| Alitta | |
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| Alitta virens, also known as the king ragworm | |
| Alitta succinea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Subclass: | Aciculata |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Suborder: | Nereidiformia |
| Family: | Nereididae |
| Subfamily: | Nereinae |
| Genus: | Alitta Bakken & Wilson, 2005[1] |
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Alitta is a genus of marine annelids in Nereididae family (commonly known as sandworms or ragworms). There are three recognised species within the genus, Alitta grandis (Stimpson, 1853), Alitta succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) and Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835).[1] Alitta brandti Malmgren, 1865 was originally considered part of the genus, but is now accepted as Neanthes brandti (Malmgren, 1865).[1]