Alitta

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]

Alitta
Alitta virens, also known as the king ragworm
Alitta succinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Nereididae
Subfamily:	Nereidinae
Genus:	Alitta Bakken & Wilson, 2005[1]
Species
Alitta grandis (Stimpson, 1853) Alitta succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835)