WoRMS name details
Nereis contorta Dalyell, 1853
329627 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329627)
uncertain > nomen dubium (Indeterminable spionid, not a nereidid)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dalyell, J.G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator displayed in the Creation: or, observations on life amidst the various forms of the humbler tribes of animated nature with practical comments and illustrations. <em>van Voorst, London.</em> 2 pp.359. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 156-157, plate XX figs. 19-20 [details]
page(s): 156-157, plate XX figs. 19-20 [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Scotland unspecified, but perhaps the coast...
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Scotland unspecified, but perhaps the coast near Edinburgh where Dalyell lived at times [details]
Status Dalyell's figure (plate XX figure 19) shows what looks like the spirally curved body of a spionid with a pair of long...
Status Dalyell's figure (plate XX figure 19) shows what looks like the spirally curved body of a spionid with a pair of long tentacles. Both Johnston (1865: 202) and McIntosh (1915: 196) suggested Nereis contorta was a Polydora-group spionid. However, either it does not have chaetiger 5 spines or Dalyell failed to detect them. Nereis contorta is likely a spionid and definitely not a nereidid. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis contorta Dalyell, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329627 on 2024-04-19
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Dalyell, J.G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator displayed in the Creation: or, observations on life amidst the various forms of the humbler tribes of animated nature with practical comments and illustrations. <em>van Voorst, London.</em> 2 pp.359. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 156-157, plate XX figs. 19-20 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 156-157, plate XX figs. 19-20 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Dalyell's figure (plate XX figure 19) shows what looks like the spirally curved body of a spionid with a pair of long tentacles. Both Johnston (1865: 202) and McIntosh (1915: 196) suggested Nereis contorta was a Polydora-group spionid. However, either it does not have chaetiger 5 spines or Dalyell failed to detect them. Nereis contorta is likely a spionid and definitely not a nereidid. [details]Type locality Scotland unspecified, but perhaps the coast near Edinburgh where Dalyell lived at times [details]
