WoRMS taxon details

Nereis ovarius Read, 1980

329713  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329713)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Read, Geoffrey B. (1980). A new species of Nereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Wellington, New Zealand, Rock Shores. <i>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i>. 10(2): 185-193., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1980.10427174 [details]   
Holotype  MONZ NZNM ZWl104, verbatimGeounit Island Bay,...  
Holotype MONZ NZNM ZWl104, verbatimGeounit Island Bay, Wellingt... [details]
Note Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand, opposite...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand, opposite University Marine Laboratory, 41°21.0' S, 174°45.9' E (-41.35 174.765). [details]
Etymology Author: "The species name, from Latin ovarius, an egg keeper (who took charge of new-laid eggs), refers to the behaviour of...  
Etymology Author: "The species name, from Latin ovarius, an egg keeper (who took charge of new-laid eggs), refers to the behaviour of the female in transporting the eggs and protecting the embryos." Not stated but 'ovarius', a masculine noun, must be a noun in apposition, with ending unchanging for gender of genus. Nereis is feminine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis ovarius Read, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329713 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed

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original description Read, Geoffrey B. (1980). A new species of Nereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Wellington, New Zealand, Rock Shores. <i>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i>. 10(2): 185-193., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1980.10427174 [details]   

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MONZ NZNM ZWl104, verbatimGeounit Island Bay, Wellingt... [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Author: "The species name, from Latin ovarius, an egg keeper (who took charge of new-laid eggs), refers to the behaviour of the female in transporting the eggs and protecting the embryos." Not stated but 'ovarius', a masculine noun, must be a noun in apposition, with ending unchanging for gender of genus. Nereis is feminine. [details]

Type locality Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand, opposite University Marine Laboratory, 41°21.0' S, 174°45.9' E (-41.35 174.765). [details]