Neanthes virens Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist Faulwetter, Sarah Simboura, Nomiki Katsiaras, Nikolaos Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos Arvanitidis, Christos Biodiversity Data Journal 2017 5 20997 20997 BSN7 880429 M. Sars, 1835 M. Sars 1835 Polychaeta Nereididae Alitta CoL Animalia Alitta virens Phyllodocida 0 20997 Annelida species virens   Neanthes virens(M. Sars, 1835)  Notes Questionable status. Species complex. In the Mediterranean only reported from Greece ( Christomanos and Giannitsis 1962). Distributed in the North Atlantic and North Pacific and comprising at least two cryptic species with genetic and morphological differences in these two areas ( Carr et al. 2011).