ougia Wolf,1986 (Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 99(4):616-626) ( O. tenuidentis Wolf,1986 

- SE USA) 

O. subaequalis (Oug,1978) Wolf,1986 

= Schistomeringos subaequalis Oug,1978 


Öresund, Arendal area 

Parapodrilus Westheide,1965 

P. psammophilus Westheide,1965 () 

North Sea (Sylt), Arcachon 

Parougia Wolf,1986 (Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 99(4):627-638) 

P. cf. P. caeca (Webster & Benedict,1884) 

= Schistomeringos caeca : Auctt. 

= Stauronereis caecus : Auctt. (?& W. & B. ?) 

Bergen , S North Sea, Newcastle 

P. eliasoni (Oug,1978) 

= Schistomeringos eliasoni Oug,1978 

= Stauronereis furcata Hartman (p.p.) 


Öresund, Skagerrak (off Vestfold), Egersund 

P. nigridentata (Oug,1978) 

= Schistomeringos nigridentata Oug,1978 () 


Norway (Lindåspollen in the Bergen area), Nordland - Troms, Iceland 

P. macilenta (Oug,1978) Eibye-Jacobsen & Kristensen,1993 

= Schistomeringos macilenta Oug,1978 

= Ougia macilenta (Oug,1978) Wolf,1986 


Norway (Lindåspollen in the Bergen area) 

Protodorvillea Pettibone,1961 

P. kefersteini (M'Intosh,1869) 

= Staurocephalus kefersteini M'Intosh,1869 () 

Isefjord, Koster area, Skagerrak, Vestfold - W Finnmark 

Pusillotrocha Westheide & von Nordheim,1985 

P. akessoni Westheide & von Nordheim,1985 () 

Gullmar Fjord area (Bondens hamn) 

Schistomeringos Jumars,1974 

S. neglecta (Fauvel,1923) 

Engl. Channel (Cherbourg), Iberian Atlantic, Mediterranean 

S. rudolphi (delle Chiaje,1828)

= Nereis rudolphi delle Chiaje,1828 () 

= Prionognathus ciliatus Keferstein,1862 

Engl. Channel 

Eteonopsis Esmark,1874 

* This genus is very close to Ophryotrocha and may perhaps be considered as a 

subgenus. 

E. geryonicola Esmark,1874 

= Ophryotrocha geryonicola (Esmark,1874) : Auctt. 

* Lives in the gill chambers of Geryon trispinosus (Herbst,1803) 

Oslofjord - Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Kattegatt 

E. mediterranea (Martin, Abelló & Cartes,1991) 

= Ophryotrocha mediterranea Martin, Abelló & Cartes,1991 

@ branchial chambers of Geryon longipes A. Milne-Edwards,1881 

W Mediterranean in 600-1800 m 

Iphitime Marenzeller,1902 ( I. doederleini Marenzeller,1902) 

= Coelobranchus Izuka,1912 

I. cuenoti Fauvel,1913 

@ On Macropodia, Pagurus, Liocarcinus etc. 

Isle of Man, Arcachon 

I. hartmanae Kirkegaard,1977 

* This species does not fit this genus exactly. 

@ On Hyas spp. & Lithodes maja 

Bohuslän, Oslo Fjord, Vestfold 

I. paguri Fage & Legendre,1934 

@ On Pagurus bernhardus, Macropodia, Liocarcinus etc. 

Plymouth, Firth of Clyde, W France 

? I. sp. sensu Pleijel,1987 (pers. comm.) 

Norway (Coral reef, Brattholmen at Bergen) 

Mammiphitime Orensanz,1990 ( Mammiphitime tridentata Orensanz,1990 - S 

Atlantic) 

M. cosmetandra (Oug,1990) 

= Ophryotrocha cosmetandra Oug, 1990 

S Troms - NE Finnmark, Greenland (Godhavn), Faeroes 

Ophryotrocha Claparède & Mecznikow,1869 

O. bacci Parenti,1961 

Gullmar Fjord area (Bondens hamn), Bergen, Troms, Br. Isles, Iceland, Roscoff 

O. dubia Hartmann-Schröder,1974 

NW North Sea (off Scotland in 68 m) 

O. gerlachi Hartmann-Schröder,1974 

Central part of North Sea (off Denmark in 52 m) 

O. gracilis Huth,1933 

Helgoland, Troms, Roscoff 

O. hartmanni Huth,1933 

Öresund, Plymouth, Roscoff 

O. irinae Tzetlin, 1980 

White Sea (littoral)

O. littoralis (Levinsen,1879) 

= Paractius litoralis Levinsen,1879 

Arctic Seas (e.g. Egesminde in Greenland), ?Tromsö (Oug,1994 as O. sp.) 

O. maculata Åkesson,1973 

Gullmar Fjord in 25 m 

O. puerilis Claparède & Mecznikow,1869 () 

* Hartmann-Schröder is of the opinion that the European (non Mediterranean) 

form of this species is O. puerilis siberti M'Intosh,1885 

Naples, S North Sea, Plymouth, Newcastle, "W Baltic", Bergen, ?Tromsö (Oug, 1992 and 

1994 as O. cf. puerilis ) 

O. cf. O. vivipara Banse,1963 

* Unpublished record, det. by B. Åkesson. Else a Pacific species. 

Aquarium system at Tjärnö Marine Lab, Sweden 

O. scarlatoi Averincev,1989 

Franz-Joseph Land, ?N Norway (Oug,1992 and 1994 as O. cf. scarlatoi ) 

O. socialis Ockelmann & Åkesson,1990 

Aquarium system at Helsingør laboratory, Denmark 

O. sp. : Oug,1994 

Tromsö 

Palpiphitime Orensanz,1990 

P. lobifera (Oug,1978) 

= Ophryotrocha lobifera Oug,1978 () 


Gullmar Fiord, Lindåspollen (Bergen area in 50 m) - Troms 

P.? longidentata (Josefson,1975) 

= Ophryotrocha longidentata Josefson,1975 

* This species fits into this genus better than into Ophryotrocha. However, segmental 

lobes above and below the neuropodias are lacking. 

Skagerrak in 50-100 m, Gullmar Fjord 

Parophryotrocha Hartmann-Schröder,1971 

P. isochaeta (Eliason,1962) 

= Ophryotrocha isochaeta Eliason,1962 () 

Skagerrak 

Dinophilus Schmidt,1848 

* The genus Dinophilus includes small,more or less Turbellaria-looking species. One of 

them, D. caudatus was indeed originally described as Planaria caudata by Fabricius. On 

the other hand, a species described by Schultz, 1902 from Kiel, Dinophilus rostratus has 

proved to be a turbellarian species (sensu Fauvel, 1927), as has D. borealis Diesing,1862 

& D. simplex Verrill,1892. 

D. caudatus (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Planaria caudata O. Fabricius,1780 

= Vortex capitata Örsted,1843 

= Dinophilus vorticoides O. Schmidt,1848 () 

= Dinophilus caudatus : Levinsen,1880 

* D. gardineri Moore may also be a synonym. See also D. taeniatus, D. gigas & D. 

metameroides, which are related, if not synonyms 

* Orange coloured. Not mentioned in Hartmann-Schröder,1986 

SW. Greenland (type locality), the Faeroes (type locality for D. vorticoides), Helgoland, 

Sweden, Bergen 

D. gigas Weldon,1887

* Orange coloured. Not mentioned in Hartmann-Schröder, 1986. A possible synonym of 

D. caudatus. 

E England 

D. gyrociliatus O. Schmidt,1848 

=? D. sphaerocephalus Schmarda (from Equador) 

= D. apatris Korschelt,1882 

= D. apatris tergestina Stiasny,1910 

= D. concklini Nelson,1907 

* Relatively small, whitish 

Bergen, Helgoland, Yorkshire, E Mediterranean, Japan, W USA, Asia, around South 

America 

D. metameroides Hallez,1879 

* Not mentioned in Hartmann-Schröder,1986. A possible synonym of D. caudatus. 

French Channel coast 

D. taeniatus Harmer,1889 

* Orange coloured. A possible synonym of D. caudatus. 

* Sensu Donworth,1986 (Zool. Anz. 216: 32-38) is this the unnamed species, that 

Jägersten worked with. See also D. caudatus 

E England 

Trilobodrilus Remane,1925 

T. axi Westheide,1967 

Helgoland, Sylt, Arcachon 

T. heideri Remane,1925 ( - Helgoland) 

Gullmar Fjord area (Bondens hamn), Helgoland, Bergen - Trøndelag, N Wales, Roscoff, 

Black Sea 

T. cf. T. nipponicus Uchida & Okuda,1943 

* See Eibye-Jacobsen,1994 

S Kattegatt (Ellekilde Hage) 

CANALIPALPATA Rouse & Fauchald,1997 

SPIONIDA Dales,1962? 

Aberrantidae Wolf,1987 

* Not represented in Scandinavia. 

Apistobranchidae Mesnil & Caullery,1898 

Apistobranchus Levinsen,1883 

= Scardaria Wesenberg-Lund,1951 

A. tenuis Orrhage,1962 

= A. tullbergi : Auctt., non Théel 

Bohuslän, Arendal area 

A. tullbergi (Théel,1879) 

= Aricia tullbergi Théel,1879 ( - Novaja Zemblja) 

= Skardaria fragmentata Wesenberg-Lund,1951 ( of Scardaria Wesenberg- 

Lund,1951 - Iceland) 

W Baltic-Skagerrak, all Norway, Iceland, Arctic Seas 

Spionidae Grube,1850 

"Genus A" : Mackie, in ASYM92 

* Very similar to Atherospio, but lacking occipital antenna and having modified neurosetae 

on setiger 5 only. 

Cardigan Bay, off S England

"Genus B" : Mackie, in ASYM92 

* Similar to Genus A, but having modified neurosetae of not one but two types. Posterior 

notopodial spines present. The genus includes the mediterranean Polydora guillei Laubier 

& Ramos,1974. 

Cardigan Bay, off S England 

Aonides Claparède,1864 

A. oxycephala (M. Sars,1862) 

= Nerine oxycephala M. Sars,1862 ( - Norway) 

* with bidentate hooded hooks 

Skagerrak (off Arendal) - S Trøndelag, North Sea, Engl. Channel, Spain, Mediterranean 

A. paucibranchiata Southern,1914 

* with tridentate hooded hooks 

Skagerrak (Bonden outside the Gullmar Fjord), Oslofjord - Troms, Ireland, S Irish Sea, 

Mediterranean 

Pygospiopsis Blake,1983 

= Atherospio Mackie & Duff,1986 

P. disticha (Mackie & Duff,1986) Blake, in Blake, Hilbig & Scott,1996 

= Atherospio disticha Mackie & Duff,1986 ( of Atherospio Mackie & Duff,1983) 

Kattegatt, W Scotland, Irish Sea 

P. sp.n. : (Mackie, in ASYM92) 

* differing from the former in having >6 pairs of branchie. 

off S England 

Aurospio Maciolek,1981 

A. dibranchiata Maciolek,1981 

* Found only deeper than 300m. 

Rockall Trough, Biscay, Canaries, Bermuda, E USA 

Boccardia Carazzi,1895 ( Polydora (Leucodore) polybranchia Haswell,1885 - 

Australia) 

B. cf. B. polybranchia (Haswell,1885) 

Br. Isles 

Boccardiella Blake & Kudenov,1978 

B. ligerica (Ferronniere,1898), emended Blake & Woodwick,1971 

= Boccardia ligerica Ferronniere,1898 

= Polydora. redeki Horst,1920 

= Polydora (Boccardia) redeki : Auctt. 

This species is by Salazar-Vallejo 1992 cited in gen. Boccardiella Blake & 

Kudenov,1978 

S North Sea, Kiel Channel, Finland, Loire estuary 

Dispio Hartman,1951 

D. cf. uncinata Hartman,1951 

W Ireland (Blacksod Bay), Spain, Morocco 

Laonice Malmgren,1867 

L. appelloefi Söderström,1920 

Norway (Sognefjord, Hjeltefjord) 

L. bahusiensis Söderström,1920 

Skagerrak (Bohuslän), Bergen, Br. Isles

L. cirrata (M. Sars,1850) 

= Nerine cirrata M. Sars,1850 () 

W Norway - Arctic Oceans 

L. sarsi Söderström,1920 

Skagerrak (Bohuslän), Br. Isles 

L. blakei Sikorski & Jirkov, in Sikorski, Jirkov & Tsetlin,1988 

Arctic Basin?, ?N Atlantic?, in 960-2510 m 

Malacoceros de Quatrefages,1843 

M. fuliginosus (Claparède,1868) 

Isefjord, Kattegatt - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

M. tetracerus (Schmarda,1861) 

= Colobranchus ciliatus Keferstein,1862 (p.p.) 

= Scolelepis murmanica Zachs, in Uschakov,1948 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, Trøndelag, Murmansk 

M. vulgaris (Johnston,1827) 

= Spio vulgaris Johnston,1827 () 

= Malacoceros girardi de Quatrefages,1843 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak, Fensfjord area - Trøndelag Br. Isles 

M. jirkovi Sikorski,1992 

Arctic Ocean 

Marenzelleria Mesnil,1896 

M. wireni Augener,1913 () 

= Laonice annenkovae Zachs,1925 

?North Sea (Sylt), Fensfjord area, White Sea, Arctic Seas 

M. viridis (Verrill,1873) 

= Scolecolepides viridis (Verrill,1873) 

* American invader, spreading fast eastwards from Britain. 

E Sweden, Poland, Germany, Tay Estuary, Netherlands 

Microspio Mesnil,1896 ( Spio mecznikowianus Claparède,1870) 

* a synonym of Paraspio Czerniavsky,1881, according to Hartman,1959. 

M. atlantica (Langerhans,1880) 

= Spio atlantica Langerhans,1880 

= Spio mecznikowianus : Auctt., non Claparède,1870 

* Hannerz, 1956 reseparated M. atlantica (Langerhans) (ventral crochets from segm. 9 

onwards) from M. mecznikowianus (Claparède) (ventral crochets from segm. 11 

onwards). If this is correct at least the Swedish worms should be referred to M. atlantica, 

which was described from Madeira, while the older name is associated primarily with 

Mediterranean worms. 

Skagerrak (off Arendal), Roscoff, Br. Isles, Madeira 

Dipolydora Verrill,1879 ( D. concharum Verrill, 1879 - New England & E. Canada) 

D. armata (Langerhans,1880) Blake, in Blake, Hilbig & Scott,1996 

= Polydora armata Langerhans,1880 

English Channel 

D. caulleryi (Mesnil,1897) Blake, in Blake, Hilbig & Scott,1996 

= Polydora Caulleryi Mesnil,1897 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Troms, Irish Sea 

D. coeca (Örsted,1843) Blake, in Blake, Hilbig & Scott,1996

= Polydora coeca Örsted,1843 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak, Oslo Fjord, SW Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

D. flava (Claparède,1870) Blake, in Blake, Hilbig & Scott,1996 

= Polydora flava Claparède,1870 

S North Sea, Newcastle, Oslo Fjord, Ireland, SW Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

D. giardi (Mesnil,1896) Blake, in Blake, Hilbig & Scott,1996 

= Polydora Giardi Mesnil,1896 

= Polydora anoculata Moore,1907 

Trondheimsfjord, S North Sea, Plymouth, Ireland, ?Mediterranean 

D. quadrilobata (Jacobi,1883) Blake, in Blake, Hilbig & Scott,1996 

= Polydora quadrilobata Jacobi,1883 

Kieler Bucht, Isefjord, Kattegatt, Stavanger - NE Finnmark, White Sea 

D. rogeri (Martin,1996) 

@ Cliona viridis 

NW Mediterranean 

D. saintjosephi (Eliason, 1920) 

= Polydora Saint Josephi Eliason, 1920 

France 

D. cf. D. socialis (Schmarda,1861) Blake, in Blake, Hilbig & Scott,1996 

= Leucodore socialis Schmarda,1861 

* See Ramberg & Schram, 1983: 242-243. Schmarda's species was described from Chile. 

Oslo Fjord - Varangerfjord area 

Polydora Bosc,1802 

= Leucodore Johnston,1838 

= Leipoceras Möbius,1874 

= Protopolydora Czerniavsky,1881 

P. aggregata Blake,1969 

* Is this species known from Europe? 

East coast of USA 

P. ciliata (Johnston,1838) 

Baltic Sea - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles, White Sea, Mediterranean 

P. cornuta Bosc,1802 ( - South Carolina) 

= P. ligni Webster,1880 

= P. littorea Verrill,1881 

= P. amarincola Hartman,1936 

central Baltic - Kattegatt, Oslo Fjord - Stavanger, E North America 

P. hermaphroditica Hannerz,1956 

Gullmar Fjord 

P. hoplura Claparède,1870 

S North Sea, Engl. Channel, Ireland, Mediterranean 

P. limicola Annenkova,1934 

* Genetic differences between this species and P. ciliata was found by Manchenko, 

Gennady P. and Vasily I. Radashevsky, 1993.Genetic differences between two sibling 

species of the Polydora ciliata complex (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Biochem. Systematics & 

Ecol. 21(5): 543-548. [Test of] allozyme variation by means of starch gel electrophoresis 

in sympatric sibling Polydora sp., P. cf. ciliata (Johnston) boring into calcareous 

substrates, and P. limicola Annenkova inhabiting mud tubes in fouling on bottoms of 

ships. 18 enzyme systems comprising 27 loci showed the lack of common alleles at 10 

loci [etc]. Data indicate that two good congeneric Polydora species distinguished by both 

their allozyme variation and their ecology are present. The long-standing ciliata-limicola

problem remains unsolved because the well-known "boring" species, P. ciliata was first 

described as living in fine soft mud. 

S North Sea, Kiel Channel 

P. posthamata Jones,1962 

Britain 

P. websteri Hartman, in Loosanoff & Engle,1943 (specific name conserved by a ruling 

that it is not to be treated as a replacement for P. caeca Webster, 1879. Op. 1974 ICZN) 

* limestone excavator. Possibly a synonym of P. ciliata (Johnston,1838) 

Rockall 

Prionospio Malmgren,1867 

P. (Minuspio Foster,1971) aluta Maciolek,1985 

= P. cirrifera : Auctt., non Wirén,1883 

?W Sweden, N Europe 

P. (Minuspio Foster,1971) cirrifera Wirén,1883 ( of Minuspio Foster,1971 - Kara 

Sea) 

= Minuspio cirrifera : Foster,1971 

?Skagerrak, ? all Norway, Arctic Seas 

P. (Minuspio) cf. multibranchiata Berkley,1927 

= P. cirrifera : Auctt., non Wirén (See Mackie,1984) 

* Sensu Maciolek is the species named P. multibranchiata in northern Europe not P. 

multibranchiata 

Berkley. 

outside Väröbacka, Skagerrak (Gullmar Fjord, Koster Area), Østfold - Bergen 

P. banyulensis Laubier,1966 

= P. ockelmanni Pleijel,1985 

* Genus position somewhat tentative. May possibly belong in Aurospio Maciolek 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Møre, Iceland, Engl. Channel, W Mediterranean 

P. (Prionospio) dubia Day,1961 

= P. malmgreni var. dubia Day,1961 

= P. steenstrupi : Auctt., non Malmgren,1867 

?N Öresund, Gullmar Fjord, Väderö Islands, Singlefjorden, Østfold - Trøndelag, Scotland, 

Biscay, Mediterranean, S Africa 

P. (Prionospio) fallax Söderström,1920 

= P. malmgreni : Auctt., non Claparède,1870 

* P. malmgreni Claparède, described from the Mediterranean, is considered 

indeterminable by later workers. 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway 

P. (Prionospio) plumosa (M. Sars,1872) 

?Oslofjord, Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Bergen 

P. (Prionospio) steenstrupi Malmgren,1867 ( - Iceland) 

N & NE Iceland 

P. (Prionospio) ehlersi Fauvel,1928 

SW England, SW Ireland, Biscay, W Iberia, Mediterranean, Canaries, W & SW Africa 

P. (Prionospio) caspersi Laubier,1962 

Mediterranean (included in ASYM92, but evidently not found in Britain) 

Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky,1881 

P. antennata (Claparède,1870) 

= Polydora antennata Claparède,1870 () 

Kieler Bucht - Isefjord - Skagerrak, Østfold - Lofoten

P. paucibranchiata (Okuda,1937) 

Østfold - W Finnmark, North Sea 

P. pulchra (Carazzi,1895) 

= Polydora (Pseudora) pulchra Carazzi,1895 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Trøndelag 

Pygospio Claparède,1863 

P. elegans Claparède,1863 () 

Sea of Åland - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Troms, Br. Isles, White Sea, Mediterranean 

Scolelepis de Blainville,1828 

= Nerine Johnston,1838 

= Pseudomalacoceros Czerniavsky,1881 ( Malacoceros longirostris de 

Quatrefages,1843) 

= Nerinides Mesnil,1896 ( Nerine longirostris Saint-Joseph,1894) 

S. (Scolelepis) bonnieri (Mesnil,1896) 

Skagerrak 

S. (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833) 

= Aonis foliosa Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 

= Nerine coniocephala Johnston,1838 ( of Nerine Johnston,1838) 

= Aonis vittata Grube,1855 

= Aonis foliacea de Quatrefages,1866 

= Nerine sarsiana Claparède,1870 

N Öresund - Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Trondheimsfjord, Br. Isles, Greenland, 

Mediterranean, Massachusetts 

S. (Scolelepis) squamata (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller,1806) 

= Lumbricus squamatus Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller,1806 () 

= Lumbricus cirratulus delle Chiaje,1828 

= Scolelepis squamosa de Blainville,1828 

= Malacoceros longirostris de Quatrefages,1843 

= Nerine agilis Verrill,1873 

= Nerine heteropoda Webster,1879 

= Spio acuta Treadwell,1914 

= Nerine capensis M'Intosh,1925 

= Nerine minuta Treadwell,1939 

= Nerinides goodbodyi Jones,1962 

* S. cirratulus (delle Chiaje) from the Mediterranean (?and the Lusitanian area?) may be 

a good species. 

Öresund, Frederikshavn, Skagerrak, Br. Isles, Engl. Channel, Ireland, Mediterranean 

S. (Scolelepis) cantabra (Rioja,1919) 

= Nerinides cantabra Rioja,1919 () 

= Nerine longirostris Saint-Joseph,1894, non Malacoceros longirostris de 

Quatrefages,1843 

Fredrikshavn, Clyde Sea, SW Ireland 

S. (Scolelepis) mesnili Bellan & Lagardere,1971 

Br. Isles 

S. (Parascolelepis Maciolek,1987) tridentata (Southern,1914) 

= Nerinides tridentata Southern,1914 ( of Parascolelepis Maciolek,1987) 

Öresund (?) - Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Nordland, Ireland 

S. (Parascolelepis Maciolek,1987) korsuni Sikorski,1994 

= ? Nerinides tridentata Hannerz,1965, non Southern,1914 

?Bohuslän, North Sea, Barents Sea 

S. (Parascolelepis Maciolek,1987) cf. gilchristi (Day,1961)

* This pre S. korsuni -name may perhaps be S. korsuni ? 

Br. Isles 

S. (Parascolelepis Maciolek,1987) burkovskii Sikorski,1994 

Barents Sea 

S. (Parascolelepis Maciolek,1987) matsugae Sikorski,1994 

Barents Sea 

S. sp. 

* 2 specimens of a species, not possible to identify as any of those above, found by 

Pleijel,1991. 

Koster area 

Spio O. Fabricius,1785, non König, in Müller,1771 (Polychaeta) 

* May this name be kept? 

S. armata (Thulin,1957) 

= Microspio armata Thulin,1957 

* Undeterminable according to Maciolek 1990. 

Öresund - Skagerrak, Treøndelag, Trondheimsfjord 

S. cf. decorata Bobretzky,1871 

* Neuropodial hooks tridentate, from setiger 11. Anterior dorsum & venter with black 

pigmentation. 

Br. Isles 

S. filicornis (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Nereis filicornis O.F. Müller,1776 () 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles, White Sea, Mediterranean 

S. goniocephala Thulin,1957 

= Microspio arctica Söderström,1920 (p.p.) 

Öresund, Isefjord 

S. martinensis Mesnil,1896 

Öresund, Isefjord, Ireland, Greenland 

S. multioculata (Rioja,1919) 

* The larvae from the Gullmar fjord area determined by Hannerz,1956 as probably 

belonging to this species is "möglicherweise" synon. with Spio armata sensu Hartmann- 

Schröder 1971 

?Gullmar Fjord, Egersund, S Irish Sea 

S. seticornis (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Nereis seticornis O. Fabricius,1780 

British Isles, Ireland, "Baltic" 

S. theeli (Söderström,1920) 

= Microspio theeli Söderström,1920 

* The larvae from the Gullmar fjord area determined by Hannerz,1956 as belonging to this 

species is "möglicherweise" synon. with Spio goniocephala sensu Hartmann-Schröder 

Gullmar Fjord, Siberian arctic 

S. theeli kolaensis (Zachs,1925) 

Kola Fjord 

Spiophanes Grube,1860 

= Morants Chamberlin,1919 

S. bombyx (Claparède,1870) 

central Öresund - Skagerrak - S Nordland, Br. Isles, Irish Sea, Mediterranean 

S. kroeyeri Grube,1860 ()

central Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway 

S. urceolata Imajima,1991 

N North Sea, Norw. Sea, Japan 

S. cf. wigleyi Pettibone,1962 

Norway (Fensfjorden), Br. Isles 

Streblospio Webster,1879 ( S. benedicti Webster,1879) 

S. benedicti Webster,1879 

= S. schrubsolii (Buchanan,1890) 

= S. dekhuyzeni Horst,1909 

Kalmarsund - Kattegatt, Zuiderzee, mouth of Thames, France 

Trochochaetidae Pettibone,1963 

Trochochaeta Levinsen,1884 

= Disoma Örsted,1844, non Ehrenberg,1831 (Protoctista) 

T. multisetosa (Örsted,1844) 

= Disoma multisetosum Örsted,1844 

= Trochochaeta sarsi Levinsen,1884 () 

= Spionid larvae 'd' Hannerz,1956 

S Baltic - Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Troms 

T. carica (Birula,1897) 

= Disoma carica Birula,1897 

Kara Sea, Bering Sea, New Brunswick-New England 

Poecilochaetidae Hannerz,1951 

Poecilochaetus Claparède, in Ehlers,1875 ( P. fulgoris Claparède, in Ehlers,1875) 

P. serpens Allen,1904 

Kieler Bucht - Isefjord - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - S Troms 

P. sp. sensu Petersen,1986 (mimeo) 

* Identity uncertain. May be juv. P. serpens Allen 

Longosomatidae 

= Heterospionidae Hartman,1963 

Heterospio Ehlers,1874 

H. longissima Ehlers,1874 () 

off Ireland, Mediterranean 

Chaetopteridae Malmgren,1867 

Chaetopterus Cuvier,1827 ( Tricoelia variopedatus Renier,1804 - Mediterranean) 

C. norvegicus M. Sars,1835 

= C. variopedatus : Auctt. (p.p.) non (Renier,1808) 

* Often clinging to hard substrates 

Oslofjorden - Finnmark, Skagerrak? 

C. sarsi Boeck, in M. Sars,1860 

= C. variopedatus : Auctt. (p.p.) non (Renier,1808) 

* Often in gravel 

Oslofjord - Trondheimsfjord, Skagerrak? 

C. sp. Petersen (in prep.) 

= C. variopedatus : Auctt. (p.p.) non (Renier,1808)

Skagerrak? 

Phyllochaetopterus Grube,1863 ( P. gracilis Grube,1863) 

P. anglicus Potts,1914 

=? P. socialis Claparède,1870 

* Clinging to tubes of Chaetopterus 

English Channel, Irish Sea, Mediterranean 

P. major Claparède,1868 

Oslo fjord (sensu Mirza & Gray, 1981) - Bergen, Napoli 

Spiochaetopterus M. Sars,1853 

= Telepsavus Costa,1861 

S. bergensis Gitay,1969 

= Spiochaetopterus typicus f. minor Eliason,1962 

Skagerrak (off Vestfold) - Bergen 

S. costarum (Claparède,1868) 

= Telepsavus costarum Claparède,1868 

Norway (Sognefjord, deep), Arcachon, W Spain, Banyuls, Naples 

S. solitarius (Rioja,1917) Kudenov,1975 

= Phyllochaetopterus solitarius Rioja,1917 

= S. madeirensis Langerhans,1880 

N Spain, Mediterranean, Madeira 

S. typicus M. Sars,1856 () 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Varangerfjord area, E Scotland 

Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage,1888 

Magelona F. Müller,1858 ( M. papillicornis F. Müller,1858) 

M. alleni Wilson,1958 

= M. rosea : Southern,1914 non Moore,1907 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak - Møre, North Sea, W Ireland 

M. equilamellae Harmelin,1964 

?Br. Isles, France 

M. filiformis Wilson,1959 

* species with small "outgrowths" on the prostomium. See J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. vols 38 & 

62 

German Bight, Newcastle, Plymouth 

M. wilsoni Glémarec,1966 

Br. Isles, Bretagne 

M. minuta Eliason,1962 

Swedish westcoast, Vestfold - Egersund 

M. mirabilis (Johnston,1865) 

= M. papillicornis : Auctt. non F. Müller,1858 

* Müllers species is described from Brasil. See Jones,1977. 

* According to Mackie & Garwood,1995 there are 2 different species involved in this 

name. Form A has often serrated upper edges on thoracic notopodial ligulae; superior 

notopodial cirrus is present on posterior thoracic setigers. Between setigers 10 and 11 

lateral pouches are present. Form B is devoid of these pouches and has no superior 

notopodial cirri on any thoracic setiger. No serrated upper edges on thoracic notopodial 

ligulae. 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Stavanger, North Sea, Br. Isles, Mediterranean

M. cincta Ehlers,1908 

Shamrock Canyon (Biscay), W & S Africa 

TEREBELLIDA 

Cirratuloidea 

Flabelligeridae de Saint-Joseph,1894 

Brada Stimpson,1854 ( B. granosa Stimpson,1854 - E Canada) 

B. inhabilis (Rathke,1843) 

= Siphonostoma inhabile Rathke,1843 

= B. granulata Malmgren,1867 

Kieler Bucht - N. Öresund - Kattegatt - Skagerrak, Møre - N Norway, Barents Sea, 

Spitsbergen, Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland 

B. villosa (Rathke,1843) Malmgren,1867 

= Siphonostoma villosum Rathke,1843 

= B. pilosa Moore,1906 

= B. parthenopeia Lo Bianco,1893 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, all Norway, Spitsbergen, Alaska, Mediterranean 

B. granulosa Hansen,1882 

= B. normani M'Intosh,1908 

Norway N of Lofoten, Spitsbergen 

B. incrustata Støp-Bowitz,1948 

= B. inhabilis : Malmgren,1867, non (Rathke,1843) 

???Bohuslän, Spitsbergen 

B. rugosa (Hansen,1882) Støp-Bowitz,1948 

= Trophonia rugosa Hansen,1882 

= Trophonia arctica Hansen,1882 

Spitsbergen 

B. sp. : Hartmann-Schröder,1974 

Skagerrak area 

Chauvonelia Laubier,1974 

C. biscayensis Laubier,1974 () 

Biscay, deep water 

Diplocirrus Haase,1915 

= Saphobranchia Chamberlin,1919 ( of Stylaroides longisetosus Marenzeller,1890 - 

Bering Sea) 

D. glaucus (Malmgren,1867) 

= Trophonia glauca Malmgren,1867 ( - Sweden) 

Öresund-Bohuslän-Skagerrak, all Norway 

D. hirsutus (Hansen,1879) 

= Trophonia hirsuta Hansen,1879 

Oslofjord, Telemark, Fensfjorden - NE Finnmark, N North Sea off Norway at 63° N, 

Barents Sea 

D. longisetosus (von Marenzeller,1890) 

= Stylaroides longisetosus von Marenzeller,1890 

= Stylaroides normani M'Intosh,1908 

Oslofjorden, Trondheimsfjord - Troms, White Sea, Spitsbergen, Bering Sea 

Flabelligera M. Sars,1829

= Chloraema Dujardin,1838 

F. affinis M. Sars,1829 ( - Norway) 

= Siphonostoma vaginiferum Rathke,1843 

= F. claparedii de Saint-Joseph,1898 

Kieler Bucht-Isefjord-Bohuslän-Skagerrak, all Norway, Spitsbergen, France, NW 

Greenland 

F. infundibularis H.P. Johnson,1901 

NW Greenland 

F. mastigophora Annenkova,1952 

N Russian seas 

F. sp. Petersen, unpubl. sensu Petersen,1986 (mimeo) 

? Denmark ? 

Pherusa Oken,1807 

= Stylaroides delle Chiaje,1841 

= Trophonia Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1830 

P. falcata Stöp-Bowitz,1948 

Drøbak, Skagerrak - Nordland 

P. plumosa (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Amphitrite plumosa O.F. Müller,1776 () 

= Trophonia goodsirii Johnston,1840 

= Flemingia muricata Johnston,1846 

= Trophonia borealis Hansen,1882 

W Baltic - Skagerrak - all Norway, Barents Sea, Spitsbergen 

P. arctica Støp-Bowitz,1948 

Lofoten - Narvik 

P?. eruca (Claparède,1868) 

= Trophonia eruca Claparède,1868 ( of Balanochaeta Chamberlin,1919) 

Engl. Channel - W Bretagne - Mediterranean 

Therochaeta Chamberlin,1919 ( Stylaroides collarifer Ehlers,1887) 

T. flabellata (M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872) 

= Trophonia flabellata M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 

= Pherusa flabellata (M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872) : Auctt. 

Drøbak, Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Lofoten 

Acrocirridae Banse,1969 

Macrochaeta Grube,1850 

M. bansei Hartmann-Schröder,1974 (Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerh.. 14 (April)), 

non Hartmann-Schröder,1974 (Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Mus. Inst. 71 (July)) 

= M. caroli Westheide,1981 

* The later homonym is renamed M. natalensis Hartmann-Schröder,1996 

N North Sea 

M. clavicornis (M. Sars,1835) 

= Nais clavicornis M. Sars,1835 () 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Bergen, W Ireland 

M. helgolandica Friedrich,1937 

Helgoland, Belgium 

M. polyonyx Eliason,1962 

Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Fensfjord area

Acrocirrus Grube,1872 

A. frontifilis (Grube,1860) 

= Heterocirrus frontifilis () 

Mediterranean 

Fauveliopsidae Hartman,1971 

Fauveliopsis M'Intosh,1922 ( F. challengeriae M'Intosh,1922) 

F. brattegardi Fauchald,1972 

Norway (Sognefjord, deep and outside Bergen) 

F. olgae Hartmann-Schröder,1983 

@ in tubes of Bathysiphon spp. 

deep Porcupine Seabight - southwards in E Atlantic 

Sternaspidae Carus,1863 

Sternaspis Otto,1821 

S. scutata (Renier,1807) 

= Echinorhynchus scutatus Renier,1807 () 

* Sherborn is giving Renier,1804 as author (in Tabulae). May thus be a n. nud.? 

Nordland, North Sea 

Poeobiidae Heath,1930 

* The only species Poeobius Heath,1930 meseres Heath,1930, belonging to this 

order has a northern Pacific pelagic distribution. 

Cirratulidae Carus,1843 

Caulleriella Chamberlin,1919 

C. alata (Southern,1914) 

Bergen, S North Sea, Engl. Channel, Ireland 

C. bioculata (Keferstein,1862) 

= Cirratulus bioculatus Keferstein,1862 () 

= C. viridis (Langerhans) 

Fredrikshavn, Kristiansand - Bergen, S North Sea, Newcastle, Ireland 

C. parva Gillandt,1979 

= C. bioculata parva Gillandt,1979 

=? C. fragilis (Leidy,1855) 

Helgoland 

C. zetlandica (M'Intosh,1911) 

* Differing from other species in the genus by having acicular spines in the neuropodium 

only. The hooks are bidentate in small individuals, becoming unidentate in adults. 

Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Bergen, Shetlands 

Chaetozone Malmgren,1867 

C. setosa Malmgren,1867 () 

* Probably a complex of species 

W Baltic - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, all Norway, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

C. abyssorum (Hansen,1878) 

= Cirratulus abyssorum Hansen,1878 

* Is this a good species? May be identical to C. abranchiata. 

between Trondheim & Faeroes

C. abranchiata (Hansen,1878) 

= Cirratulus ? abranchiatus Hansen,1878 

between Trondheim & Faeroes 

C. gibber Woodham & Chambers,1994 

Engl. Channel 

C. similis (Webster & Benedict, 1887) 

SW Greenland 

C. caputesocis (de Saint-Joseph,1894) Woodham & Chambers,1994 

= Caulleriella caputesocis (de Saint-Joseph,1894) Chamberlin,1919 

= Heterocirrus caputesocis de Saint-Joseph,1894 

* May be separated from C. gibber by the "overall shape of the body and of the head" 

according to W. & C. 

S North Sea, Helgoland, Newcastle 

C. benthaliana M'Intosh,1885 (redescription in Kirkegaard, 1983. J. mar. biol. Ass. 

U.K. 63:593-608) 

* Correct genus? 

off S Ireland in 1900 m 

Cirratulus de Lamarck,1801 

C. caudatus Levinsen,1893 

* Considered indeterminable by Hartman,1959 

Kattegatt, Norway 

C. cirratus (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Lumbricus cirratus O.F. Müller,1776 () 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, all Norway, Br. Isles, SW Greenland 

C. borealis de Lamarck,1818 

* Considered distinct from C. cirratus (O.F.M.) by M. Petersen,1989, in having 2 

branchiae/segment throughout, rather than just anterior 

North Sea, SW Greenland 

C. incertus M'Intosh,1923 

* Reinstated by M. Petersen,1989 

Shetlands, ?SW Greenland? 

Timarete Kinberg,1866 

= Cirriformia Hartman,1936 

T. tentaculata (Montagu,1808) 

= Terebella tentaculata Montagu,1808 () 

= Audouinia tentaculata Auctt. 

N Kattegatt - Skagerrak, Stavanger - Møre, Br. Isles 

T. norvegica (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Audouinia norwegica de Quatrefages,1866 

= Cirratulus norvegicus (de Quatrefages,1866) 

Norway, Engl. Channel, Ireland 

Dodecaceria Örsted,1843 

= Zeppelina Vaillant, in de Quatrefages,1890 

D. ostrae (Dalyell,1853) 

= D. concharum : Auctt., non Örsted,1843 

= Terebella ostrae Dalyell,1853 

= D. concharum Form B : Caullery & Mesnil,1898 

= Zeppelina monostyla (Zeppelin,1883) ( of Zeppelina Vaillant, in de 

Quatrefages,1890)) 

= Zeppelina mediopigmentata Gillandt,1979

=? Zeppelina variosetosa Harris,1971 

?Helgoland, ?Oslofjord (as Zeppelina monostyla ), Br. Isles 

D. concharum Örsted,1843 () 

= Heterocirrus fimbriatus Verrill,1880 

= Dodecaceria caulleryi Dehorne,1933 

=? Naraganseta coralii Leidy,1855 

* Peter H. Gibson confirmed 1992 that specimens from Klinken (close to Råssö, N. 

Bohuslän) belonged to D. fimbriata (Verrill,1880) and that D. concharum Örsted do not 

seem to have been found along the Swedish coast. However Örsted's type material was 

collected from the eastern coast of Denmark (close to Sweden), so the compiler of this list 

suspect that Verrill's D. fimbriata is a junior synonym of Örsteds real D. concharum. If 

this is the case, the species , which Gibson called D. concharum is in need of another 

name. D. ostrae (Dalyell,1843) may be the oldest available name? Gibson & Heppell 

1995 also suggested to ICZN that neotypes should be selected in such a way for the two 

names that Gibson's use of the names would be supported, but after several opposing 

comments from different polychaetologists, their suggestion was not approved by ICZN 

(Opinion 2019), so the issue is left open. 

Öresund-Bohuslän, Arendal - N Troms, Fundy Bay, ?Massachusetts 

D. diceria Hartman,1951 

Below ≈100 m. round oil rigs in N. North Sea, off Florida Keys 

D. ater (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= D. concharum Form A : Caullery & Mesnil,1898 

= D. concharum : Auctt., non Örsted,1843 

* May prove to be a synon. of the Mediterranean D. saxicola (Grube,1855) sensu 

George & Petersen,1991 

Plymouth 

"D. concharum Form C" : Caullery & Mesnil,1898 

* Suspected to be a distinct species by George & Petersen,1991 

Netherlands 

Tharyx Webster & Benedict,1887 ( T. acutus W. & B.,1887 (W North Atlantic)) 

T. killariensis (Southern,1914) 

= Chaetozone killariensis Southern,1914 

= Caulleriella killariensis : Auctt. 

Kattegatt - Bohusän - Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Stavanger 

T. retierei Lechapt,1994 

Moroccan atlantic 

Aphelochaeta J.A. Blake,1991 ( Tharyx monilaris Hartman,1960) 

* With smooth capillary chaete only. 

A. marioni (de Saint-Joseph,1894) 

= Tharyx marioni : Auctt. 

Skagerrak, Østfold - S Troms, North Sea, Irish Sea, Engl. Channel 

A. mcintoshi (Southern,1914) 

= Cirratulus mcintoshi Southern,1914 

= Tharyx mcintoshi : Auctt. 

= Cirratulus filiformis : Auctt., ?non Keferstein,1862 

Kattegatt, Bohuslän, Oslofjord - Skagerrak (off Arendal), North Sea, Ireland 

A. filiformis (Keferstein,1862) 

= Cirratulus filiformis Keferstein,1862 

Østfold 

A. multibranchis (Grube,1863) 

= Heterocirrus multibranchis Grube,1863 

= Tharyx multibranchis : Auctt.

Helgoland, Stavanger - S Trøndelag, Newcastle, Skagerrak? 

A. serrata (Eliason,1962) 

= Caulleriella (?) serrata Eliason,1962 

Skagerrak 

A. vivipara (Christie,1984) 

= Tharyx vivipara Christie,1984 

NE England 

Monticellina Laubier,1961 

* With capillary chaete only. Some of them are serrated. 

M. dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard,1959) 

= Cirratulus dorsobranchialis Kirkegaard,1959 

= Monticellina heterochaeta Laubier,1961 ( - Banyuls-sur-Mer) 

off W Africa, Banyuls 

Terebelloidea 

Pectinariidae de Quatrefages,1866 

= Amphictenidae Grube,1851 

* See op. 1225 (ICZN) regarding rejecting e.g. Cistena Leach,1816 as valid 

Pectinaria de Lamarck,1818 

= Cistena Leach,1816 ( Cistena pallasii Leach,1816) 

= Amphictene de Savigny,1822 

= Cistenides Malmgren,1866 

= Lagis Malmgren,1866 

P. (Amphictene) auricoma (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Amphitrite auricoma O.F. Müller,1776 ( of Amphictene de Lamarck,1818 - 

Denmark) 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea, Irish Sea, Mediterranean 

P. (Cistenides) granulata (Linnaeus,1767) 

= Sabella granulata Linnaeus,1767 ( of Cistenides Malmgren,1866) 

?Skagerrak (off Arendal), Varangerfjord area - N Finnmark, the Faeroes, Denmark ??, 

NW & SW Greenland 

P. (Cistenides) hyperborea (Malmgren,1866) 

Nord-Trøndelag - NE Finnmark, the Faeroes, NW Greenland 

P. (Lagis) koreni (Malmgren,1866) 

= Lagis koreni Malmgren,1866 ( of Lagis Malmgren,1866 - Norway) 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea, White Sea, Irish Sea, 

Adriatic 

P. (Pectinaria) belgica (Pallas,1766) sensu Malmgren,1866 

= Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas,1766 ( - Belgium) 

= Cistena pallasii Leach,1816 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, Østfold - Nord-Trøndelag, North Sea, Mediterranean 

Petta Malmgren,1866 

P. pusilla Malmgren,1866 ( - W Sweden) 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - Lofoten 

Ampharetidae Malmgren,1867 

Ampharetinae Malmgren,1867 

Alkmaria Horst,1919

A. rominji Horst,1919 ( - Netherlands) 

Norway (Öra by Fredrikstad), Kiel Channel, Kalmarsund, danish estuaries 

Amage Malmgren,1866 

A. auricula Malmgren,1866 ( - W Sweden) 

N Kattegatt - Koster area - NE Finnmark - , North Sea 

A. adspersa (Grube,1863) 

= Sabellides adspersa Grube,1863 

Bergen, Madeira, Mediterranean 

A. gallasii Marion,1875 

NE Atlantic, Mediterranean 

A. scotica Clark,1952 

W Scotland in 168-230 m 

Amagopsis Pergament & Hlebovic,1964, in Hlebovic 

A. klugei Pergament & Hlebovic,1964, in Hlebovic ( - Arctic ocean) 

Norway (Tromsö area), Norwegian Sea 

Ampharete Malmgren,1866 ( Amphicteis acutifrons Grube,1860 - Greenland) 

= Branchiosabella Claparède,1863 (this genus name is threatening the well established 

Ampharete and should preferably be declared a nomen rejicendum by ICZN) 

= Asabellides Annenkova,1929 

= Pseudosabellides Berkeley & Berkeley,1943 

A. grubei Malmgren,1866 

= A. acutifrons : Auctt., ?non (Grube,1860) 

Bornholm - Bohuslän - all Norway - North Sea - Spitsbergen, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, 

E Greenland, Br. Isles, Portugal, Mediterranean 

A. baltica Eliason,1955 

= A. grubei baltica Eliason,1955 

Blekinge-Bohuslän-Oslofjorden-Trondheimsfjorden, Jan Mayen, W Britain 

A. falcata Eliason,1955 

Skagerrak - Kattegatt - all Norway, North Sea, Irish Sea 

A. finmarchica (M. Sars,1864) 

= A. arctica Malmgren,1866 

Öresund - Bohuslän - all Norway, North Sea, Norw. Sea, Spitsbergen, E Greenland 

A. goesi Malmgren,1866 

Iceland, Spitsbergen,E Greenland 

A. lindstroemi Malmgren,1867 sensu Hessle,1917 

* Mackie & Garwood,1995 are using A. sp. A (in muds and sands) and A. sp. B (in 

gravels) from the Irish Sea, evidently for morphologically and ecologically different 

populations of this named species 

Öresund - Bohuslän- all Norway, Norw. Sea 

A. petersenae Zhirkov,1997 

Northern Atlantic 

A. sibirica (Wirén,1883) 

= Sabellides sibirica Wirén,1883 

= Asabellides sibirica : Auctt. 

= Asabellides orientalis Annenkova,1929 ( of Asabellides Annenkova,1929 - Siberian 

arctic) 

= Neosabellides alaskensis Treadwell,1943 

= Pseudosabellides littoralis Berkeley & Berkeley,1943

Siberian arctic 

A. vega (Wirén,1883) 

Spitsbergen, Barents Sea 

Amphicteis Grube,1850 

= Crossostoma Gosse,1855 

A. gunneri (M. Sars,1835) 

= Amphitrite gunneri M. Sars,1835 ( - Norway) 

= A. curvipalea Claparède,1870 

= A. groenlandica Grube,1860 

* Has long been confused with A. midas Gosse. Distribution uncertain by this reason 

N Norway? - W Baltic?, Br. Isles, Irish Sea, Mediterranean 

A. midas (Gosse,1855) 

* reestablished by Hartley, J.P.,1985 in Sarsia 70(4):309-315 

British Isles, Skagerrak? 

A. sundevalli Malmgren,1866 

N North Sea, Spitsbergen, E Greenland 

A. ninonae Jirkov,1985 

Norwegian Sea, Arctic Seas 

Amythasides Eliason,1955 

A. macroglossus Eliason,1955 ( - W Sweden) 

= Glyphanostomum macroglossum : Auctt. 

Skagerrak, Koster area - Troms, N North Sea 

Anobothrus Levinsen,1884 

A. gracilis (Malmgren,1866) 

= Ampharete gracilis Malmgren,1866 ( - W Europe) 

= Sosane gracilis : Auctt. 

= Sosane sulcata nidrosiensis Bidenkap,1907 

Öresund-Bohuslän- all Norway, North Sea, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Barents Sea 

Asabellides Annenkova,1929 

= Pseudosabellides Berkeley & Berkeley,1943 

A. sibirica (Wirén,1883) 

= Sabellides sibirica Wirén,1883 

= Asabellides orientalis Annenkova,1929 ( - Siberian arctic) 

= Neosabellides alaskensis Treadwell,1943 

= Pseudosabellides littoralis Berkeley & Berkeley,1943 

Siberian arctic 

Eclysippe Eliason,1955 

E. eliasoni (Day,1973) 

= E. vanelli : Eliason, 1955, non? (Fauvel,1936) 

=? Lysippe vanelli Fauvel,1936 ( - Morocco) 

= Samythella vanelli : Auctt. 

= E. n.sp. : Hartley, 1984, p. 13 

Bohuslän - Skagerrak, Østfold - N Finnmark, Portugal?, Morocco?, N North Sea 

Glyphanostomum Levinsen,1884 

G. pallescens (Théel,1879) 

= Samytha pallescens Théel,1879 ( - Novaja Zemlja) 

off N Jutland, Møre - NE Finnmark, Norw. Sea, Iceland, E Greenland, Spitsbergen

Hypania Ostroumouw,1897 

H. invalida (Grube,1860) 

= Amphicteis invalida Grube,1860 ( - Caspian Sea) 

Donau 

Lysippe Malmgren,1866 

L. labiata Malmgren,1866 ( - Spitsbergen) 

Kattegatt, Bergen - NE Finnmark, Iceland, E & SW Greenland, Spitsbergen, Barents Sea 

Lysippides Hessle,1917 

L. fragilis (Wollebæk,1912) 

= Amphicteis fragilis Wollebæk,1912 ( - Norway) 

Koster area, Skagerrak, Fredrikshavn, Østfold - Trøndelag 

Melinnampharete Annenkova,1937 ( M. eoa - Sea of Japan) 

= Melinnata Hartman,1965 

= Eusamythella Hartman,1971 

= Melythasides Desbruyères,1978 

M. laubieri (Desbruyères,1978) 

= Melythasides laubieri Desbruyères,1978 ( of Melythasides Desbruyères,1978) 

Egersund - NE Finnmark, Norwegian Sea (deep water), Barents Sea, Spitsbergen deep 

basin 

Mugga Eliason,1955 

= Muggoides Hartman,1965 ( Muggoides cinctus Hartman,1965) 

= Sosanella Hartman,1965 ( Sosanella apalea Hartman,1965) 

= ? Melinnata Hartman,1965 ( Melinnata americana Hartman,1965) 

= Genus A sensu Uebelacker,1984 

M. bathyalis Holthe,1986 

deep water off Tromsö, between Iceland and Norway 

M. wahrbergi Eliason,1955 ( - Skagerrak) 

Öresund? - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - S Nordland, North Sea-W Scotland 

Noanelia Desbruyères & Laubier,1977 

N. hartmanae Desbruyères & Laubier,1977 ( - Biscay) 

abyssal Biscay 

Paedampharete Russell,1987 

P. acutiseries Russell,1987 ( - ≈40° N, 62-63° W) 

N Atlantic HEBBLE area (≈40° N, 62-63° W) 

Sabellides H. Milne-Edwards,1838, emend. Malmgren,1866 

= Sabellidae H. Milne-Edwards,1838 (sensu Neave,1940) 

= Heterobranchus Wagner,1885 

S. borealis M. Sars,1856 

Oslofjorden - NE Finnmark, Spitsbergen, Iceland, E Greenland 

S. octocirrata (M. Sars,1835) 

= Sabella? octocirrata M. Sars,1835 ( - Norway) 

= Heterobranchus speciosus Wagner,1885 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Lofoten, E Br. Isles, Faeroes, Iceland, E Greenland 

Samytha Malmgren,1866 

S. sexcirrata (M. Sars,1856)

= Sabellides sexcirrata M. Sars,1856 ( - Norway) 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - W Finnmark, North Sea, Norw. Sea, Spitsbergen 

Samythella Verrill,1873 ( S. elongata Verrill,1873 - New England) 

= Eusamytha M'Intosh,1885 

S. elongata Verrill,1873 

= S. neglecta Wollebæk,1912 

= S. bathycola Uschakov, 1950 

= S. interrupta Fauchald, 1972 

= S. pala Fauchald, 1972 

= Eusamytha pacifica M'Intosh, 1885 ( of Eusamytha M'Intosh,1885) 

* Jirkov 1986 revised these two genera, arriving at a conclusion that all these nominal 

species are one only, distributed over most parts of the boreal-arctic region. The 

distribution below is for what earlier was considered S. neglecta. 

Bergen - N Finnmark, Norwegian Sea between Shetlands & Ålesund, Spitsbergen 

Sosane Malmgren,1866 

= Sosanopsis Hessle,1917 ( Sosanopsis wireni Hessle,1917 - Kosterfjord, W Sweden) 

* Synonymisation by Jirkov 1994 

S. sulcata Malmgren,1866 ( - W Sweden) 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - all Norway, Barents Sea 

S. wireni (Hessle,1917) 

= Sosanopsis wireni Hessle,1917 

Koster area, Skagerrak (off Kristiansand) - Varangerfjord area 

Zatsepinia Jirkov,1986 

Z. rittichae Jirkov,1986 ( - Barents Sea) 

Barents Sea 

Melinninae Chamberlin,1919 

Melinna Malmgren,1866 

M cristata (M. Sars,1851) 

= Sabellides cristata M. Sars,1851 () 

Öresund - Bohuslän - all Norway, North Sea 

M. albicincta Mackie & Pleijel,1995 

Bohuslän, Bergen 

M. elisabethe M'Intosh,1922 

Br. Isles, Bohuslän (1 specimen only known so far) 

M. islandica Sæmundsson,1918 

* Considered a nomen dubium by Mackie & Pleijel, 1995. 

Iceland (Dyrafjör∂ur) 

M. palmata Grube,1870 

Østfold, Bretagne, Essex, Engl. Channel, Wales, W Ireland, Mediterranean 

M. collare Detinova,1985 

Rejkjanes Ridge 

Melinnopsis M'Intosh,1885 ( M. atlantica M'Intosh,1885) 

= Melinnexis Annenkova,1935 

= Mellinides Wesenberg-Lund,1950 

M. arctica (Annenkova,1935) 

= Melinnexis arctica Annenkova,1935 

between N Iceland & Greenland, Barents Sea, Franz Josef's Land

Terebellidae Grube,1851 

Trichobranchinae Malmgren,1866 

Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky,1875 ( Terebella lingulata Grube,1863 - 

Mediterranean) 

= Novobranchus Berkely & Berkely,1954 

O. floriceps Kingston & Mackie,1980 

N North Sea, Stavanger - Møre, Norwegian Trough 

Terebellides M. Sars,1835 

= Aponobranchus Gravier,1905 

= Corephorus Grube,1846 

T. gracilis Malm,1874 

= T. williamsae Jirkov,1989 

* As Malm's description in "Annulater i hafvet utmed Sverges vestkust och omkring 

Göteborg". Göteborgs Kongl. Vetenskaps och ViterrhetsSamhälles Handlingar Ny 

tidsföljd. 14 Häftet : 69-105 was in Swedish, and has passed rather unnoticed in the 

polychaete litterature, I take the opportunity to translate it here: 

"At Hågårdskären [at the mouth of the Gullmarfjord] in 35 fathoms depth but beeing particularly common 

at Skår [in the Gullmarfjord] in 80-100 fathoms and at Koster from 100-130, silty bottom, have I secured 

several specimens, which have a habitus, which seem to justify this form to be assigned to a species of 

it's own. Specimens kept in alcohol, always have a more longish and more equally thick body shape than 

T. Strömii, and always also have the underside of the four first bristle bearing body rings grayish white, 

while the colour of the corresponding rings of T. Strömii is of the same nature as the rings behind. The 

number of bristle bearing rings is however the same as in T. Strömii, or 18, behind which, as in that 

species, generally around 40 rings exist. From the mentioned place at Spetsbergen [Skansviken at 

Isfjorden, where also some specimens of T. stroemi were secured] specimens also have been secured. For 

the present I have given this form the name Terebellides gracilis MALM." 

* T. gracilis, when noticed, have usually been considered to be a synonym of T. stroemi. 

T. williamsae is separated from T. stroemi in exactly the same way (distinctly lighter 

ventral parts of the 4 first setigers) as T. gracilis is, so this compiler takes the opportunity 

to make them synonyms . 

Gullmar Fjord, Koster area, Spitsbergen, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea (74°30'N, 28°00'E, 

385-390m) 

T. stroemi M. Sars,1835 ( - W Norway) 

* A species complex. 

the inlet of the Finnish Gulf - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea, Br. Isles, 

Faeroes, Iceland, E & SW Greenland, Spitsbergen, "Cosmopolitic" 

Trichobranchus Malmgren,1866 

= Filibranchus Malm,1874 

T. glacialis Malmgren,1866 ( - Spitsbergen) 

= Trichobranchus massiliensis Marion,1876 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Varangerfjord area, E Britain, Shetlands, Faeroes, 

Iceland, E Greenland, Spitsbergen 

T. roseus (Malm,1874) 

= Filibranchus roseus Malm,1874 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - Troms, North Sea, Shetlands, Faeroes 

Amphitritinae Malmgren,1866 

= Artacaminae Malmgren,1866 

* the later taxon synonymized 1995 by MacHugh, who also points out that the correct 

taxon name according to the rules of ICZN should be Terebellinae Grube,1850 

Artacama Malmgren,1866 

A. proboscidea Malmgren,1866 ( - Spitsbergen) 

W Baltic - Bohuslän - all Norway, Spitsbergen, E Greenland, Kara Sea

Amphitrite O.F. Müller,1771 

= Amphiro Montagu,1808 

A. cirrata O.F. Müller,1771 ( - Iceland) 

= Terebella montagui de Quatrefages,1866 

= Amphitrite palmata Moore,1905 

= Amphitrite radiata Moore,1908 

Arkonabäckenet & Bornholmsbäckenet?-Bohuslän- all Norway, Spitsbergen, North Sea, 

Br. Isles, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, E, SW & NW Greenland, Portugal, Mediterranean 

Amphitritides Augener,1922 

A. gracilis (Grube,1860) 

= Terebella gracilis Grube,1860 ( - Mediterranean) 

S North Sea (Helgoland), Essex, Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, N Spain, Mediterranean 

Axionice Malmgren,1866 

= Scione Malmgren,1866 

= Melinella M'Intosh,1914 

= Euscione Chamberlin,1919 

= Parascione Caullery,1944 

A. flexuosa (Grube,1860) 

= Terebella flexuosa Grube,1860 ( - Spitsbergen) 

Lofoten, off Tromsö, Spitsbergen, E & NW Greenland, White Sea 

A. maculata (Dalyell,1853) 

= Pista maculata : Auctt. 

= Scione lobata Malmgren,1866 

= Melinella macduffi M'Intosh,1914 

Denmark (Hirtshals), Oslofjord - Varanger, Norfolk, Spitsbergen, E, SW & NW 

Greenland, Iceland, Norw. Sea, W Scotland, W Ireland, S North Sea, Bretagne, 

Mediterranean 

Baffinia Wesenberg-Lund,1950 

B. hesslei (Annenkova,1924) 

= B. multisetosa Wesenberg-Lund,1950 ( - Norw. Sea) 

Tromsö area, Finmarken, Jan Mayen, Bering Sea, SW Greenland 

Eupolymnia Verrill,1900 

= Polymnia Malmgren,1866, non Mulsant & Verreaux,1866 (Aves) 

E. nebulosa (Montagu,1818) 

= Terebella nebulosa Montagu,1818 

= Terebella tuberculata Dalyell,1853 

= Terebella debilis Malmgren,1866 

= Pista cristata occidentalis Bidenkap, in Nordgaard,1907 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - all Norway, Shetlands, Br. Isles, Ireland, Engl. Channel, Portugal, 

Mediterranean 

E. nesidensis (delle Chiaje,1828) 

= Amphitrite nesidensis delle Chiaje,1828 ( - Mediterranean) 

= Terebella lutea Grube,1855 

= Terebella abbreviata de Quatrefages,1866 

= Terebella danielseni Malmgren,1866 

= Terebella flavescens Claparède,1870 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - all Norway, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Br. 

Isles, Engl. Channel, N Spain, Mediterranean 

Lanassa Malmgren,1866 

= Laphaniella Malm,1874

= Pherea de Saint-Joseph,1894 

L. nordenskioeldi Malmgren,1866 ( - Spitsbergen) 

Oslofjord - NE Finnmark, NW Iceland, E Greenland 

L. venusta (Malm,1874) 

= Laphaniella venusta Malm,1874 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - all Norway, E Greenland, Bretagne 

Lanice Malmgren,1866 

= Wartelia Giard,1878 

L. conchilega (Pallas,1766) 

= Nereis conchilega Pallas,1766 ( - Netherlands) 

= Terebella artifex M. Sars,1863 

= Terebella pectoralis de Quatrefages,1866 

= Terebella prudens de Quatrefages,1866 

= Wartelia gonotheca Giard,1878 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Nord-Trøndelag, North Sea, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, E 

Greenland, Br. Isles, Ireland, Irish Sea, Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean 

Laphania Malmgren,1866 

L. boecki Malmgren,1866 ( - Norwegian Finnmark) 

Arendal area - NE Finnmark, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, E Greenland, Spitsbergen 

Leaena Malmgren,1866 

L. ebranchiata (M. Sars,1865) 

= Terebella ebranchiata M. Sars,1865 ( - Norway) 

= Leaena abranchiata Malmgren,1866 

N Norway southwards to ca 65°, Gullmarfjorden ??, Spitsbergen, E & SW Greenland, 

Iceland, between Iceland & Faeroes 

Loimia Malmgren,1866 

L. cf. L. medusa (de Lamarck,1818, ex Savigny MS) 

= Terebella medusa de Lamarck,1818 ( - Red Sea) 

Engl. Channel, Gullmar Fjord? (doubtful record) 

L. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

* It is very doubtful that a Red Sea species like L. medusa also is distributed in the NE 

Atlantic, so Mackie & Garwoods finding from the Irish Sea may probably refer to the 

same species, which earlier have been found in European waters. 

Irish Sea 

Neoamphitrite Hessle,1917 

N. affinis (Malmgren,1866) 

= Amphitrite affinis Malmgren,1866 ( - Spitsbergen) 

= Amphitrite intermedia Malmgren,1866 

= Amphitrite palmata Malmgren,1866 

Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Spitsbergen, E Greenland, Iceland, between Iceland & 

Faeroes, W Scotland, W Ireland 

N. edwardsii (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Terebella edwardsii de Quatrefages,1866 

Trondheimsfjord, Engl. Channel, Wales 

N. figulus (Dalyell,1853) 

= Terebella figulus Dalyell,1853 

= Amphitrite johnstoni Malmgren,1866 

Arkonabäckenet - Bohuslän - all Norway, S North Sea, Faroes, Iceland, E Greenland, Br. 

Isles, Ireland, Bretagne

N. grayi (Malmgren,1866) 

= Amphitrite grayi Malmgren,1866 

Bohuslän (e.g. Koster area) - Skagerrak - all Norway 

N. groenlandica (Malmgren,1866) 

= Amphitrite groenlandica Malmgren,1866 

N & SW North Sea, Oslofjord - NE Finnmark, Faeroes, Iceland, Spitsbergen 

Nicolea Malmgren,1866 

= Thelepella Chamberlin,1919 

= Phyzelia Schmarda,1861 

* Schmardas name is threatening Malmgren's more well established name, so ICZN 

should be asked to declare this old name a nomen rejicendum. 

N. venustula (Montagu,1818) 

= Terebella venustula Montagu,1818 

= Terebella parva Leuckart,1849 

= Terebella vestita Claparède,1870 

Öresund & Belt Sea - Bohuslän - Nord-Trøndelag, North Sea, Spitsbergen, E Greenland, 

Iceland, Jan Mayen, Faeroes, Br. Isles, N France, N Spain, Senegal, Mediterranean 

N. zostericola (Örsted,1844, in Grube,1860) 

= Terebella zostericola Örsted,1844, in Grube,1860 

= Nicolea arctica Malmgren,1866 () 

Bornholm - Öresund - Bohuslän - Varangerfjord, Spitsbergen, S North Sea, Faeroes, 

Iceland, NW Greenland, SW England 

Paramphitrite Holthe,1976 

P. tetrabranchia Holthe,1976 ( - W Norway) 

* May be a junior synon. of Amphitrite birulai Ssolowiew,1899 

Vestfold - S Troms 

Phisidia de Saint-Joseph,1894 ( Leaena oculata Langerhans,1880 - Mediterranean) 

P. aurea Southward,1956 

Oslofjord - W Finnmark, Isle of Man, Irish Sea 

Pista Malmgren,1866 

= Dendrophora Grube,1870 

= Idalia de Quatrefages,1866, non Hübner,1819 & 1825 (Lepidoptera), nec 

Leuckart,1828 (Mollusca), nec Mulsant,1846 (Coleoptera), nec Gray,1847, ex Leach MS 

(Mollusca) 

= Otanes Kinberg,1867 

= Scionopsis Verrill,1873 

P. cristata (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Amphitrite cristata O.F. Müller,1776 ( - S Norway) 

= Terebella turrita Grube,1860 

* The distribution of this species imust be reevaluated, since it until recent time has been 

mixed up with P. malmgreni. 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - N Troms, North Sea, Spitsbergen, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, 

Br. Isles, Ireland, N & W France, Portugal, Mediterranean 

P. malmgreni Saphronova,1997? 

= Pista cristata sensu Malmgen 

* Only seen abstract from polycheate meeting in China 1995. 

Sweden, Ireland, Mediterranean 

P. mirabilis (M'Intosh,1885) 

North Sea (O'Connor & al.,1989), Shamrock Canyon (deep Biscay) 

P. cretacea (Grube,1860)

= Terebella cretacea Grube,1860 

= Terebella emmalina de Quatrefages,1866 

?NE Atlantic, Mediterranean 

P. bansei Saphronova,1988 

Arctic seas 

P. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

=? P. sp. III : Banse,1980 

* Similar to P. cristata. 

Irish Sea 

Pistella Hartmann-Schröder,1996 

P. lornensis (Pearson,1969) 

= Scionella lornensis Pearson,1969 () 

= Pista cristata : Auctt., non O.F. Müller,1776 

Swedish Skagerrak Coast - Østfold - Troms, N Jutland, W Scotland 

Proclea de Saint-Joseph,1894 

= Solowetia Ssolowiew,1899 

P. graffii (Langerhans,1884) 

= Leaena graffii Langerhans,1884 ( - Madeira) 

Bohuslän - all Norway, W Iceland, W Ireland, Portugal, Madeira 

P. malmgreni (Ssolowiew,1899) 

= Solowetia malmgreni Ssolowiew,1899 

Lofoten - White Sea, Franz Josef's Land 

Terebella Linnaeus,1767 

= Heterophyselia de Quatrefages,1866 

= Heteroterebella de Quatrefages,1866 

= Leprea Malmgren,1866 

= Schmardanella M'Intosh,1885 

T. lapidaria Linnaeus, 1767 ( - W Europe) 

= Amphitrite neapolitana Delle Chiaje,1828 

= Terebella misensis Costa,1841 

= Terebella pectinata Grube,1855 

= Terebella rosea Grube,1860 

= Terebella megalonema Schmarda,1861 

= Hetrophyselia bosci de Quatrefages,1866 

= Heteroterebella sanguinea Claparède,1870 

= Terebella sulcigera Claparède,1870 

= Loimia montagui M'Intosh,1922 


Thelepodinae Hessle,1917 

Euthelepus M'Intosh,1885 

= Protothelepus Verrill,1900 

E. setubalensis M'Intosh,1885 ( - off Portugal) 

off Portugal in 865 m 

Parathelepus Caullery,1915 

P. collaris (Southern,1914) 

= Thelepides collaris Southern,1914 ( - Ireland) 

North Sea, Ireland 

Streblosoma M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872

= Grymaea Malmgren,1866, non Fresenius,1858 (Protoctista) 

S. bairdi (Malmgren,1866) 

= Grymaea bairdi Malmgren,1866 ( - W Sweden) 

= S. cochleatum M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - S Troms, North Sea, Shetlands 

S. intestinale M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 

= Grymaea brachiata Ehlers,1874 

Bohuslän - Skagerrak - W Finnmark, Faeroes, SE & SW Greenland 

S. sp. : O'Connor & al.,1989 

* with 3 branchial bearing segments, with ≈30, ≈10 and 3-4 filaments resp. 

North Sea 

Thelepus Leuckart,1849 

= Lumara Stimpson,1854 

= Venusia Johnston,1865 

= Phenacia de Quatrefages,1866 

= Heterophenacia de Quatrefages,1866 

= Neottis Malmgren,1866 

= Thelephusa Verrill,1871 

= Thelepodopsis M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 

= Terebellanice Hartmann-Schröder,1962 

T. cincinnatus (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Amphitrite cincinnata O. Fabricius,1780 ( - Greenland) 

= Terebella madida Frey & Leuckart,1847 

= Thelepus bergmanni Leuckart,1849 

= Lumara flava Stimpson,1854 

= Terebella pustulosa Grube,1860 

= Venusia punctata Johnston,1865 

= Phenacia terebelloides de Quatrefages,1866 

= Phenacia pulchella Parfitt,1866 

= Phenacia retrograda Claparède,1870 

= Phenacia ambigrada Claparède,1870 

= Heterophenacia nucleolata Claparède,1870 

= Heterophenacia renouardi Marion,1883 

= Thelepodopsis flava M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 

= Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell,1901 

Öresund & Belt Sea - Bohuslän - all Norway, Barents Sea, Spitsbergen, North Sea, 

Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, E, SW & NW Greenland, Ireland, Br. Isles, Engl. Channel, 

Portugal, Mediterranean 

T. setosus (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Phenacia setosa de Quatrefages,1866 

= Streblosoma verrilli Treadwell,1911 

Engl. Channel, Wales, Clyde Sea, Ireland 

Polycirrinae Malmgren,1866 

Amaeana Hartman,1959 

= Amaea Malmgren,1866, non Adams,1853 (Mollusca) 

A. trilobata (M. Sars,1863) 

= Polycirrus trilobatus M. Sars,1863 ( - Norway) 

Östfold - S Troms 

Hauchiella Levinsen,1893 

H. tribullata (M'Intosh,1869) 

= Polycirrus tribullata M'Intosh,1869 

= H. peterseni Levinsen,1893 ()

= Lysilla inermis Ehlers,1913 

Kattegatt - W Finnmark, Shetlands 

Lysilla Malmgren,1866 

L. loveni Malmgren,1866 ( - W Sweden) 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea, Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland 

L. nivea Langerhans,1884 

Irish Sea, Madeira 

Polycirrus Grube,1850 

= Torquea Leidy,1855 

= Aphlebina Claparède,1864 

= Ereutho Malmgren,1866 

= Leucariste Malmgren,1866 

= Apneuma de Quatrefages,1866 

= Cyaxares Kinberg,1867 

= Dejoces Kinberg,1867 

= Anisocirrus Gravier,1905 

= Pseudoampharete Hartmann-Schröder,1960 

P. arcticus Sars,1865 

= Leucariste albicans Malmgren,1866 

Egersund - NE Finnmark - Spitsbergen, Faeroes, Iceland, E Greenland, Norw. Sea, SW 

Norway? 

P. arenivorus Caullery,1916 

Engl. Channel 

P. aurantiacus Grube,1860 

SW North Sea, Suffolk, Shetlands, Engl. Channel, Portugal, Senegal, Mediterranean 

P. caliendrum Claparède,1868 

S North Sea, Norfolk, Rona, Engl. Channel, W Scotland, Ireland, Bay of Biscay, 

Mediterranean 

P. elisabethae M'Intosh,1915 

* Possibly a synonym of P. norvegicus Wollebæk 

Britain 

P. haematodes (Claparède,1864) 

= Aphlebina haematodes Claparède,1864 

Scottish E & W coasts, Engl. Channel, Ireland, Bay of Biscay, Madeira, Mediterranean 

P. latidens Eliason,1962 

Koster area - Skagerrak - W Finnmark 

P. medusa Grube,1850 ( - Mediterranean) 

= Ereutho smitti Malmgren,1866 

Öresund & Belt Sea - Bohuslän - W Finnmark, Spitsbergen, North Sea, Ireland, 

Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, E & SW Greenland, Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean 

P. norvegicus Wollebæk,1912 

Bohuslän - Skagerrak - W Finnmark, W North Sea, Jan Mayen, E Greenland 

P. plumosus (Wollebæk,1912) 

= Ereutho plumosa Wollebæk,1912 

?Bohuslän-Skagerrak, Østfold - Trøndelag, E North Sea, Faeroes, Irish Sea 

P. tenuisetis Langerhans,1880 

Engl. Channel, Madeira 

P. triglandula Langerhans,1881

= P. denticulatus de Saint-Joseph,1894 


P. sp. A : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

* A "potential new species" 

Irish Sea 

P. sp. :Josefson,1981 

Skagerrak 

SABELLIDA Dales,1962? 

* Also the former pogonophorans should be placed here as family Siboglinidae according 

to Rose & Fauchald 1993. 

Oweniidae Rioja,1917 

Myriochele Malmgren,1867 (conserved; ICZN Opinion 1636) 

M. danielsseni Hansen,1882 

?Skagerrak (off ?Arendal & off ?Kristiansand) - Stavanger- Varangerfjord 

M. fragilis Nilsen & Holthe,1985, ex Eliason MS 

Norwegian Sea, deep 

M. heeri Malmgren,1867 () 

= M. sarsi Hansen,1882 

Oslofjord - Bergen - W Finnmark, Norwegian Sea, Roscoff, NW Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

Galathowenia Kirkegaard,1959 

G. oculata (Zaks,1923) 

= Myriochele oculata Zaks,1923 (conserved; ICZN Opinion 1636) 

=? Clymenia tenuissima Örsted,1844 (nomen oblitum) 

=? Galathowenia africana Kirkegaard,1959 ( of Galathowenia Kirkegaard,1959) 

Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway - White Sea, Mediterranean 

G. n. sp. : Mackie, (pers. comm.; "perhaps more than one new species") 

Britain 

Owenia delle Chiaje,1841 

O. fusiformis delle Chiaje,1841 () 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles, Mediterranean, SW 

Greenland 

Sabellariidae Johnston,1865 

Lygdamis Kinberg,1867 ( L. indicus Kinberg,1867) 

L. muratus (Allen,1904) 

= Pallasia murata Allen,1904 

Engl. Channel 

Phalacrostemma Marenzeller,1895 ( P. cidariophilum Marenzeller,1895) 

P. norvegicum Strömgren,1971 

Nordmøre - S Nordland, North Sea 

Sabellaria de Lamarck,1818 

S. alveolata (Linnaeus,1767) 

= Sabella alveolata Linnaeus,1767 () 

Bretagne, around S Britain from Berwick to Firth of Clyde, W Ireland

S. spinulosa Leuckart,1849 

* May possibly be a synonym of Amphitrite ostrearia Cuvier,1830, which is a 

Sabellaria, described from France. 

Skagerrak, Kattegatt, Helgoland, Br. Isles, Irish Sea 

Sabellidae Johnston,1846, emend. Fitzhugh,1989 

= Caobangiidae Jones,1974 (Synonymization by Fitzhugh,1989) 

* Eliasson 1962, p. 288 found an unknown genus of Sabellidae in the Skagerrak 

* Taxonomy is confused in certain genera until revisions will be undertaken. 

Sabellinae Johnston,1846, emend. Fitzhugh,1989 

Amphiglena Claparède,1864 

A. mediterranea (Leydig,1851) 

= Amphicora mediterranea Leydig,1851 () 

N North Sea, Engl. Channel, Isle of Man 

Bispira Krøyer,1856 

= Distylia de Quatrefages,1866 

= Metalaonome Bush,1905 

B. volutacornis (Montagu,1804) 

= Amphitrite volutacornis Montagu,1804 () 

NW North Sea, Engl. Channel, Wales, Isle of Man 

B. crassicornis (M. Sars,1851) 

= Sabella crassicornis M. Sars,1851 

= Sabella picta Krøyer,1856 

=? Sabella nordenskioeldi M'Intosh,1916 

?Oslofjord - NE Finnmark, Arctic Seas, ?N North Sea (Jylland), SW Greenland, Maine, 

Labrador, Alaska 

B. fabricii (Krøyer,1856) 

= Sabella fabricii Krøyer,1856 

= Sabella spetsbergensis Malmgren,1865 

?Bergen, E & NW Greenland, Bear Island area, Spitsbergen 

Branchiomma Kölliker,1858 

= Dasychone M. Sars,1862 

B. arcticum (Ditlevsen,1937) 

= Sabellastarte arctica Ditlevsen,1937 

Baffin Bay, E Greenland, Kara Sea 

B. bombyx (Dalyell,1853) 

= Amphitrite bombyx Dalyell,1853 () 

= Branchimma dalyelli Kölliker,1858 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak 

B. inconspicuum (M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872) 

= Dasaychone inconspicua M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 

Bohuslän - Skagerrak, Oslo Fjord 

B. lucullanum (Delle Chiaje,1841) 

= Sabella lucullana Delle Chiaje,1841 

Mediterranean, ?Roscoff 

B. infarctum (Krøyer,1856) 

= Sabella infarcta Krøyer,1856 

= Sabella decora M. Sars,1861 

Norway, fr. Hardangerfj - northwards, Greenland, N coasts of Europe & Asia

B. bahusiense Johansson,1927 

= B. infarcta var. bahusiensis Johansson,1927 

Bohuslän, Faeroes 

B. spongiarum P. Knight-Jones,1994 

@ Thenea levis & T. valdiviae 

Faeroes 

Chone Krøyer,1856 

= Dialychone Claparède,1870 

C. acustica (Claparède,1870) ( of Dialychone Claparède,1870 - Mediterranean) 

= Dialychone acustica Claparède,1870 

?Engl. Channel, Naples 

C. aurantiaca (Johansson,1901) 

? 

C. cf. collaris Langerhans,1880 

Skagerrak ?, North Sea, Finnmark area 

C. duneri Malmgren,1867 

Öresund - Skagerrak, Oslofjord - W Finnmark, Shetlands, W Ireland 

C. fauveli M'Intosh,1923 

* Synon. of C. infundibuliformis sensu Hartmann-Schröder,1971. Often 

misidentified as C. infundibuliformis sensu K-J, in Hayward & Ryland,1990. 

S of Öresund - Skagerrak, Oslofjord - W Finnmark, North Sea, Clyde Sea, Celtic Sea, 

SW Greenland 

C. longocirrata Sars,1872 

Kattegatt, North Sea 

C. paucibranchiata (Krøyer,1856) 

= Sabella paucibranchiata Krøyer,1856 

?Finnmark 

C. filicaudata Southern,1914 

Frederikshavn, Newcastle, around Ireland, S Irish Sea, Scotland, Cumberland 

C. infundibuliformis Krøyer,1856 () 

* According to Holthe & Brattegard (Norwegian distribution list) this species is found in 

all of Norway, while C. fauveli M'Intosh is only found in the Tromsö area. 

NW Greenland 

C. sp. 

* See Jägerskiöld, 1971, p. 73 

Swedish westcoast 

Demonax Kinberg,1867 ( D. krusensterni Kinberg,1867 - Honolulu) 

= Parasabella Bush,1905 

D. brachychona (Claparède,1870) P. Knight-Jones,1983 

= Sabella brachychona Claparède,1870 

Engl. Channel, S Wales, S Ireland 

D. cambrensis Knight-Jones & Walker,1985 

Liverpool Bay 

D. langerhansi P. Knight-Jones,1983 

= Sabella (Potamilla) incerta Langerhans,1884, non Demonax incertus Kinberg,1867 

SW British Isles, SW Ireland, Madeira

D. torulis Knight-Jones & Walker,1985 

Liverpool Bay 

Euchone Malmgren,1866 

E. analis (Krøyer,1856) 

= Sabella analis Krøyer,1856 () 

Kattegatt-Skagerrak, Vestfold - N Troms 

E. papillosa (M. Sars,1851) 

Kieler Bucht-Öresund-Kattegatt-Skagerrak, North Sea, all Norway 

E. rubrocincta (M. Sars,1862) 

N. Öresund-Kattegatt-Skagerrak, all Norway, Br. Isles 

E. southerni Banse,1970 

= E. rosea Southern,1914, non Langerhans,1884 

NW Ireland 

E. sp. 

* See Jägerskiöld, 1971, p. 73 

Swedish westcoast 

Gorbunovia Annenkova,1952 

G. malmgreni (Hansen,1878) 

= Potamilla malmgreni Hansen,1878 () 

between Faeroes & Jan Mayen, Laptev Sea in 1000-2000m 

Hypsicomus Grube,1870 ( Sabella stichophthalmos (Grube,1863) - Adriatic Sea) 

Jasmineira Langerhans,1880 

J. candela (Grube,1863) 

= J. oculata Langerhans 

Skagerrak, Vestfold - W Finnmark 

J. caudata Langerhans,1880 () 

Skagerrak, Oslofjord - W Finnmark, North Sea, Engl. Channel, Liverpool Bay, W Ireland 

J. elegans de Saint-Joseph,1894 

Kristiansand area - Møre, S North Sea, all around Br. Isles, Engl. Channel, Ireland 

Laonome Malmgren,1866 

L. kroeyeri Malmgren,1866 () 

W Baltic - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Varangerfjord, W & E Scotland, W Ireland 

Megalomma Johansson,1927 

M. vesiculosum (Montagu,1815) 

= Amphitrite vesiculosum Montagu,1815 () 

E England (Berwick Bay sensu Baird,1865), Engl. Channel, SW Wales, W Ireland 

Myxicola Meneghini,1847, ex Koch MS, in Renier 

M. aesthetica (Claparède,1870) 

= Leptochone aesthetica Claparède,1870 

= M. Dinardensis Saint-Joseph,1894 

Engl. Channel, S Devon, Isle of Man 

M. infundibulum (Renier,1804) (not publ. in a rejected work) 

= Terebella infundibulum Renier,1804 () 

* Genus needs revision. M. steenstrupi Krøyer may bee a junior synon. of this, or if

not, is it possible that M. infundibulum (Renier), will show to have a more restricted 

southern distribution than M. steenstrupi 

N Öresund - Skagerrak, Egersund - Troms, SW England, SW Wales 

M. sarsii Krøyer,1856 

?Sweden, NE England, N & E Scotland, Isle of Man 

M. steenstrupi Krøyer,1856 

Öresund, Kattegatt, Sogn og Fjordane, Greenland 

M. grubii Krøyer,1856 

Denmark 

Notaulax Tauber,1879 

= Protulides Webster,1884 

= Eurato Saint-Joseph,1894 

= Hypsicomatopsis Augener,1924 

N. rectangulata Levinsen,1883 

= Notaulax n.sp. Tauber,1879 ( - Lille Bælt) 

= Hypsicomus rectangulus :Auctt. 

Denmark (Little Belt) 

Oriopsis Caullery & Mesnil,1896 

= Oria de Quatrefages,1866, non Hübner,1821 (Lepidoptera), nec Robineau- 

Desvoidy,1863 (Diptera) 

= Oridia Rioja,1917, non Gorham,1895 (Coleoptera) 

= Oriades Chamberlin,1919 

O. cf. O. armandi (Claparède,1864) 

= Fabricia (Amphicora) armandi Claparède,1864 

= Oriopsis metchnikovi Caullery & Mesnil,1896 () 

Engl. Channel, Wales, W Ireland 

O. hynensis P. Knight-Jones,1983 

S Ireland 

O. eimeri (Langerhans,1880) 

Mediterranean 

O. ingeloreae Plate,1995 

NW Spitsbergen 

O. liefdefjordensis Plate,1995 

NW Spitsbergen 

Perkinsiana P. Knight-Jones,1983 

P. rubra (Langerhans,1880) P. Knight-Jones,1983 

= Sabella (Potamilla) rubra Langerhans,1880 () 

S Wales 

Potamethus Chamberlin,1919 ( Potamis spathiferus Ehlers,1887 - USA) 

= Potamis Ehlers,1887, non Hübner,1807 (Lepidoptera), nec Gray,1833 (Mollusca) 

P. malmgreni (Hansen,1878) 

= Potamilla malmgreni Hansen,1878 

North Atlantic (deep water) 

P. murrayi (M'Intosh,1916) 

= Sabella murrayi M'Intosh,1916 

off N Hebrides, N. Ice Sea 

P. filiformis Hartmann-Schröder,1977

off Portugal 

Potamilla Malmgren,1866, emend. P. Knight-Jones,1983 

P. neglecta (M. Sars,1850) 

= Sabella neglecta M. Sars,1850 () 

N Kattegatt, Møre, Nordland, S & N North Sea, Newcastle, Shetlands 

P. torelli Malmgren,1866 

Iceland, Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, between Iceland & Faeroes 

Stylomma P. Knight-Jones,1997 ( Sabella palmata de Quatrefages,1866 - Papua 

New Guinea) 

Pseudosabella ?,19?? 

P. sp. : O'Connor & al.,1989 

North Sea 

Pseudopotamilla Bush,1905 

P. reniformis (Bruguiere,1789) 

= Amphitrite reniformis Bruguiere,1789 () 

= Potamilla reniformis : Auctt. 

= Sabella saxicola Grube,1861 

= Sabella saxicava de Quatrefages,1866 

* Original description "Die nieren förmige Amphitrite" O.F. Müller,1771 is invalid. 

Kieler Bucht - Kattegatt, Troms, Br. Isles 

Sabella Linnaeus,1767 

= Spirographis Viviani,1805 

S. discifera Grube,1874 

= S. (Pseudosabella) variabilis Langerhans,1884 

= Branchiomma linaresi Rioja,1918 

Faeroes, Roscoff, Scilly Islands, Devon, S Wales, Spain, Madeira, Mediterranean 

S. pavonina Savigny,1820 () 

= Sabella penicillus : Linnaeus,1767, non (Linnaeus,1758) 

= Sabella sarsii Krøyer,1856 

* Type material of the homonymSabella sarsi Bidenkap,1894, from Kristiansund, 

Norway is lacking and 

therefore indeterminable according to P. Knight-Jones &Perkins 1998. 

Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - N Troms, Arctic Seas, Britain, Biscay, Mediterranean, 

W & S Africa 

S. spallanzanii (Gmelin,1791) ( of Spirographis Viviani,1805) 

= Tubularia spallanzanii Gmelin,1791 

= Serpula penicillus Linnaeus,1758 

= Teredo melitensis Bergius,1765 

= Amphitrite ventilabrum Gmelin,1791 

* P. Knight-Jones & Perkins 1998 writes that they are asking the ICZN to supress the 

older synonyms in 

favour of the well established S. spallanzanii. 

Cherbourg, Roscoff, Channel Islands, Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean 

S. flabellata Savigny,1820 

= Tubularia penicillus : O. Fabricius,1780 

* Species inquirenda sensu P. Knight-Jones & Perkins 1998. It is not a Sabella, but may 

- as Malmgren 

suggested - be a Chone, perhaps C. infundibuliformis Krøyer. 

Greenland 

S. hystricis M'Intosh,1916

* Not mentioned by P. Knight-Jones & Perkins 1998. Probably a synonym of another 

taxon. 

N. Ice Sea 

S. southerni M'Intosh,1916 

* Not mentioned by P. Knight-Jones & Perkins 1998. Probably a synonym of another 

taxon. 

N. Ice Sea 

Fabricinae Rioja,1923, emend. Fitzhugh,1989 

Fabricia de Blainville,1828 

= Othonia Johnston,1835 

= Amphicora Ehrenberg,1837 

F. stellaris stellaris (O.F. Müller,1774) 

= Tubularia stellaris O.F. Müller,1774 () 

= Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg,1837 

Baltic (Oxelösund) - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles 

Fabriciola Friedrich,1940 ( Fabricia (Manayunkia) spongicola Southern,1921 - 

India) 

F. baltica Friedrich,1940 

Kieler Bucht, Kiel Channel, W. Scotland (Loch Etive) 

F. cf. berkeleyi Banse,1956 

S Wales 

Manayunkia Leidy,1859 ( M. speciosa Leidy,1859 - Pennsylvanian fresh water) 

= Haplobranchus Bourne,1883 

M. aestuarina (Bourne,1883) 

= Haplobranchus aestuarinus Bourne,1883 ( of Haplobranchus Bourne,1883 - 

England) 

= Haplobranchus balticus Karling,1933 

Stockholm - Bohuslän - Vestfold, S. Br. Isles 

M. cursoria (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Amphicorina cursoria de Quatrefages,1866 

NW France, Scilly Islands? 

Novafabricia Fitzhugh,1990 ( Fabriciola chilensis Hartmann-Shröder,1962 - Chile) 

N. bilobata Martin & Giangrande,1991 

Mediterranean 

Pseudofabricia Cantone,1972 ( P. aberrans Cantone,1972) 

P?. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 


Irish Sea 

Serpulidae de Lamarck,1818 

Serpulinae de Lamarck,1818, emend. Pillay,1970 

Hyalopomatus Marenzeller,1978, emend. Kupriyanova,1993 

= Hyalopomatopsis de Saint-Joseph,1894 

=? Cystopomatus Gravier,1911 

H. claparedii Marenzeller,1878 () 

Deep Arctic Basin

Filogranini Rioja,1929, emend. Uchida,1978 

Filograna Berkeley,1835 (sensu Neave,1939) 

= Filograna Oken,1815 (nomen. rej.; publ. in a work not accessible for nomenclatorial 

purposes) 

= Salmacina Claparède,1870 ( S. incrustans Claparède,1870 - Italy) 

F. implexa Berkeley, in M. Sars,1851 ( - England) 

N Öresund - Skagerrak - all Norway, SW Wales, Plymouth 

F. dysteri (Huxley,1855) 

= Protula dysteri Huxley,1855 

= Salmacina dysteri : Auctt. 

= Salmacina aedificatrix Claparède,1870 

* Zibrowius 1968 states that this species, S. incrustans Claparède and Filograna implexa 

Berk. are identical. 

?Öresund-Skagerrak, N & S North Sea, Scotland, Shetlands - Channel Islands, 

Mediterranean 

Serpulini Rioja,1923 

Serpula Linnaeus,1758 

= Helena Castelnau,1842 

= Zopyrus Kinberg,1867 

S. vermicularis Linnaeus,1767 ( - W Europe) 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - W Finnmark, Shetlands, W & S Br. Isles, W 

Ireland, Channel Islands, Shamrock Canyon (deep Biscay) 

S. concharum Langerhans,1880 

Shamrock Canyon (deep Biscay), Mediterranean 

Hydroides Gunnerus,1768 

H. dianthus (Verrill,1873) 

= Serpula dianthus Verrill,1873 

Southampton, Connecticut, Massachusetts 

H. ezoensis Okuda,1934 

Southampton, Hayling Island 

H. norvegica Gunnerus,1768 ( - Norway) 

Öresund - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles 

Protohydroides Uchida,1978 

P. elegans (Haswell,1883) 

= Hydroides elegans (Haswell,1883) 

= Eupomatus elegans Haswell,1883 () 

= H. incrustans Monro,1938 

* Fouling species in mild climates 

the Netherlands, Swansea, Shoreham, Australia 

Omphalopomopsis de Saint-Joseph,1894 ( Omphalopoma langerhansii von 

Marenzeller,1884) 

O. fimbriata (Delle Chiaje,1828) 


Trøndelag, Madeira, Mediterranean 

Ficopomatini Pillai,1960 

Ficopomatus Southern,1921 ( F. macrodon Southern,1921 - India, in brackish water) 

= Mercierella Fauvel,1923 ( M. enigmatica Fauvel,1923 - France)

F. enigmaticus (Fauvel,1923) 

= Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel,1923 

Denmark (inconstantly), S & W England & Wales, France (in brackish water) 

F. norvegica (Gunnerus,1768) sensu Petersen,1986 (mimeo) 

= Serpula norvegica Gunnerus,1768 

Norway 

Josephellini Uchida,1978 

Josephella Caullery & Mesnil,1896 

J. marenzelleri Caullery & Mesnil,1896 ( - W Europe) 

Engl. Channel, SW Wales, Irish Sea, Mediterranean 

Protini Uchida,1978 

Protis Ehlers,1887 ( P. simplex Ehlers,1887 - off Florida) 

P. arctica (Hansen,1878) 

= Protula arctica Hansen,1878 

?North Sea, off E & N Iceland, boreal seas 

Omphalopomini Uchida,1978 

Filogranula Langerhans,1884 

F. calyculata (O.G. Costa,1861) 

* See Thorp, Knight-Jones & Knight-Jones,1986 

= Omphalopoma cristata Langerhans,1884 

= Omphalopoma aculeata Fauvel,1909 

SW Wales, Spain, off Azores 

F. gracilis Langerhans,1884 ( - Madeira) 

Isle of Man, Irish Sea 

F. stellata (Southward,1963) 

outside Celtic Sea (300 - 2000 m. depth) 

Chitinopoma Levinsen,1883 emend. Zibrowius,1969 

= Miroserpula Dons,1931 

C. serrula (Stimpson,1854) 

= Vermilia serrula Stimpson,1854 

= Hydroides norvegica groenlandica Mörch,1863 

= Chitinopoma fabricii Levinsen,1883 ( - Greenland) 

= Miroserpula inflata Dons,1931 

Öresund (Landskrona) - Skagerrak, Bergen - N Finnmark, North Sea, Spitsbergen, 

Greenland 

Spirobranchini Uchida,1978 

Placostegus Philippi,1844 

P. tridentatus (J.C. Fabricius,1779) 

= Serpula tridentata J.C. Fabricius,1779 () 

Belt Sea - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, around Scotland 

Pomatoceros Philippi,1844 

P. lamarcki (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Vermilia lamarcki de Quatrefages,1866 

all around Br. Isles, Ireland, Bretagne

P. triqueter (Linnaeus,1758) 

= Serpula triquetra Linnaeus,1758 ( - Europe) 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, all around Br. Isles, Bretagne 

Ditrupa Berkeley,1835 

D. arietina (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Dentalium arietinum O.F. Müller,1776 ( - Scandinavia) 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Shetlands, Celtic Sea, SW Ireland 

Protulini Uchida,1978 

Protula Risso,1826 

= Apomatus Philippi,1844 ( A. ampulliferus Philippi,1844 - Mediterranean) 

P. tubularia (Montagu,1803) 

= Serpula tubularia Montagu,1803 ( - England) 

Skagerrak, Egersund, Stavanger, Shetlands, Scotland, W & S England, Wales, Ireland, 

Channel Islands 

P. globifera (Théel,1879) 

= Apomatus globifer Théel,1879 

Koster area, Skagerrak, all Norway, Arctic Sea 

P. similis (Marion & Bobretzky,1875) 

= Apomatus similis Marion & Bobretzky,1875 

SW Wales, Plymouth, Channel Islands 

Vermiliopsini Uchida,1978 

Metavermilia Bush,1904 

M. multicristata (Philippi,1844) 

= Vermilia multicristata Philippi,1844 ( - Mediterranean) 

= Vermiliopsis multicristata : Auctt. 

* See Thorp, Knight-Jones & Knight-Jones,1986. See also Zibrowius, H.,1977, J. Fish. 

Res. Bd., Can. 28:1373- 1383 

Gullmar Fjord, SW Wales (Abereiddy) 

M. arctica Kupriyanova,1993 

Troms, Faeroe area, SE Greenland, Barents Sea (off Norway) in 120-350 m. 

Vermiliopsis de Saint-Joseph,1894 ( Serpula infundibulum Linnaeus,1758 - Europe) 

V. striaticeps (Grube,1862) 

= Vermilia striaticeps Grube,1862 

= V. langerhansi Fauvel,1903 p.p. 

* See Thorp, Knight-Jones & Knight-Jones,1986 

?Skagerrak?, England (Falmouth), Roscoff, Mediterranean 

V. infundibulum (Linnaeus,1788) 

Shamrock Canyon (deep Biscay) 

Spirorbinae Pillai,1970 

* See key in: J. mar.biol.Ass.,U.K. 57: 453-499 

Circeini 

Circeis de Saint-Joseph,1894 

* 3 thoracic segments; collar setae with triangular blade. 

C. armoricana de Saint-Joseph,1894 

@ On Homarus & Palinurus

Kattegatt-Skagerrak area, England, Scotland, NW Ireland, Iceland, E & W Greenland, E & 

W North America 

C. armoricana subsp. fragilis P. & E. Knight-Jones,1977 

@ On macroalgae (Laminaria & Saccorhiza ) 

Plymouth, Menai Bridge, N Scotland, S Ireland, Bretagne 

C. paguri P. & E. Knight-Jones,1977 

@ Telson of Pagurus bernhardus or inside inhabited shell 

Swedish west coast, Plymouth, Swansea 

C. spirillum (Linnaeus,1758) 

= Serpula spirillum Linnaeus,1758 ( - W Europe) 

= Spirorbis spirillum : Auctt. 

= Serpula lucida Montagu,1803 

@ hydroids & bryozoans in strong current 

Kieler Bucht-Skagerrak, all Norway, S & W England, Wales, Scotland, Faeroes, Iceland, E 

& W North America 

Paradexiospira Caullery & Mesnil,1897 

* 4 thoracic segments; sickle-shaped setae present; collar setae with notch; embryos 

adhering individually to tube. 

P. (Spirorbides Chamberlin,1919) cancellata (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Serpula cancellata O. Fabricius,1780 ( of Spirorbides Chamberlin,1919 - 

Greenland) 

Varangerfjord area, Iceland, SW, S & SE Greenland, White Sea, Nova Scotia 

P. (Paradexiospira) violacea (Levinsen,1883) ( - N North Sea) 

Fensfjord area - NE Finnmark, Sognefjord, W Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen 

P. (Spirorbides) vitrea (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Serpula vitrea O. Fabricius,1780 

= Spirorbis vitrea : Auctt. 

= Paradexiospira nakamurai (Uchida,1971) 

Kattegatt, Skagerrak, Bohuslän - all Norway, Engl. Channel, Isle of Man, W Scotland, E, 

SW & NW Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, White Sea, Newfoundland, W North 

America 

Januini 

Janua de Saint-Joseph,1894 

* 3 thoracic segments; collar setae simple; opercular incubation; tube dextral; collar 

unfused 

J. echinata (Wesenberg-Lund,1953) 

* Is this a synonym of J. pagenstecheri ? 

Lofoten (deep) - S Troms 

J. (Janua) pagenstecheri (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Spirorbis pagenstecheri de Quatrefages,1866 ( - France) 

= Spirorbis pusilloides Bush,1904 

W Baltic - Skagerrak - Bergen, N Norway, Br. Isles, Biscay, Portugal, Mediterranean, 

Black Sea, W & S Africa 

Neodexiospira Pillai,1970 (New name for Dexiospira ) 

= Dexiospira Caullery & Mesnil,1897 ( Serpula corrugata Montagu,1803), non 

Ehrenberg,1859 (Protozoa) 

* Like Janua, but collar fused. 

N. brasiliensis (Grube,1872) 

= Janua brasiliensis Auctt. 

* Introduced with Sargassum to England. Southern species 

Portsmouth

N. pseudocorrugata (Bush,1904) 

@ Mainly on Laminaria saccharina, Cystoceira, and sublittoral Rhodophyceae 

Engl. Channel, SE Ireland (southern distribution), Portugal, Mediterranean, Black Sea 

Paralaeospirini P. Knight-Jones,1978 

Paralaeospira Caullery & Mesnil,1897 ( Spirorbis (P.) aggregata C. & M.,1897 - 

Patagonia) 

* 4 thoracic segments; sickle-shaped setae present; collar setae with notch; embryos nott 

attached to body or tube. 

P. malardi Caullery & Mesnil,1897 

S North Sea, Engl. Channel, SW Wales, N Scotland, S Ireland, Biscay, N Portugal 

Pileolariini P. Knight-Jones,1978 

Pileolaria Claparède,1870 

* 3 thoracic segments; collar setae with notch; opercular incubation; sickle-shaped setae 

present; 

P. berkeleyana (Rioja,1942) 

= P. rosepigmentata (Uchida,1971) 

@ On e.g. Sargassum 

* See Thorp, Knight-Jones & Knight-Jones, 1986 (J.mar.biol.Ass.,U.K. 66(4): 881-888) 

As P. "berkeleyana-rosepigmentata-moerchi" by Russian authors 

Plymouth, Falmouth, Portsmouth, Mediterranean 

P. heteropoma (Zibrowius,1968) forma glabra 

@ On underside of Glycymeris shells 

Engl. Channel (southern species), Mediterranean 

P. militaris Claparède,1870 ( - France) 

@ Mainly on sublittoral Rhodophyceae 

Engl. Channel, Bristol Channel (southern species), Mediterranean, Black Sea 

P. moerchi (Levinsen,1883) 

= Spirorbis moerchi Levinsen,1883 

* See comment below P. berkeleyana 

Iceland, Greenland 

Simplaria Knight-Jones,1984 

= Simplicaria Knight-Jones,1973, non Suter,1891 (Mollusca) 

S. pseudomilitaris (Thiriot-Quievreux,1965) 

Biscay, Mediterranean, Canaries 

Bushiella Knight-Jones,1973 

= Sinistrella Chamberlin,1919 non Meyer,1887 (Mollusca) 

= Jugaria P. Knight-Jones,1978 (p.p.) 

B. (Jugaria P. Knight-Jones,1978) granulata (Linnaeus,1767) 

(Emended by Caullery & Mesnil,1897 

= Spirorbis granulatus : Auctt. 

= Pileolaria granulata : Auctt. 

SW Baltic -Bohuslän, all Norway, White Sea, Faeroes, Br. Isles, Bretagne 

B. (Jugaria P. Knight-Jones,1978) quadrangularis (Stimpson,1854) 

= Spirorbis quadrangularis Stimpson,1854 ( - E Canada) 

= Spirorbis affinis Levinsen,1883 

Denmark, W Sweden, SW Scotland, Iceland, E Greenland, Barents Sea, Spitsbergen, 

White Sea, Kara Sea, NE & W North America 

B. (Jugaria P. Knight-Jones,1978) similis (Bush,1905)

@ Bryozoans & gastropod shells inhabited by pagurids 

* This species may have been one of those who involved confusion in W Europe 

regarding the J. granulata group according to Rzhavsky, 1993. 

N Norway, Barents Sea, Spitsbergen, White Sea, Kara Sea, NE North America 

B. (Jugaria P. Knight-Jones,1978) kofiadii (Rzhavsky,1988) 

off N Norway, off N Iceland, Novaja Zemblja, NE Greenland, Kara Sea, off NE North 

America 

B. (Jugaria P. Knight-Jones,1978) atlantica (P. Knight-Jones,1978) 

= Pileolaria (Jugaria) atlantica P. Knight-Jones,1978 

Azores 

B.? (B.) verruca (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Serpula verruca O. Fabricius,1780 ( - Greenland) 

= Spirorbis glomerata O. Fabricius,1780, non Linnaeus 

= Leodora verruca : Bailey,1969 

off SW Iceland, Greenland, Spitsbergen, Arctic Seas 

B. (B.) evoluta (Bush, 1905) 

W Spitsbergen, Newfoundland, New Hampshire, Kamchatka 

B. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 


Irish Sea 

Nidificaria Knight-Jones,1984 

= Nidularia Knight-Jones,1978, non Targioni-Tozzetti,1868 (Hemiptera) 

N. chilensis (Blanchard,1849) 

S Biscay, Caribbean 

N. clavus (Harris,1968) 

Mediterranean, Canaries, Madeira 

Vinearia Knight-Jones,1984 

= Duplicaria Vine,1972, non Dall,1908 (Mollusca) 

V. koehleri (Caullery & Mesnil,1897) 

Mediterranean, Madeira 

V. endoumensis (Zibrowius,1968) 

Mediterranean 

Romanchellini P. Knight-Jones,1978 

* Also the Indopacific genus Eulaeospira Pillai should probably now be placed here 

according to P. &. E.W. Knight-Jones,1994 

Helicosiphon Gravier,1907 

* Exclusively southern hemisphaere distribution 

Metalaeospira Pillai,1970 ( Spirorbis pixelli Harris,1969, nom.nov. pro Spirorbis 

antarcticus Pixell,1913) 

* Exclusively southern hemisphaere distribution 

Protolaeospira Pixell,1912 ( P. ambilateralis Pixell,1912 - NE Pacific) 

* Like Paradexiospira, except that embryos are attached to finger-like stalk; tube sinistral. 

P. striata (Quiévreux,1963) 

Channel Islands, Scilly Islands (southern species), Mediterranean, Morocco, Canaries 

Romanchella Caullery & Mesnil,1897 

* Exclusively southern hemisphere distribution

Spirorbiini Pillai,1970 

Spirorbis Daudin,1800 

= Laeospira Caullery & Mesnil,1897 

* 3 thoracic segments; collar setae with notch; tube incubation; sickle-shaped setae 

present; tube sinistral. 

S. corallinae De Silva & Knight-Jones,1962 

= S. corallinae var. scandens L'Hardy & Quiévreux,1964 

* Normally only on Corallina, but occasionally on Chondrus 

Isefjord - Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Fensfjord area, White Sea, Channel Islands, 

Scilly Islands - N Scotland, Ireland 

S. cuneatus Gee,1964 

Engl. Channel, SW Wales, Scotland, Mediterranean 

S. (Velorbis) gesae P. & E.W. Knight-Jones,1995 

Madeira 

S. infundibulum Harris & Knight-Jones,1964 

Mediterranean 

S. inornatus L'Hardy & Quiévreux,1962 

= S. corallinae var. reptans L'Hardy & Quiévreux,1964 

* Often on brown algae, molluscs and stones 

@ big algae surrounded by gentle water movement 

Bergen, N. Norway, Northumberland, S England, Wales, Roscoff, Ireland 

S. rupestris Gee & Knight-Jones,1962 

= S. umbilicatus L'Hardy & Quiévreux,1962 

@ Phymatoliton polymorphum (facultative association) 

Bergen, N. Norway, England, Wales, N Scotland 

S. spirorbis (Linnaeus,1758) 

= S. borealis Daudin,1800 ( - France) 

@ Fucus (especially F. serratus ); occasionally on other algae 

Central & W Baltic - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, 

Spitsbergen, Br. Isles, Nova Scotia 

S. strigatus Knight-Jones,1978 

Azores 

S. tridentatus Levinsen,1883 

Isefjord - Kattegatt - Skagerrak - all Norway, White Sea, Br. Isles, S Biscay 

S. cornuoides Brown,18?? 

* Should be transposed to another genus. Is the Author not Levinsen? 

Not recognized as a good species by Rzhavzky. 

Iceland 

Nerillidae Levinsen,1882 

* Considered to be EUNICIDAE Incertae sedis. 

Bathychaetus Faubel,1978 

B. heptapous Faubel,1978 () 

* Not mentioned in Hartmann-Schröder,1986 

East coast of Scotland, Fladen Ground 

Meganerilla Boaden,1961 

M. clavata Magagnini,1966 

Roscoff

M. swedmarki Boaden,1961 ( - Sweden) 

Gullmar Fjord area (Bondens hamn), White Sea 

Mesonerilla Remane,1949 ( M. luederitzi Remane,1949 - W Africa) 

M. armoricana Swedmark,1959 

Roscoff 

M. biantennata Jouin,1963 

Roscoff 

M. fagei Swedmark,1959 

Gullmar area (Bondens hamn), Bergen, Roscoff 

M. intermedia Wilke,1953 

E Mediterranean, Denmark area? 

M. roscovita Lévi,1953 

Roscoff 

Micronerilla Jouin,1970 

M. minuta (Swedmark,1959) 

= Mesonerilla minuta Swedmark,1959 

= Micronerilla cirrata Jouin,1970 

* with 8 segments. 

Bergen, Roscoff?, Finistère 

M. brevis Saphonov & Tzetlin,1997 

* with 7 segments. Ophelia 47 (3): 215-226 

White Sea 

Nerilla O. Schmidt,1848 

= Dujardinea de Quatrefages,1866 

N. antennata O. Schmidt,1848 ( - Faeroes) 

"Baltic", Isefjord, Swedish westcoast - Sør-Trøndelag, North Sea, Helgoland, Faeroes 

N. rotifera (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Dujardinea rotifera de Quatrefages,1866 

Engl. Channel 

Nerillidium Remane,1925 

= Bathynerilla Faubel,1978 

N. gracile Remane,1925 ( - North Sea) 

Bergen - Troms, Helgoland, White Sea 

N. marinum (Faubel,1978) 

= Bathynerilla marina Faubel,1978 ( of Bathynerilla Faubel,1978) 

East coast of Scotland 

N. simplex Lévi,1953 

Bergen, Roscoff 

N. troglochaetoides Remane,1925 

Bergen, Helgoland, Roscoff 

Nerillidopsis Jouin,1967 

N. hyalina Jouin,1967 () 

Roscoff 

Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark,1965

P. limicola Jouin & Swedmark,1965 ( - France) 


Gullmar Fjord, Bergen, Adriatic Sea 

Thalassochaetus Ax,1954 

T. palpifoliaceus Ax,1954 ( - Kiel) 

Kieler Bucht, White Sea 

Troglochaetus Delachaux,1921 

T. beranecki Delachaux,1921 ( - European inland ground water) 

* Is living in rivers 

Germany, Switzerland 

Diurodrilidae Kristensen & Niilonen,1982 

* Only one genus exists. Considered EUNICIDAE Incertae sedis. 

Diurodrilus Remane,1925 

D. benazzii Gerlach,1952 

E Mediterranean, Atlantic Europe, Asia 

D. dohrni Gerlach,1953 

Bay of Napoli, W Scotland (Firemore Bay) 

D. minimus Remane,1925 ( - Helgoland) 

Gullmar Fjord, Kiel, Helgoland, Bergen, Roscoff, Asia 

D. subterraneus Remane,1934 

Kieler Bucht, S North Sea, Sylt, N Wales, W Greenland, Mediterranean 

D. westheidei Kristensen & Niilonen,1982 

W Greenland 

CANALIPALPATA Incertae sedis 

* Possibly the 4 families below may be part of SPIONIDA 

Polygordiidae Czerniavsky,1881 

Polygordius Schneider,1868 

= Linotrypane M'Intosh,1875 

P. appendiculatus Fraipont,1887 

?Bohuslän, Bergen, Helgoland, Roscoff, Ireland, Napoli, South Africa, Argentina 

P. erythrophtalmus (Giard,1880) 

= Linotrypane erythrophthalma Giard,1880 

French Atlantic coast, Denmark area? 

P. lacteus Schneider,1868 ( - North Sea) 

= Linotrypane apogon M'Intosh,1873 

Bohuslän, Helgoland, Engl. Channel, Shetlands, Ireland, Argentina 

P. villoti Perrier,1875 

Roscoff 

Protodriloidae Purschke & Jouin,1988 

Protodriloides Jouin,1966 

P. chaetifer (Remane,1926) 

= Protodrilus chaetifer Remane,1926 ( - Baltic)

Kieler Bucht, Helgoland, Belgium, Arcachon, Natal, E & W coasts of 

USA, Scotland 

P. symbioticus (Giard,1904) 

= Protodrilus symbioticus Giard,1904 

Helgoland, North Sea, Menai Bridge, Roscoff, Mediterranean 

Protodrilidae Czerniavsky,1881 

* Reviews of the family may be found in: Jouin, C.,1966. Cah. Biol. Mar. 7: 139-155 

& in Jouin, C.,1970. Cah. Biol. Mar. 11: 367-434 

Protodrilus Hatschek,1882 ( P. mirabilis Czerniavsky,1881 - Black Sea) 

P. adhaerens Jägersten,1952 

= P. pardii Gerlach,1953 

= P. adhaerens f. major Jouin,1970 

Fiskebäckskil (Bondhålet), Hållö, Sälö, Helgoland, Bergen, Roscoff, Arcachon, Ireland, 

Wales, Banyuls, Napoli 

P. gracilis von Nordheim,1989 

= P. adhaerens f. gracilis Jouin, in Cabioch & al.,1968 

Hållö, Roscoff, Napoli 

P. affinis Jouin, in Cabioch & al.,1968 

Gullmar Fjord, Roscoff, Napoli 

P. brevis Jouin,1970 

Gullmar Fjord, Väderöarna, Gunnarskär, Napoli 

P. ciliatus Jägersten,1952 

Gullmar area (Västingskär, Bonden), Helgoland, Roscoff, Napoli 

P. flavocapitatus (Uljanin,1877) 

E England, Plymouth, S North Sea, Indochina 

P. hatscheki Pierantoni,1908 

Gullmar Fjord, Gunnarskär, Roscoff, Banyuls, Napoli 

P. helgolandicus von Nordheim,1983 

Helgoland 

P. hypoleucus Armenante,1903 

= P. sphaerulatus Pierantoni,1908 

Väderöarna (Hamnerö), Bonden, Gunnarskär, Helgoland, Bergen, Roscoff, Banyuls, 

Napoli 

P. hypoleucus f. tenuis Jouin, in Cabioch & al,1968 


Roscoff 

P. leuckartii Hatschek,1882 

Banyuls, Napoli, Messina, east coast of USA 

P. oculifer Pierantoni,1908 

= P. oculifer borealis Remane,1932 

= P. bahusiensis Jägersten,1952 

Gullmar Fjord, Hållö, Bonden, Gunnarskär, Bergen - Troms, Napoli, Helgoland 

P. purpureus (Schneider,1868) 

= Polygordius purpureus Schneider,1868 

Gullmar Fjord, Bonden, Gunnarskär, Hamnerö, Helgoland, Roscoff, 

Mediterranean, Black Sea

P. robustus Jägersten,1952 

Gullmar Fjord 

P. rubropharyngeus Jägersten,1940 

* May be a synonym of the mediterranean P. flavocapitatus (Uljanin,1877) 

Kieler Bucht, Gullmar Fjord (in the water edge), Limfjord, W & N Norway, E Britain, 

Yellow Sea 

P. schneideri (Langerhans,1880) 

= Polygordius schneideri Langerhans,1880 

Madeira 

P. similis Jouin,1970 

Arcachon, Tunisia 

P. spongioides Pierantoni,1903 


Freshwater aquarium in Napoli 

Saccocirridae Czerniavsky,1881 

* See Jouin, C.,1977. Smithsonian Contr. Zool.. 76: 47-56 for a species key 

Saccocirrus Bobretzky,1872 

S. major Pierantoni,1907 

Mediterranean, Indochina 

S. papillocercus Bobretzky,1872 ( - Black Sea) 

= S. papillocerus : Auctt. 

Mediterranean, Plymouth, N Wales, Roscoff, Ireland, Madeira, Indochina 

S. parvus Gerlach,1953 

Mediterranean 

SCOLECIDA Rouse & Fauchald,1997 

Arenicoloidea 

Arenicolidae Johnston,1835 

Arenicola de Lamarck,1801 

A. marina (Linnaeus,1758) 

= Lumbricus marinus Linnaeus,1758 () 

Rügen - Öresund - Bohuslän, Skagerrak, all Norway, White Sea, Britain 

A. defodiens Cadman & Nelson-Smith,1993 

Koster area, Wales, Jersey, Firth of Forth, Lancashire 

Arenicolides Mesnil,1898 

A. branchialis (Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1834) 

= Arenicola grubei Claparède,1868 

Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland 

A. ecaudata (Johnston,1835) 

= Arenicola ecaudata Johnston,1835 () 

Skagerrak, Newcastle 

Branchiomaldane Langerhans,1881 

= Protocapitella Berkeley & Berkeley,1932 

B. vincenti Langerhans,1881 ( - Canary Islands)

Gullmar Fjord (Josefson, pers. comm.), Engl. Channel, Spain, Portugal, Azores, Italy 

B. labradorensis Fournier & Barrie, 1987 

SW Greenland, Labrador 

Capitellidae Grube,1862 

Baldia Garwood & Bamber,1988 

B. johnstoni Garwood & Bamber,1988 () 

*Ophelia 29(2): 119-126 (1988) 

E England, ?Gullmarn 

Branchiocapitella Fauvel,1932 ( B. singularis Fauvel,1932) 

B. sp. (sensu Kirkegaard) 

Fredrikshavn 

Capitella de Blainville,1828 

= Lumbriconais Örsted,1842 

= Valla Johnston,1865 

= Capitomastus Eisig,1887 

= Capitellides Mesnil,1897 

= Isomastus Gravier,1911 

C. capitata (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Lumbricus capitatus O. Fabricius,1780 ( - Greenland) 

* Species complex. Sensu Petersen is at least 4 species of Capitella present in Denmark, 

Whether C. capitata is present can not be determined, until it is redescribed. 

Arkonabäckenet - Skagerrak, all Norway, Greenland 

C. giardi (Mesnil,1897) 

= Capitellides giardi Mesnil,1897 ( of Capitellides Mesnil,1897) 

= Capitomastus giardi de Quatrefages,1866 

Fredrikshavn, Kieler Bucht, Oslofjord, North Sea, Helgoland, Newcastle, Engl. Channel, 

W Br. Isles 

C. minima Langerhans,1881 ( of Capitomastus Eisig,1887) 

@ known also from egg masses of Loligo vulgaris 

S North Sea (Helgoland, Sylt), Fensfjorden - W Finnmark 

C. hermaphrodita Boletzky & Dohle,1967 

@ egg masses of Loligo vulgaris 

Britain, off France 

Dasybranchus Grube,1850 

= Dasymallus Grube,1846, non Dejean,1835 (Coleoptera) 

D. caducus (Grube,1846) 

= Dasymallus caducus Grube,1846 () 

Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Trondheimsfjord, Britain 

D. gajolae Eisig,1887 

Skagerrak??, Britain 

Heteromastus Eisig,1887 

H. filiformis (Claparède,1864) 

= Capitella filiformis Claparède,1864 () 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, North Sea, all Norway, White Sea, Br. Isles, 

Mediterranean 

Leiochrides Augener,1914 ( L. australis Augener,1914)

L. norvegicus Fauchald,1972 

Norway (Sognefjord, deep) - Lofoten 

Mediomastus Hartman,1944 ( M. californiensis Hartman,1944) 

M. fragilis Rasmussen,1973 

* See L.M. Warren,1979. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 59 :757-760 for a redescription. 

Denmark (Isefjorden & Öresund), Østfold - Troms, Shetlands, NE Scotland, Dublin, 

Liverpool 

Notomastus M. Sars,1850 

* Mackie & Garwood are mentioning Notomastus sp. B-E, so it seems as if at least 4 

species may be found in the Irish Sea 

N. latericeus M. Sars,1850 () 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

N. rubicundus (Keferstein,1862) 

English Channel, St. Vaast-la Hougue 

N. profundus Eisig,1887 

= Notomastus (Tremomastus) profundus Eisig,1887 

British Isles, Mediterranean 

Paracapitella Kirkegaard,1983 

P. southwardi Kirkegaard,1983 () 

Shamrock Canyon (NE Atlantic) in 1700 m 

Peresiella Harmelin,1968 

P. clymenoides Harmelin,1968 ( - Mediterranean) 

North Sea, S Ireland, Britain, Mediterranean 

Pseudomastus Capaccione-Azzati & Martin,1992 

P. deltaicus Capaccione-Azzati & Martin,1992 () 

NW Mediterranean 

Pseudonotomastus Warren & Parker,1994 

P. southerni Warren & Parker,1994 ( - Celtic Sea, off Cork) 

Celtic Sea 

Maldanidae Malmgren,1867 

Maldaninae Malmgren,1867 

Chirimia Light,1991 ( C. amoena (Kinberg,1867)) 

= Chrysothemis Kinberg,1867, non Berendt,1845 (Diptera) 

= Asychis Kinberg,1867 (p.p.) ( A. atlanticus Kinberg,1867) 

C. biceps (M. Sars,1861) 

= Asychis biceps : Auctt. 

N Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, all Norway 

Maldane Grube,1860 

= Heteromaldane Ehlers,1908 

= Sonatsa Chamberlin,1919 

M. sarsi Malmgren,1865 

= Clymene koreni Hansen,1878 

central Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea, NW Br. Isles

M. arctica Detinova,1985 

Deep Skagerrak, Arctic Seas 

M. glebiflex Grube,1860 () 

W France - Mediterranean 

Euclymeninae Arwidsson,1907 

Axiothella Verrill,1900 

= Axiothea Malmgren,1865, non Pascoe,1864 (Coleoptera) 

A. catenata (Malmgren,1865) 

= Axiothea catenata Malmgren,1865 () 

Bergen - N Norway, NW Greenland 

Clymenella Verrill,1873 

C. cincta (de Saint-Joseph,1894) 

Kattegatt, Skagerrak, Engl. Channel (Dinard), Clyde Sea 

C. torquata (Leidy,1855) 

= Clymene torquatus Leidy,1855 () 

* European records of this species may possibly be wrongly identified specimens of C. 

cincta ? 

S North Sea, Newcastle 

Euclymene Verrill,1900 

E. droebachiensis (M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872) 

= Clymene droebachiensis M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 

central Öresund - Skagerrak, Oslo Fjord - S Troms 

E. lindrothi Eliason,1962 

Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Nordland 

E. lumbricoides (de Quatrefages,1866) 

= Clymene lumbricoides de Quatrefages,1866 

= Clymene modesta de Quatrefages,1866 

Engl. Channel, W. Br. Isles - Mediterranean 

E. oerstedii (Claparède,1863) 

= Clymene oerstedii Claparède,1863 ( - Naples) 

= Clymene digitata Grube,1863 

= Leiocephalus coronatus de Quatrefages,1866 

= Johnstonia gracilis Kinberg,1867 

= Caesicirrus neglectus Arwidsson,1911 

Skagerrak (off Arendal - Egersund), Engl. Channel, Wales, Ireland, Mediterranean 

E. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

Irish Sea 

Heteroclymene Arwidsson,1907 

H. robusta Arwidsson,1907 ( - Norway) 

Skagerrak, Egersund - Trondheimsfjord, Plymouth, W Br. Isles 

Isocirrus Arwidsson,1907 

I. planiceps (M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872) 

= Clymene planiceps M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 () 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Fensfjord area 

Johnstonia de Quatrefages,1866, non de Quatrefages,1849 (Proposed supression of the 

1849 name (Bull. Zool. Nom. 51(1) March 1994; Case 2859 ICZN)

J. clymenoides de Quatrefages,1866 ( - Spain) 

Engl. Channel - Mediterranean 

Microclymene Arwidsson,1907 

M. acirrata Arwidsson,1907 () 

Skagerrak (off Vestfold) - Fensfjord area 

M. tricirrata Arwidsson,1907 

Bergen - Trondheimsfjord 

Praxillella Verrill,1881 

= Praxilla Malmgren,1865, non Reichenbach,1854 (Aves) 

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

Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Varangerfjord, Irish Sea 

P. gracilis (M. Sars,1861) 

Stavanger - Varangerfjord area, Clyde Sea 

P. praetermissa (Malmgren,1865) 

= Praxilla praetermissa Malmgren,1865 () 

Kieler Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway 

Proclymene Arwidsson,1907 

P. muelleri (M. Sars,1856) 

= Clymene muelleri, M. Sars,1856 () 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak, ?Arendal area 

Pseudoclymene Arwidsson,1907 

P. quadrilobata (M. Sars,1856) 

= Clymene quadrilobata M. Sars,1856 () 

= Euclymene (Praxillella) quadrilobata : Auctt. 

Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Troms 

Clymenurinae Imajima & Shiraki,1982 

Clymenura Verrill,1900 ( Clymene cirrata Ehlers,1887) 

= Leiochone : Auctt., non Grube,1868 ( Clymene urceolatus Leidy,1853 - New 

Jersey) 

C. (Cephalata Imajima & Shiraki,1982) lankesteri (M'Intosh,1885) 

= Praxilla lankesteri M'Intosh,1885 

= Leiochone borealis Arwidsson,1907 

= Clymenura borealis (Arwidsson,1907) 

?Danziger Bucht, Skagerrak (off Arendal) - S Troms, North Sea (off Jutland), N. British 

Isles 

C. johnstoni (M'Intosh,1915) 

Norway (Bergen area), Irish Sea 

C. clypeata (de Saint-Joseph,1894) 

= Leiochone clypeata de Saint-Joseph,1894 

= Leiochone ebiensis : M'Intosh,1915, ?non Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1844 

= Leiochone leiopygos : Arwidsson,1922, ?non (Grube,1860) 

Roscoff, W France, Mediterranean 

C. polaris (Théel,1879) 

= Praxilla polaris Théel,1879 

* The subspecies C. polaris acirrata (Zachs, in Derjugin,1927) is known from the White 

Sea

Fensfjorden - Nordland, Novaja Zemlja 

Nicomachinae Arwidsson,1907 

Micromaldane Mesnil,1897 

M. ornithochaeta Mesnil,1897 () 


Nicomache Malmgren,1865 

N. quadrispinata (Arwidson, 1906)) 

SW Greenland 

Subgen.: Nicomache 

N. lumbricalis (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Sabella lumbricalis O. Fabricius,1780 () 

central Öresund - Skagerrak - all Norway, North Sea, Br. Isles, Ireland 

N. personata Johnson,1901 

Kieler Bucht, North Sea, Newcastle 

N. minor Arwidsson,1907 

Kieler Bucht, Trondheimsfjord 

Subgen.: Loxochona Arwidsson,1907 

N. (L.) trispinata Arwidsson,1907 

N Öresund - Skagerrak - Bergen - W Finnmark 

Petaloproctus de Quatrefages,1866 ( P. terricolus de Quatrefages,1866) 

P. borealis Arwidsson,1907 

= P. tenuis borealis Arwidsson,1907 

central Öresund - Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Varangerfjord 

P. terricola de Quatrefages,1866 

= Petaloproctus cristagalli Orlandi,1898 

Engl. Channel - Mediterranean 

Lumbriclymeninae Arwidsson,1907 

Clymenopsis Verrill,1900 ( Clymene cingulata Ehlers,1887) 

C. constricta (Wesenberg-Lund,1948) 

off S Iceland, Davis Strait 

Lumbriclymene M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 

L. cylindricauda M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872 () 

Skagerrak, Stavanger - Nordland 

L. minor Arwidsson,1907 

Koster Channel, Skagerrak, Trondheimsfjord - SW Finnmark, E Greenland 

Notoproctus Arwidsson,1907 


N. oculatus Arwidsson,1907 () 

Central Kattegatt - Gullmarfjord - Koster Channel - Skagerrak - Bergen - Nordland, 

Spitsbergen, W Greenland, ?Irish Sea (as Notoproctus sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995) 

Praxillura Verrill,1880 ( P. ornata Verrill,1880)

P. longissima Arwidsson,1907 

N Öresund & Belt Sea - Skagerrak - W Finnmark, Jan Mayen 

Rhodininae Arwidsson,1907 

Rhodine Malmgren,1865 

R. gracilior Tauber,1879 

W Baltic - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway 

R. loveni Malmgren,1865 () 

Danziger Bucht - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - Nordland, North Sea, Br. Isles, Mediterranean 

Bogueinae Hartman & Fauchald,1971, emend. Wolf,1983 


Psammodrilidae Swedmark,1952 

* Systematic placement tentative. 

Psammodriloides Swedmark,1958 

P. fauveli Swedmark,1958 () 

Bondens hamn outside the Gullmar Fjord, Roscoff, Ireland (Portaferry) 

Psammodrilus Swedmark,1952 

P. balanoglossoides Swedmark,1952 () 

Baltic (Hohwachter Bucht), Newcastle, Sylt, Amrum, Belgium, Roscoff, N Wales, 

Portaferry, W Scotland 

P. aedificator Kristensen & Nørrevang,1982 

W Greenland 

Opheliidae Malmgren,1867 

Opheliinae Malmgren,1867 

Ophelia de Savigny,1822 

O. bicornis de Savigny,1822 () 

Engl. Channel, Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean 

O. borealis de Quatrefages,1866 

= O. limacina : Fauvel,1927, : Hartmann-Schröder,1971, ?non (Rathke,1843) 

Isefjord, Öresund - Kattegatt, all Norway, North Sea, Greenland, Irish Sea, Engl. Channel, 

Biscay 

O. limacina (Rathke,1843) 

= Ammotrypane limacina Rathke,1843 

= Ophelia bicornis : Örsted,1843, non de Savigny,1822 

=? Ophelia borealis : Tebble,1952, ?non de Quatrefages,1866 

* Distribution data for this taxon may at least partly refer to O. borealis de Quatrefages 

W Baltic-Skagerrak, Spitsbergen, Siberia, North Sea, Iceland, Greenland, Engl. Channel 

O. rathkei M'Intosh,1908 

= O. cluthensis McGuire,1935 

= O. remanei Augener,1939 

W Baltic, Isefjord, Lofoten, S North Sea, Engl. Channel, Britain, Ireland 

O. celtica Amoureux & Dauvin,1981 

Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, Bay of Morlaix 

O. amoureuxi Bellan & Costa,1987

French Mediterranean 

O. barquii Fauvel,1927 

French Mediterranean 

O. laubieri Bellan & Costa,1987 

Portugal (Sado estuary) 

O. neglecta Schneider,1887 

Bretagne, Biscay, W Mediterranean 

O. radiata (Delle Chiaje,1828) 

* 14 pairs of gills, else similar to O. bicornis, which has 15 pairs. 

= Lumbricus radiatus Delle Chiaje,1828 

= O. coartata H. Milne-Edwards,1849 

W Engl. Channel-Gibraltar, Mediterranean 

O. roscoffensis Augener,1910 

= O. limacina roscoffensis Augener,1910 

Roscoff, Plymouth, Biscay, Gibraltar, Mediterranean, Ivory Coast 

Euzonus Grube,1866 ( E. arcticus Grube,1866) 

E. flabelligerus (Ziegelmeier,1955) 

= Thoracophelia flabelligera Ziegelmeier,1955 

S & central North Sea, White Sea 

Ophelininae Hartmann-Schröder,1971 

Armandia Filippi,1861 

A. polyophthalma Kükenthal,1887 

= A. Dollfusi de Saint-Joseph,1894 

= A. flagellifera Southern,1914 

Ireland, Engl. Channel, Mediterranean 

A. cirrhosa Filippi,1861 () 

= A. oligops Marenzeller,1874 

Mediterranean 

Ophelina Örsted,1843 

= Ammotrypane Rathke,1843 

O. abranchiata Stöp-Bowitz,1948 

Skagerrak (off Arendal) - Lofoten 

O. acuminata Örsted,1843 () 

= Ammotrypane aulogaster Rathke,1843 ( of Ammotrypane Rathke,1843) 

= Ammotrypane ingebrigtsenii Kükenthal,1887 

N Öresund - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, Spitsbergen, North Sea, Siberia, Iceland, 

Greenland, Ireland, Engl. Channel 

O. cylindricaudata (Hansen,1878) 

= Ammotrypane cylindricaudatus Hansen,1878 

Kattegatt - Skagerrak, Drøbak - W Finnmark, Spitsbergen, Kara Sea, Greenland, Irish Sea 

O. cylindricaudata minima Hartmann-Schröder,1974 

Skagerrak 

O. modesta Stöp-Bowitz,1958 

= Ammotrypane sarsi Eliason,1962 

Gullmarfjord, Koster Channel, Skagerrak, Østfold - S Troms, Irish Sea 

O. norvegica Stöp-Bowitz,1945

Bohuslän in 50-200m, Skagerrak, all Norway 

O. helgolandica Augener,1912 

=? Ammotrypanella arctica M'Intosh,1877 

=? Ophelina opisthobranchiata Wirén,1901 

Spitsbergen in 1000m 

O. sp. (undescribed) sensu Petersen,1986 (mimeo) 

? Denmark ? 

Polyophthalmus de Quatrefages,1850 

P. pictus (Dujardin,1839) 

= Nais picta Dujardin,1839 () 

North Sea, Engl. Channel, Ireland 

Tachytrypane M'Intosh,1879 

T. jeffreysii M'Intosh,1879 () 

Arctic Seas, Shamrock Canyon (deep Biscay), Mediterranean 

Travisiinae Hartmann-Schröder,1971 

Travisia Johnston,1840 

T. forbesii Johnston,1840 () 

= Ophelia mamillata Örsted,1843 

= Ammotrypane oestroides Rathke,1843 

W Baltic - Bohuslän - all Norway, Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen, Greenland, North Sea, Iceland, 

Britain, Engl. Channel 

Kesun Chamberlin,1919 ( K. fusus Chamberlin,1919) 


K. gravieri (M'Intosh,1908) 


Scalibregmatidae Malmgren,1867 

Asclerocheilus Ashworth,1901 

* Mackie & al. 1997 indicate at least 2 species from the Irish Sea by using the expression 

Asclerocheilus spp. 

A. intermedius (de Saint-Joseph,1894) 

= Lipobranchius intermedius de Saint-Joseph,1894 () 

Egersund - Varangerfjord, S North Sea, Newcastle, W Ireland, Biscay 

Axiokebuita Pocklington & Fournier,1987 

A. millsi Pocklington & Fournier,1987 () 

E Canada 

Hyboscolex Schmarda,1861 ( H. longiseta Schmarda,1861) 

H. sp. sensu Petersen,1986 (mimeo) 

? Denmark ? 

Lipobranchius Cunningham & Ramage,1888 

= Lipobranchus Chamberlin,1919 

L. jeffreysii (M'Intosh,1869) 

= Eumenia jeffreysii M'Intosh,1869 () 

Skagerrak, Bergen - Troms, North Sea, Firth of Clyde, Irish Sea, SW Greenland

Polyphysia de Quatrefages,1866 

= Eumenia Örsted,1843, non Godart,1824 (Lepidoptera) 

P. crassa (Örsted,1843) 

= Eumenia crassa Örsted,1843 () 

=? Eumenia hystricis M'Intosh,1922 

Öresund & Belt Sea - Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - W Finnmark, ?W slope of Engl. 

Channel 

Pseudoscalibregma Ashworth,1901 

P. parvum (Hansen,1878) 

= Scalibregma parva Hansen,1878 () 

Møre - Lofoten, Norw. Sea, Shamrock Canyon (deep Biscay) 

Scalibregma Rathke,1843 

* Possibly may 4 European species exist (Mackie,1991) 

S. inflatum Rathke,1843 () 

= Oligobranchus roseus M. Sars,1846 

= S. abyssorum Hansen,1882 

Arkonabäckenet, possibly Bornholmsbäckenet - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, all Norway, 

between Trondheim & Faeroes, Br. Isles 

S. celticum Mackie,1991 

Engl. Channel, SW Bretagne, Scotland, Wales, S France 

S. robusta Zachs,1925 

White Sea 

Sclerobregma Hartman,1965 

S. branchiata Hartman,1965 () 


Sclerocheilus Grube,1863 

S. minutus Grube,1863 () 

Engl. Channel, Ireland, Mediterranean 

S. deriugeni Zachs,1925 

Kola Fjord 

Orbinoidea 

Orbiniidae Hartman,1942 

Califia Hartman,1957 ( C. candida Hartman,1957) 

C. schmitti (Pettibone,1957) 

Shamrock Canyon in deep water 

Naineris de Blainville,1828 

N. quadricuspida (O. Fabricius,1780) 

= Nais quadricuspida O. Fabricius,1780 () 

Skagerrak, Bergen - NE Finnmark, SW Greenland 

N. laevigata (Grube,1855) 

W France-Mediterranean 

Orbinia de Quatrefages,1866 

= Aricia de Savigny,1822, non R.L.,1817 (Lepidoptera)

O. armandi (M'Intosh,1910) 

Skagerrak 

O. latreillii (Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833) 

N North Sea, Ireland 

O. sertulata (de Savigny,1822) 

= Aricia sertulata de Savigny,1822 

= Aricia cuvieri Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1833 () 

* Specimens fr. North Sea are missing interramal cirri in midthoracic segments, sensu 

O'Connor & al.,1989 

Kieler Bucht - Skagerrak, Oslofjord - Trondheimsfjord, North Sea, Engl. Channel, Wales, 

Ireland, Mediterranean 

Phylo Kinberg,1866 ( P. felix Kinberg,1866) 

P. kupfferi (Ehlers,1875) 

=Orbinia kupfferi : Auctt. 

Skagerrak, Sør-Tröndelag., Trondheimsfjord 

P. norvegica (M. Sars, in G.O. Sars,1872) 

= Orbinia norvegica : Auctt. 

Kattegatt - Bohuslän - Skagerrak, Østfold - W Finnmark 

P. foetida (Claparède,1968) 

= Aricia foetida Claparède,1968 

Engl. Channel-Mediterranean 

P. grubei (M'Intosh,1910) 

= Aricia Grubei M'Intosh,1910 

Ireland, Cape Verde 

Scoloplos de Blainville,1828 

S. armiger (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Lumbricus armiger O.F. Müller,1776 () 

= Aricia arctica Hansen,1882 

Gotlandsbäckenet - Bohuslän - Skagerrak - all Norway, N & W Br. Isles, White Sea, Jan 

Mayen 

S. sp. 

* Mackie - personal communication. 

Britain in deeper water 

Leitoscoloplos Day,1977 

L. mammosus Mackie,1987 

W Scotland 

Paraonidae Cerruti,1909 

Aricidea Webster,1879 ( A. fragilis Webster,1879) 

= Allia Strelzov,1973 

= Acesta Strelzov,1973, non H. & A. Adams,1858 (Mollusca) 

= Acmira Hartley,1984 

A. (Allia) albatrossae (Pettibone,1957) ( of Allia Strelzov,1973) 

Skagerrak (see Hartley 1984), North Sea (Brent Oil Fields) 

A. annae Laubier,1967 

Mediterranean in 30-2900m 

A. (Allia) roberti Hartley,1984 

= Aricidea (Allia) cf. belgica : Hartley,1981, non Fauvel,1936

Egersund, North Sea (Brent, Magnus & Thistle Oil Fields) 

A. capensis bansei Laubier & Ramos,1974 

West Coast of Ireland, W Mediterranean 

A. (Acmira) catherinae Laubier,1967 ( of Acesta Strelzov,1973 & Acmira 

Hartley,1981) 

Skagerrak (see Hartley,1984), Egersund, North Sea (Brent, Forties & Beatrice Oil Fields), 

W Mediterranean 

A. (Acmira) cerrutii Laubier,1967 

= Aricidea jeffreysii : Auctt., non (M'Intosh,1879) 

= Aricidea suecica : Hartmann-Schröder,1971, non Eliason,1962 

* Sensu Hartley, 1981 is A. jeffreysii (M'Intosh, 1879) fr. Davis Strait indeterminable. 

Danziger Bucht - Skagerrak (off Arendal), Irish Sea, Mediterranean 

A. (Acmira) laubieri Hartley,1981 

Isle of Man & Moray Firth, Irish Sea 

A. (Aricidea) minuta Southward,1956 

W Baltic - Kattegatt, Oslofjord - Bergen, North Sea, Isle of Man, Irish Sea, W 

Mediterranean 

A. (Acmira) simonae Laubier & Ramos,1974 

Stavanger - Fensfjord, North Sea (Beatrice, Ekofisk & Forties Oil Fields), Mediterranean 

A. (Allia) suecica Eliason,1920 

= A. jeffreysii : Hartmann-Schröder,1971, non (M'Intosh,1879) 

Öresund, Fredrikshavn, all Norway 

A. (Aricidea) wassi Pettibone,1965 

North Sea (Brent Oil Fields) 

A. cf. A. philbinae Brown,1976 

* According to Mackie & Garwood,1995, the British worms are differing from Florida & 

Gulf of Mexico specimens in not having small postbranchial papillae 

S Irish Sea 

A. quadrilobata Webster & Benedict,1887 

Barents Sea, Shamrock Canyon (Biscay), Mediterranean 

Cirrophorus Ehlers,1908 

C. branchiatus Ehlers,1908 () 

Celtic Sea, Mediterranean 

C. furcatus (Hartman,1957) 

Plymouth 

Levinsenia Mesnil,1897 

= Tauberia Strelzov,1973 ( Aonides gracilis Tauber,1879) 

L. gracilis (Tauber,1879) 

= Aonides gracilis Tauber,1879 () 

= Paraonis gracilis : Auctt. 

Arkonabäckenet - Skagerrak, all Norway, North Sea 

L. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

* More slender than L. gracilis, with more elongate branchiae. 

S Irish Sea in deep soft sediment, Firth of Clyde 

Paradoneis Hartman,1965 

* May be a synonym of Cirrophorus Ehlers,1905

P. armata Glémarec,1966 

= Paraonis (Paradoneis) lyra : Hartmann-Schröder,1971, non Southern,1914 

Bretagne 

P. eliasoni Mackie,1991 

= Paraonis lyra : Eliason,1962, and others, non Southern,1914 

Öresund, Skagerrak - Troms, North Sea, Norwegian Trough, ?Barents Sea 

P. lyra (Southern,1914) 

= Paraonis (Paraonides) lyra Southern,1914 () 

non = P. lyra : Hartmann-Schröder,1971, nec : Eliason,1962 

Koster area, Østfold - W Finnmark, Ireland, Scotland, North Sea 

P. cf. P. ilvana Castelli,1985 

* Without anterior interramal papillae as was illustrated for Mediterranian types. 

S Irish Sea in deeper gravelly sediment (according to Mackie & Garwood,1995) 

P. sp. : Mackie & Garwood,1995 

* With only a few short branchiae and posessing lyriform acicular notosetae similar to 

those of P. cf. ilvana. 

S Irish Sea 

Paraonis Grube,1873 

P. fulgens (Levinsen,1884) 

= Aonides fulgens Levinsen,1884 () 

Kieler Bucht - Öresund - Isefjord, Oslofjord - Nord-Trøndelag 

Paraonides Cerruti,1909 ( P. neapolitana Cerruti,1909) 

P. myriamae Katzmann & Laubier,1975 

* Lacking gills 

Br. Isles, Adriatic 

P. sp.n. : Mackie in ASYM92 key 

* With small gills from setiger 5 

Br. Isles 

P. sp. : Brattegaard & Høisæter,1972 (unpublished report) 

Norway (Fensfjorden) 

Questidae Hartman,1966 

* Not yet described from Scandinavian waters, but known from Bergen. ?N.W. Riser has 

got Erséus' Norwegian material? Also as Questidae sp. from S Irish Sea (Mackie, Oliver 

& Rees,1995). 

* Only one genus is known. 

Questa Hartman,1966 ( Q. caudicirra Hartman,1966) 

= Novaquesta Hobson,1970 ( N. trifurcata Hobson,1970) 

Q. caudicirra Hartman,1966 

Mediterranean, Canaries 

Ctenodrilidae Kennell,1882, emend. Petersen & George,1991 

Ctenodrilinae Kennell,1882 

Ctenodrilus Claparède,1863 

C. serratus (Schmidt,1857) 

= Parthenope serrata Schmidt,1857 () 

S North Sea, Helgoland 

C. parvulus Scharff,1887

British aquarium 

Aphropharynx Wilfert,1974 

A. heterochaeta Wilfert,1974 ( - Sea water aquarium, Düsseldorf) 

Sea water aquarium, Düsseldorf 

Raphidrilinae Hartmann-Schröder,1971, emend. Petersen & George,1991 

Raricirrus Hartman,1961 ( R. maculatus Hartman,1971 (California)) 

R. beryli Petersen & George,1991 

* An indicator species for hydrocarbon polluted sediments 

Skagerrak, off Bergen, N North Sea oil fields 

Cossuroidea Day,1963 

Cossuridae Day,1963 

Cossura Webster & Benedict,1887 

C. longocirrata Webster & Benedict,1887 ( - Maine) 

Öresund - Skagerrak, Østfold - W Finnmark, between Faeroes & Iceland, E &W North 

America, Canadian Arctic 

C. pygodactylata Jones,1956 

Plymouth, Bretagne, Arcachon, W Spain, North Carolina, California, ?W Greenland 

C. soyeri Laubier,1963 

Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico 

POLYCHAETA Incertae sedis 

Parergodrilidae Reisinger,1960 

Parergodrilus Reisinger,1925 

P. heideri Reisinger,1925 () 

* Terrestrial species 

Skåne, Germany 

Hrabeiella Pizl & Chalupsky,1984 

* Family placement tentative. 

H. periglandulata Pizl & Chalupsky,1984 () 

* Terrestrial species. 

along Säveån (close to Göteborg), Chechoslovakia, Baden-Wurttemberg 

Stygocapitella Knöllner,1934 

S. subterranea Knöllner,1934 () 

Kieler Bucht - Simrishamn, Sylt, Troms, Arcachon, Mediterranean 

Aeolosomatidae 

Aeolosoma Ehrenberg,1828 ( A. hemprichi Ehrenberg,1828) 

A. maritimum Westheide & Bunke,1970 

Gulf of Tunis 

A. litorale Bunke,1967 

Kieler Förde, SW Finland (at 5 ppt Salinity), Weser

A. variegatum Vejdovsky,1885 

SW coast of Finland (at 6 ppt Salinity) 

Potamodrilidae 

Potamodrilus Lastochkin,1935 

P. fluviatilis (Lastochkin,1935) 

= Stephensoniella fluviatilis Lastochkin,1935 () 

Beach of Baltic Sea in Russia (Kurskiy Zaliv) 

Rheomorpha Ruttner-Kolisko,1955 

R. neizvestnovae (Lastochkin,1935) 

= Aeolosoma neizvestnovae Lastochkin,1935 () 

Beach of Baltic Sea in Russia (Kurskiy Zaliv) 

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OLIGOCHAETA Huxley,1875 

= CLITELLATA 

* A systematic approach, advocated by many specialists for some years, but not yet 

commonly used, is 

accomplished in this list, i.e. the leeches are treated as an oligochaete subtaxon. This 

implies that certain leech 

taxon ranks have been "lowered", awaiting a more thorough systematic revision of the 

entire group, at a level 

above families. 

TUBIFICATA Jamieson,1988 

TUBIFICIDA 

HIRUDINEA de Lamarck,1818 

Infraordo EUHIRUDINEA Lukin,1956 

"Subinfraordo" RHYNCHOBDELLIDA Blanchard,1894 

Ozobranchidae Pinto,1921 

@ Parasites on reptiles, most often aquatic turtles. 

Ozobranchus de Quatrefages,1852 ( O. branchiatus Menzies,1791) 

= Lophobdella Poirer & Rochebrune,1884 

O. margoi (Apathy,1890) 

= Pseudobranchellion margoi Apathy,1890 

@ As the turtles Chelonia mydas , Caretta caretta , & Dermochelys coriacea 

exceptionally may be found in the North Sea area, there is a possibility for 

observation of this species in this area during such circumstances. 

Mediterranean, Caribbean 

Piscicolidae Johnston,1865 

= Icthyobdellidae Leuckart,1863 

Platybdellinae Epshtein,1970 

Pterobdella Kaburaki,1921 ( P. amara Kaburaki,1921) 

= Pterobdellina Bennike & Bruun,1939 

P. jenseni (Bennike & Bruun,1939) 

@ on Raja

off Faeroes in >400m 

Notostomum Levinsen,1882 

N. laeve Levinsen,1882 () 

@ on many fish (chiefly teleost) spp. 

Arctic Basin, Baffin Island and ?North Sea 

Mysiobdella Selensky,1927 

M. borealis (L. Johansson,1898) 

= M. oculata Selensky,1927 () 

@ on Mysis spp & Neomysis americana 

Arctic Basin 

Hemibdella van Beneden & Hesse,1863 

= Arctobdella de Silva & Kabata,1961 

H. solae van Beneden & Hesse,1863 () 

=? Platybdella solae Krøyer, in Malm,1863 

@ hind sucker around spine on ctenoid scale on marine soles, especially Solea solea 

* attaching egg cocoons to shell fragments with which the fish camoflagues itself 

Öresund, off SW Britain, NE Atlantic-Mediterranean 

H. branchiarum (de Silva & Kabata,1961) 

= Arctobdella branchiarum de Silva & Kabata,1961 

@ in gill chamber of Drepanopsetta platessoides 

Iceland 

Malmiana Strand,1942 

= Ottonia Malm,1874, non Gistl,1848 

= Abranchus L. Johansson,1896 (p.p.) 

= Ottoniobdella Moore & Meyer,1951 

M. brunnea (L. Johansson,1896) 

= Abranchus brunnea L. Johansson,1896 () 

= M. nuda Richardson,1970 

@ usually on Myoxocephalus scorpius, but not on the head 

W Sweden, North Sea 

M. bubali Srivastava,1966 

* Not adequately distinguished from other Malmiana spp. sensu Sawyer, 1986 

@ on Taurulus bubalis 

Yorkshire 

M. scorpii (Malm,1863, ex O. Fabricius MS) 

= M. affinis (Malm,1865) 

= M. platessa (Malm,1874) 

=? M. limandoidicola (Malm,1874) 

* See Janusion scorpii 

@ usually on Myoxocephalus scorpius & Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus, typically 

on dorsal side of the head 

North Sea, Iceland, Faeroes, Newfoundland 

M. yorki Srivastava,1966 


@ on Taurulus bubalis 

Yorkshire 

Heptacyclus Vasiliev,1939 ( Heptacyclys virgatus (Oka,1910)) 

"H." myoxocephali Srivastava,1966 


@ on Myoxocephalus scorpius

Firth of Clyde 

Platybdella Malm,1863 

= Crangonobdella Selensky,1914 (p.p.) 

= Sanguinothus de Silva & Burdon-Jones,1961 (p.p.) 

P. anarrhichae (Diesing,1859) "Småmunta bredigeln" () 

@ on gills & body of Anarhichas lupus & A. minor 

Swedish westcoast(e.g. Koster Area), Bergen, North Sea, Iceland, Greenland 

P. olriki Malm,1863 

@ on Hippoglossus hippoglossus & Lycodes reticulatus. 

Commensalistic on Hyas araneus and Sclerocrangon boreas. 

Arctic, Newfoundland 

P. pinnara (de Silva & Burdon-Jones,1961) 

= Sanguinothus pinnarum de Silva & Burdon-Jones,1961 

@ on fins of Taurulus bubalis (especially February-May) 

Firth of Clyde, Berwick-on-Tweed, W Anglesey 

P. fabricii Malm,1863 

= Crangonobdella murmanica Selensky,1914 

= Crangonobdella achmerovi Borovitzkaia,1949 

@ on Myoxocephalus boreas and related species. Also known from Octopus dofleini 

Egg cocoons are deposited on Sclerocrangon boreas 

Greenland, Kola peninsula, Sea of Okhotsk 

P. quadrioculata Malm,1863 "Fyrögda bredigeln" 

* ? Synonym of another species ? 

@ among gills of "Labrus maculatus " 

Sweden (Pater Noster), Greenland 

P. aeglefini Krøyer, in Malm,1863 

* Species inquirenda. ? Synonym of another species ? 

@ on haddock 

Öresund 

P. ?hippoglossi Krøyer, in Malm,1863 

* Species inquirenda. ? Synonym of another species ? 

@ in mouth cavity of halibut 

Nymindegab, Faeroes 

Oceanobdella Caballero,1956 

= Abranchus Johansson,1896 (p.p.) 

O. blennii (Knight-Jones,1940) 

= Abranchus blennii Knight-Jones,1940 

@ in gill chamber (as unpigmented juveniles) or behind pectoral fin of Blennius pholis 

Celtic Sea 

O. microstoma (L. Johansson,1896) 

= Abranchus microstomus L. Johansson,1896 

@ usually on Myoxocephalus spp., typically attached ventrally in head region 

Bohuslän, North Sea, St Andrews, Plymouth, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Greenland 

O. sexoculata (Malm,1863) "Sexögade bredigeln" () 

= Platybdella buccalis Nigrelli,1946 

@ in mouth cavity of Zoarces viviparus . Also reported as 

rare on cod and lumpsucker, and possibly on Taurulus bubalis at Strömstad. 

Bohuslän, North Sea, St Andrews, Northumberland 

Pontobdellinae Llewellyn,1966 

Oxytonostoma Malm,1863

O. typica Malm,1863 "Parvårtiga spetsigeln" () 

= Ichthyobdella elegans Sars,1863 

= Pontobdella granulifera Malm,1863 

= Piscicola picta Olsson,1876 

@ on Raja radiata and related species 

Kattegatt, Koster Channel, W Norway, Arctic seas 

Pontobdella Leach,1815 

P. muricata (Linnaeus,1758) "Taggvårtiga spoligeln" 

= Hirudo muricata Linnaeus,1758 () 

* vector for Trypanosoma raiae 

@ on Raja spp. & occasionally Pleuronectes 

Kieler Bucht-Bohuslän, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Spitsbergen-Mediterranean 

P. vosmaeri Apathy,1888 

@ Raja 

Plymouth - Roscoff -Mediterranean 

Piscicolinae Caballero,1956 

Branchellion Savigny,1822 

B. angeli Sigalis,1921 

@ on Rhina 

Arcachon-Natal 

B. borealis Leigh-Sharpe,1933 

@ on Raja clavata 

Engl. Channel 

B. orbiniensis de Quatrefages,1852 

* possibly a synonym of B. torpedinis 

Engl. Channel 

B. torpedinis Savigny,1822 () 

@ on dorsum of various skates, Labrus and Rhombus maximus. 

Ireland, North sea, Mediterranean 

Johanssonia Selensky,1914 

* Egg coocons, probably belonging to this genus, have been found on pantopods 

in the North Sea 

J. arctica (L. Johansson,1898) 

= J. pantopodum Selensky,1914 

@ readily on a number of fish species, less readily on some others & not at all on still 

others 

* vector for Trypanosoma murmanensis . Egg cocoons on Chionectes opilio 

arctic Europe, NE America 

J. kolaensis Selensky,1914 () 

@ on Anarhichas 

Barents Sea 

Trachelobdella Diesing,1850 

T. lubrica (Grube,1840) 

= T. kolleri Diesing,1850 

= T. muelleri Diesing,1850 () 

= T. nigra Apathy,1888 

= T. rugosa Moore,1898 

@ on numerous teleost species 

?North Sea - W. Africa - Mediterranean

Calliobdella van Beneden & Hesse,1863 

C. lophii van Beneden & Hesse,1863 () 

@ ventro-laterally on Lophius piscatorium 

Bohuslän, Bergen, North Sea and Mediterranean 

C. nodulifera (Malm,1863) "Knutiga trindigeln" 

= Piscicola crassicaudata Malm,1863 "Tjocksvansade trindigeln" 

= Piscicola subfasciata Malm,1863 "Tvärbältiga trindigeln" 

= Piscicola gracilis Malm,1863 "Likskifviga trindigeln" 

@ externally on Melanogrammus , Gadus , Merlangius and other teleosts 

Skagerrak, Kattegatt, North Sea, Faeroes, Iceland 

C.? punctata van Beneden & Hesse,1863 

* vector for Trypanosoma cotti 

@ temporal on Taurulus bubalis & Blennius pholis 

Roscoff (Taurulus at Scilly Islands infected by Trypanosoma cotti ) 

C. striata van Beneden & Hesse,1863 

* Dubious species 

Bretagne 

Brumptiana Knight-Jones & Llewellyn,1984 

B. lineata Knight-Jones & Llewellyn,1984 () 

@ in mouth & nose of Raja microocellata 

Plymouth 

Piscicola de Blainville,1818 

* Sawyer, 1986 suspects findings of this genus in brackish water to 

be conspecific with "Calliobdella" punctata and Brumptiana lineata 

P. geometra (Linnaeus,1758) 

= Hirudo geometra Linnaeus,1758 () 

= Piscicola perspicax Olsson,1893 

= Piscicola lippa Olsson,1893 

@ on e.g. flounder and cottids and e.g. on Coregonus lavaretus 

Baltic-Öresund, Göta river estuary and Strömstad 

Janusion Leigh-Sharpe,1933 

J. scorpii (Malm,1863) (??) 

* Species inquierenda. Malm described only one species, Platybdella scorpii , 

using this specific name. Is J. scorpii a synonym of Malmiana scorpii , or is 

Leigh-Sharpe the author of J. scorpii ? 

@ on Myoxocephalus 

Plymouth 

Ganymedebdella Leigh-Sharpe,1915 

G. cratere Leigh-Sharpe,1915 () 

* Species inquierenda. 

@ on cloacal papilla of Callionymus lyra. 

Orkneys 

TUBIFICINA 

Naididae Lastochkin,1924 

Chaetogastrinae Sperber,1948 

Chaetogaster von Baer,1827 ( C. limnaei von Baer,1827)

* Chiefly with limnic distribution, but some species may also be found in brackish water 

(including the type species according to Brinkhurst,1982, but is this species reported from 

brackish water within Scandinavia?) 

C. langi Bretscher,1896 

Br. Isles, Baltic 

C. crystallinus Vejdovsky,1883 

Br. Isles 

C. diaphanus (Gruithuisen,1828) 

Tvärminne, Br. Isles 

Amphichaeta Tauber,1879 ( A. leydigii Tauber,1879) 

A. sannio Kallstenius,1892 

Koster Area, Firth of Forth, Netherlands 

Paranaidinae Sperber,1948 

Paranais Czerniavsky,1880 

P. litoralis (O.F. Müller,1784) 

= Nais litoralis O.F. Müller,1784 () 

Isefjord, Koster Area, W Denmark, Netherlands, Firth of Forth, Clyde & Tees estuaries, 

Iceland 

P. frici Hrabe,1941 

Tvärminne 

P. botniensis Sperber,1948 

Gulf of Bothnia 

Naidinae Lastochkin,1924 

Specaria Sperber,1939 

S. josinae (Vejdovsky,1883) 

= Nais josinae Vejdovsky,1883 () 

Tvärminne 

Uncinais Levinsen,1884 

U. uncinata (Örsted,1842) 

= Nais uncinata Örsted,1842 () 


Ophidonais Gervais,1838 

O. serpentina (O.F. Müller,1773) 

= Nais serpentina O.F. Müller,1773 () 

Tvärminne, Gulf of Finland 

Nais O.F. Müller,1773 

N. communis Piguet,1906 

=? N. elinguis O.F. Müller,1773 (p.p.) 

Tvärminne, Netherlands, Br. Isles 

N. variabilis Piguet,1906 

=? N. elinguis O.F. Müller,1773 (p.p.) 

Tvärminne, Netherlands, Br. Isles 

N. elinguis O.F. Müller,1773

Tvärminne, W Denmark, Netherlands, Br. Isles, Iceland 

N. barbata O.F. Müller,1773 () 

Tvärminne 

N. pardalis Piguet,1906 

Tvärminne 

Slavina Vejdovsky,1883 

S. appendiculata (d'Udekem,1855) 

= Nais appendiculata d'Udekem,1855 () 

Tvärminne 

Stylaria de Lamarck,1816 

S. lacustris (Linnaeus,1767) 

= Nereis lacustris Linnaeus,1767 () 

Gulf of Finland, Tvärminne, Br. Isles 

Dero Oken,1807 

D. obtusa d'Udekem,1855 

Tvärminne 

D. digitata (Müller,1773) 

= Nais digitata (coeca) O.F. Müller,1773 () 

Tvärminne 

Pristininae Lastochkin,1924 

Pristina Ehrenberg,1828 

P. longiseta Ehrenberg,1828 () 

Tvärminne 

Tubificidae Eisen,1885 

Tubificinae Eisen,1885 

Tubifex de Lamarck,1816 

T. tubifex (O.F. Müller,1774) 

= Lumbricus tubifex O.F. Müller,1774 () 

Tvärminne, W Denmark, Br. Isles 

T. nerthus Michaelsen,1908 


Heterochaeta Claparède,1863 

H. costata Claparède,1863 () 

= Tubifex costatus : Auctt. 

Isefjord, Hallands Väderö, Koster area, Br. Isles, Netherlands, Iceland 

Christerius Holmquist,1985 

C. litoralis (Erséus,1976) 

= Tubifex litoralis Erséus,1976 () 

Tromsø, Iceland 

Tubificoides Lastochkin,1937, emend. Erséus,1989 ( T. heterochaetus 

Lastochkin,1937 = T. swirenkowi Jaroschenko,1948, non T. heterochaetus 

(Michaelsen,1926))

= Peloscolex : Auctt., non Leidy,1851 

= Edukemius Holmquist,1978 (p.p.) ( Tubifex benedii Udekem,1855) 

* Brinkhurst,1982 consider Edukemius Holmquist possibly valid as subgenus. 

T. aculeatus (Cook,1970) 

NW Atlantic abyssal 

T. amplivasatus (Erséus,1975) 

Koster Area, Öresund, Br. Isles 

T. benedii (Udekem,1855) 

= Peloscolex benedeni : Auctt. 

= Edukemius benedii Holmquist,1978 

Isefjord, Koster area, Öresund, all around Br. Isles, Netherlands, Bergen, Roscoff, Iceland, 

"amphi-Atlantic" 

T. brownae Brinkhurst & Baker,1979 

= T. coatesae Brinkhurst & Baker,1979 

US Atlantic, "cosmopolitan" 

T. crenacoleus Baker,1983 

"circumpolar" 

T. cuspisetosus Baker,1983 

N Norway 

T. diazi Brinkhurst & Baker,1979 

= T. maureri Brinkhurst & Baker,1979 

US Atlantic, "cosmopolitan" 

T. fraseri Brinkhurst,1986 

"cosmopolitan" 

T. heterochaetus (Michaelsen,1926) 

Tvärminne, "amphi-Atlantic" 

T. insularis (Stephenson,1922) 

= Tubifex (Peloscolex) insularis Stephenson,1922 

* Brinkhurst,1985 removed this species from synonomy with T. benedii 

Scotland 

T. kozloffi Baker,1983 

Koster area, Bergen, Tromsö, Iceland, off N Alaska, Puget Sound 

T. pseudogaster (Dahl,1960) 

Koster Area, Firth of Forth, Clyde & Tees estuaries, "circumpolar" 

T. scoticus Brinkhurst,1985 

Scotland 

T. swirencoides Brinkhurst,1985 

?Scotland 

Limnodrilus Claparède,1862 

L. hoffmeisteri Claparède,1862 () 


L. udekemianus Claparède,1862 

Tvärminne 

L. profundicola (Verrill,1871) 

Tvärminne

Isochaetides Hrabe,1966 (??) 

I. michaelseni (Lastochkin,1937) 

Br. Isles 

Clitellio de Savigny,1822 

C. arenarius (O.F. Müller,1776) 

= Lumbricus arenarius O.F. Müller,1776 () 

Göteborg, Koster Area, W Denmark, Netherlands, Br. Isles, Iceland 

Psammoryctides Hrabe,1964 (??) 

P. albicola (Michaelsen,1901) 

Tvärminne 

P. barbatus (Grube,1861) 

= Saenuris barbata Grube,1861 () 

Tvärminne, Gulf of Finland, W Denmark 

Potamothrix Vejdovsky & Mrazek,1902 ( P. moldaviensis V. & M.,1902) 

= Ilyodrilus : Auctt., non Eisen,1879 

= Euilyodrilus Brinkhurst, 1962-63 

P. hammoniensis (Michaelsen,1901) 

Tvärminne, Gulf of Finland, Denmark 

P. bavaricus (Öschman,1913) 

Tvärminne 

P. heuscheri (Bretscher,1900) 

Tvärminne 

Spirosperma Eisen,1879 

S. ferox Eisen,1879 () 

= Peloscolex ferox (Eisen,1879) : Auctt. 


Aulodrilinae Brinkhurst & Jamieson,1971 

= Limnodriloidinae 

Aulodrilus Bretscher,1899 ( A. limnobius Bretscher,1899) 

A. pigueti Kowalewski,1914 

Tvärminne 

Limnodriloides Pierantoni,1904 ( L. appendiculatus Pierantoni,1904) 

L. agnes Hrabe,1967 

Canaries, Mediterranean, Black Sea 

L. scandinavicus Erséus,1982 

Koster area, Öresund 

L. winkelmanni Michaelsen,1914 

?Scandinavia 

Phallodrilinae Brinkhurst & Jamieson,1971 

= Nootkadrilinae Finogenova,1986 

Phallodrilus Pierantoni,1902 

P. parthenopaeus Pierantoni,1902 ()

Scotland (Outer Hebrides), Mediterranean 

Gianius Erséus,1992 

G. aquaedulcis (Hrabe,1960) 

= Phallodrilus aquaedulcis Hrabe,1960 () 

Weser Estuary 

Paractedrilus Erséus,1992 

P. bakeri (Kossmagk-Stephan & Erséus,1985) 

= Phallodrilus bakeri Kossmagk-Stephan & Erséus,1985 () 

German & Danish Baltic 

Inermidrilus Erséus,1992 

I. georgei (Erséus,1987) 

= Phallodrilus georgei Erséus,1987 ( - Outer Hebrides) 

Hebrides 

Thalassodrilus Brinkhurst,1963 

T. prostatus (Knöllner,1935) 

= Rhyacodrilus prostatus Knöllner,1935 () 

= Phallodrilus prostatus (Knöllner,1935) 

= Limnodriloides prostatus : Auctt. 

Tvärminne, Göteborg, Koster Area, Netherlands 

T. klarae (Erséus,1987) 

= Phallodrilus klarae Erséus,1987 

Belgium 

T. firmus (Erséus,1979) 

= Phallodrilus firmus Erséus,1979 

Iceland 

Pectinodrilus Erséus,1992 

P. rectisetosus (Erséus,1979) 

= Phallodrilus rectisetosus Erséus,1979 () 

Biscay, Mediterranean, Bermudas 

Pirodrilus Erséus,1992 

P. minutus (Hrabe,1973) 

= Phallodrilus minutus Hrabe,1973 () 

Sylt, Helgoland (littoral) 

Mexidrilus Erséus,1992 ( Phallodrilus constrictus Erséus,1988 - Gulf of Mexico) 

M. postspermathecatus (Erséus,1980) 

= Phallodrilus postspermathecatus Erséus,1980 

Bergen 

M. nidarosiensis (Erséus,1987) 

= Phallodrilus nidarosiensis Erséus,1987 

Trondheimsfjord 

M. minutissiumus (Erséus,1987) 

= Phallodrilus minutissimus Erséus,1987 


Abyssidrilus Erséus,1992

A. profundus (Cook,1970) Erséus,1992 

= Phallodrilus profundus Cook,1970 () 

off W Scotland & W France (1800-3753m), off NE America 

Aktedrilus Knöllner,1935 

= Bacescuella Hrabe,1973 

A. monospermathecus Knöllner,1935 () 

Koster Area, Br. Isles, Netherlands 

A. arcticus (Erséus,1975) 

= Bacescuella arctica Erséus,1975 

Koster Area, Br. Isles 

A. curvipenis Erséus,1980 

Arcachon (littoral) 

A. sphaeropenis Erséus & Kossmagk-Stephan,1982 

Sylt 

A. parvithecatus (Erséus,1978) 

= Bacescuella parvithecata Erséus,1978 

W France, Bermudas 

Spiridion Knöllner,1935 

= Rhizodriloides Juget,1987 

S. insigne Knöllner,1935 () 

Kieler Bucht, Br. Isles 

S. modricensis (Hrabe,1973) 

= Thalassodrilus modricensis Hrabe,1973 

Baltic (Öland), Koster area (in brackish water), Adriatic 

S. scrobicularae Lastockin,1937 

* Species inquirenda. May possibly be a junior synonym of Thalassodrilus prostatus 

(Knöllner,1935) 

Gulf of Finland 

Bathydrilus Cook,1970 ( B. assymetricus Cook,1970) 

= Macroseta Erséus,1975 

B. adriaticus (Hrabe,1971) 

?NE Atlantic, Mediterranean 

B. atlanticus Erséus,1979 

off NW Hebrides (1800 m) 

B graciliatriatus Erséus,1979 

NE Atlantic (deep water) 

B. rarisetis (Erséus,1975) 

= Macroseta rarisetis Erséus,1975 

Bergen in 40-80m 

B. parvitheca Erséus,1978 

Arcachon in 0.2-1m 

Adelodrilus Cook,1969 ( A. anisosetosus Cook,1969) 

A. pusillus Erséus,1978 

Koster Area 

A. cooki Erséus,1978


Rhyacodrilinae Hrabe,1963 

* Paraphyletic family. 

Monopylephorus Levinsen,1884 

M. rubroniveus Levinsen,1884 () 

= Vermiculus pilosus Goodrich,1892 

Koster Area, W Denmark 

M. parvus Ditlevsen,1904 

Br. Isles 

M. irroratus (Verrill,1873) 

Br. Isles 

Rhyacodrilus Bretscher,1901 ( R. falciformis Bretscher,1901) 

R. coccineus (Vejdovsky,1875) 

Tvärminne 

ENCHYTRAEIDA 

Enchytraeidae 

Achaeta Vejdovsky,1877 ( A. eiseni Vejdovsky,1877?) 

A. littoralis Lasserre,1968 

Arcachon, upper littoral, Br. Isles 

Cernosvitoviella Nielsen & Christensen,1959 ( Marionina atrata Bretscher) 

C. immota (Knöllner,1935) 

Ireland, Anglesey, Sjælland 

Cognettia Nielsen & Christensen,1959 

* A limnic or wet soil genus with a few species, e.g. C. glandulosa (Michaelsen,1888) 

and C. sphagnetorum (Veydovsky,1877) () in N Europe, which may tolerate weak 

brackish circumstanses. 

Enchytraeus Henle,1837 

E. albidus Henle,1837 () 

* In decaying seaweed 

Isefjord, Koster Area, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Iceland 

E. buchholzi Vejdovsky,1879 

Isefjord, Bohuslän (Kiddön, in dung), Ireland 

E. capitatus von Bülow,1957 emend. Nielsen & Christensen,1959 

Isefjord, Br. Isles, Ireland, Netherlands 

E. minutus Nielsen & Christensen,1961 

N Wales 

E. lacteus Nielsen & Christensen,1961 

Isefjord 

E. liefdeensis Stephenson,1924 

* Not European according to Nielsen & Christensen,1961, but listed by Brinkhurst,1982 

as if awaited in Britain 

?

Fridericia Michaelsen,1889 

* A soil living genus with several N. European species. Some of them may perhaps be 

found also in brackish shore habitats: e.g. F. bulbosa (Rosa,1887) & F. bulboides 

Nielsen & Christensen,1961 are known from Scandinavia, F. callosa (Eisen,1878), F. 

perrieri (Vejdovsky,1877), F. striata (Levinsen,1884) may be found in Scandinavia & 

Br. Isles, F. paroniana Issel,1904 & F. ratzeli (Eisen,1872), are known from Br. Isles. 

Grania Southern,1913 

G. macrochaeta pusilla Erséus,1974 

Koster Area, Bergen, Br. Isles 

G. maricola Southern,1913 () 

Bergen, Ireland 

G. ovitheca Erséus,1977 

Koster area, Trondheimsfjord, Br. Isles 

G. postclitellochaeta postclitellochaeta (Knöllner,1935) 

Koster Area, Kieler Bucht, Bergen, Br. Isles 

G. roscoffensis Lasserre,1967 

Koster area, Roscoff, Br. Isles 

G. variochaeta Erséus & Lasserre,1976 

Koster Area, Bergen 

Hemifridericia Nielsen & Christensen,1959 

* A small monotypical? genus with a terresrial species, H. parva Nielsen & 

Christensen,1959, known from Denmark & Netherlands in somewhat wet habitats, maybe 

also sea shore pastures. 

Henlea Michaelsen,1889 

* This genus is not marine, but some species, e.g. H. ventriculosa (Udekem,1854), H. 

nasuta (Eisen,1878), & H. perpusilla Friend,1911, augm. Cernosvitov,1937 may be 

found also in N European sea shore habitats. 

Lumbricillus Örsted,1844 

L. algensis Erséus,1977 

Koster Area 

L. arenarius (Michaelsen,1888) 

= L. magdalenae Nurminen,1970 

* 10-18 mm; reddish 

Isefjord, N Wales, Ireland 

L. buelowi Nielsen & Christensen,1959 

= L. nielseni (Nurminen,1965) 

* 10-18 mm; reddish 

Isefjord, N Wales, Ireland 

L. christenseni Tynen,1966 

*

L. fennicus Nurminen,1964 


L. helgolandicus (Michaelsen,1934) 

* 10-18 mm; white 

Isefjord, N Wales, Helgoland 

L. kaloensis Nielsen & Christensen,1959 

* 10-18 mm; white, or slightly reddish 

Sjælland, N Wales, Ireland 

L. knoellneri Nielsen & Christensen,1959 

= L. cervisiae Kossmagk-Stephan,1983 

*

L. viridis (Stephenson,1911) 

= L. imakus Nurminen,1970 

* 20-35 mm; green 

Isefjord, Koster Area, Scotland, N Wales, Ireland, Iceland 

Marionina Michaelsen,1889 ( Pachydrilus georgianus Michaelsen) 

M. achaeta (Hagen,1951) 

Schleswig-Holstein, subterraneous, North Sea shores, Br. Isles, France 

M. appendiculata Nielsen & Christensen,1959 

Sjælland, N Wales, SE Ireland, on exposed rocky shores 

M. arenaria Healy,1979 

Ireland 

M. argentea (Michaelsen,1889) 

Sjælland, Br. Isles 

M. communis Nielsen & Christensen,1959 

Br. Isles 

M. glandulifera (Jansson,1961) 

= Michaelsena glandulifera Jansson,1961 

Baltic 

M. graefei Kossmagk-Stephan,1983 

Sylt 

M. oligosetosa Kossmagk-Stephan,1983 

Sylt 

M. preclitellochaeta Nielsen & Christensen,1963 

Baltic, Tylösand, SE Ireland 

M. sjaelandica Nielsen & Christensen,1961 

Sjælland (e.g. Isefjord), in rottening seaweed, N Wales 

M. southerni (Cernosvitov,1937) 

Isefjord, Koster Area, SW Scotland, N Wales, Netherlands 

M. spicula (Leuckart,1847) 

Isefjord, Koster Area, N Wales, Netherlands, Iceland 

M. sublitoralis Erséus,1976 

Koster Area 

M. subterranea (Knöllner,1935) 

Koster Area, N Wales, Netherlands 

Mesenchytraeus Eisen,1878 

= Analychus Levinsen,1883 

M. armatus (Levinsen,1883) 

= Analychus armatus Levinsen,1883 ( of Analychus Levinsen,1883) 

* Widely distributed in terrestril humid habitats, including sea shores 

Baltic shores, Ireland 

Randidrilus Coates & Erséus,1985 

R. westheidei (Kossmagk-Stephan,1983) 

= Lumbricillus westheidei Kossmagk-Stephan,1983 

Sylt

LUMBRICIDA 

* Correct taxon niveau? These are the terrestrial earthworms, with no marine species. 

They (only Swedish species) are included here for special reasons. 

Lumbricidae Rafinesque-Schmaltz,1815 

Allolobophora Eisen,1873 

A. chlorotica (de Savigny,1826) " Grön daggmask" 

Sweden 

Aporrectodea Örley,1885 

A. caliginosa (de Savigny,1826) "Åkerdaggmask" 

= A. tuberculata (Eisen,1874) 

Sweden 

A. rosea (de Savigny,1826) "Rosa daggmask" 

Sweden 

A. longa (Ude,1885) "Lång daggmask" 

Sweden 

A. limicola (Michaelsen,1890) 

Sweden 

A. icterica (de Savigny,1826) 

Denmark 

Dendrobaena Eisen,1873 

D. octaedra (de Savigny,1826) "Råhumusmask" 

Sweden, Norway 

D. attemsi (Michaelsen,1902) 

Shore of Säveån 

Dendrodrilus Omodeo,1956 

D. rubidus (de Savigny,1826) "Liten dyngmask" 

= Allolobophora norvegica Eisen,1874 

= Allolobophora tenuis Eisen,1874 

= Allolobophora subrubicunda Eisen,1874 


Eisenia Malm,1877 

E. fetida (de Savigny,1826) "Dyngmask" 

Sweden 

E. andrei Bouché,1972 

= E. unicolor Øien & Stenerson,1984 

Norway 

E. hortensis (Michaelsen,1890) 

Uppland 

E. fasciata Backlund,1948 

Skåne 

Eiseniella Michaelsen,1900 

E. tetraedra (de Savigny,1826) "Sumpdaggmask"


Lumbricus Linnaeus,1758 

L. castaneus (de Savigny,1826) "Liten lövmask" 

Sweden 

L. festivus (de Savigny,1826) "Sydlig lövmask" 

SW Sweden, Denmark 

L. rubellus Hoffmeister,1843 "Stor lövmask" 


L. terrestris Linnaeus,1758 "Stor daggmask" 


L. eiseni Levinsen,1884 

Skåne 

L. meliboeus Rosa,1884 

Sarek, W Norway 

Octolasion Örley,1885 

O. cyaneum (de Savigny,1826) "Blå daggmask" 

SE Sweden 

O. lacteum (Örley,1881) "Gråskär daggmask" 

= O. tyrtaeum (de Savigny,1826) lacteum (Örley,1881) 

Sweden 

Satchellius Gates,1975 

S. mammalis (de Savigny,1826) 

Norway 

LUMBRICULATA Jamieson,1988 

LUMBRICULINA 

Lumbriculidae 

Lumbriculus Grube,1844 

L. variegatus variegatus (O.F. Müller,1774) 

= Lumbricus variegatus O.F. Müller,1774 () 

Tvärminne 

Stylodrilus Claparède,1862 

S. heringianus Claparède,1862 () 

Tvärminne 

Rhynchelmis Hoffmeister,1843 

R. limosella Hoffmeister,1843 () 

Tvärminne 

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