Alitta succinea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Family: | Nereididae |
Genus: | Alitta |
Species: | A. succinea
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Binomial name | |
Alitta succinea |
Alitta succinea (known as the pile worm, clam worm or cinder worm)[2] is a species of marine annelid in the family Nereididae (commonly known as ragworms or sandworms).[3] It has been recorded throughout the North West Atlantic, as well as in the Gulf of Maine and South Africa.[1]