MSBIAS taxon details
Eulalia Savigny, 1822
129445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129445)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Eulalia (Eumida)
- Species Eulalia aurea Gravier, 1896
- Species Eulalia bilineata (Johnston, 1840)
- Species Eulalia brunnea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1963)
- Species Eulalia clavigera (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
- Species Eulalia expusilla Pleijel, 1987
- Species Eulalia hanssoni Pleijel, 1987
- Species Eulalia microoculata Pleijel, 1987
- Species Eulalia mustela Pleijel, 1987
- Species Eulalia ornata Saint-Joseph, 1888
- Species Eulalia tjalfiensis Ditlevsen, 1917
- Species Eulalia tripunctata McIntosh, 1874
- Species Eulalia venusta de Saint Joseph, 1888
- Species Eulalia viridis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Eulalia fuscescens Saint-Joseph, 1888 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Eulalia trilineata de Saint-Joseph, 1888 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subgenus Eulalia (Pterocirrus) Claparède, 1868 accepted as Pterocirrus Claparède, 1868 (raised to genus rank)
- Species Eulalia (Pterocirrus) microcephala Claparède, 1870 (uncertain > nomen dubium, type lost, description inadequate)
- Species Eulalia minuta (Grube, 1860) accepted as Eumida minuta (Grube, 1880) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Eulalia splendens Saint-Joseph, 1888 accepted as Eumida punctifera (Grube, 1860) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 45; note: As a new genus name for Nereis viridis & Nereis maculata [details]
page(s): 45; note: As a new genus name for Nereis viridis & Nereis maculata [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Eulalia Savigny, 1822. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129445 on 2026-03-27
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Eulalia Savigny, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129445 on 2026-03-27
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Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 45; note: As a new genus name for Nereis viridis & Nereis maculata [details]
taxonomy source Bergström, Erik. (1914). Zur Systematik der Polychætenfamilie der Phyllodociden. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 3: 37-224, plates I-V., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924250
page(s): 123 [details]
taxonomy source Teixeira, M. A. L.; Vieira, P. E.; Fenwick, D.; Langeneck, J.; Pleijel, F.; Sampieri, B. R.; Hernández, J. C.; Ravara, A.; Costa, F. O.; Nygren, A. (2023). Revealing the diversity of the green Eulalia (Annelida, Phyllodocidae) species complex along the European coast, with description of three new species. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00597-1
note: Revision of Eulalia clavigera/viridis species complex and key to European species [details] Available for editors
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
subsequent type designation Bergström, Erik. (1914). Zur Systematik der Polychætenfamilie der Phyllodociden. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 3: 37-224, plates I-V., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924250
page(s): 76; note: Nereis viridis Linnaeus, 1767 as type species [details]
page(s): 45; note: As a new genus name for Nereis viridis & Nereis maculata [details]
taxonomy source Bergström, Erik. (1914). Zur Systematik der Polychætenfamilie der Phyllodociden. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 3: 37-224, plates I-V., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924250
page(s): 123 [details]
taxonomy source Teixeira, M. A. L.; Vieira, P. E.; Fenwick, D.; Langeneck, J.; Pleijel, F.; Sampieri, B. R.; Hernández, J. C.; Ravara, A.; Costa, F. O.; Nygren, A. (2023). Revealing the diversity of the green Eulalia (Annelida, Phyllodocidae) species complex along the European coast, with description of three new species. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00597-1
note: Revision of Eulalia clavigera/viridis species complex and key to European species [details] Available for editors
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part one of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(1): 51-110, plates VIII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339323
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
subsequent type designation Bergström, Erik. (1914). Zur Systematik der Polychætenfamilie der Phyllodociden. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 3: 37-224, plates I-V., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924250
page(s): 76; note: Nereis viridis Linnaeus, 1767 as type species [details]
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