Phylum Annelida Lamarck, 1809 - segmented worms
Class Polychaeta Grube, 1850 - polychaetes
Order Phyllodocida Dales, 1962
Superfamily Aphroditoidea Malmgren, 1867
Family Polynoidae Kinberg, 1856
Subfamily Polynoinae (Kinberg, 1856) Darboux, 1899
Genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1855
Subgenus Leucia Malmgren, 1867
Harmothoe (Leucia) nivea (Sars, 1863)