WoRMS name details
Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884
339116 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339116)
uncertain > nomen dubium (permanently unavailable unreplaced junior primary homonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Henry E. 1884. Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 305-327, incl. plates 7-12 in text, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7725366 [details]
Type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda
type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda [details]
Homonymy Nereis gracilis Hansen, 1882 is a senior primary homonym to Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884. Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884,...
Homonymy Nereis gracilis Hansen, 1882 is a senior primary homonym to Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884. Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884, and any subsequent combinations of Webster's name are unavailable names as primary junior homonyms cannot be used without renaming. Thus Ceratonereis gracilis (Webster, 1884) is an unavailable name, despite a recent usage as 'reinstated' name by Conde-Vela (2021: 309) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339116 on 2024-04-16
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original description
Webster, Henry E. 1884. Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 305-327, incl. plates 7-12 in text, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7725366 [details]
source of synonymy Perkins, Thomas H. (1980). Review of the species previously referred to Ceratonereis mirabilis, and descriptions of new species of Ceratonereis, Nephtys, and Goniada (Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(1): 1-49., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557771
page(s): 4; note: listed in the synonymy of Ceratonereis mirabilis, although Perkins (1980: 4) also flags that Nereis gracilis Webster (1884) is a junior homonym [details] Available for editors
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status source 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.
page(s): 260; note: checklist listing as a synonym of Ceratonereis mirabilis. There is no mention of homonymy [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Perkins, Thomas H. (1980). Review of the species previously referred to Ceratonereis mirabilis, and descriptions of new species of Ceratonereis, Nephtys, and Goniada (Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(1): 1-49., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557771
page(s): 4; note: listed in the synonymy of Ceratonereis mirabilis, although Perkins (1980: 4) also flags that Nereis gracilis Webster (1884) is a junior homonym [details] Available for editors
[request] status source 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.
page(s): 260; note: checklist listing as a synonym of Ceratonereis mirabilis. There is no mention of homonymy [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Nereis gracilis Hansen, 1882 is a senior primary homonym to Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884. Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884, and any subsequent combinations of Webster's name are unavailable names as primary junior homonyms cannot be used without renaming. Thus Ceratonereis gracilis (Webster, 1884) is an unavailable name, despite a recent usage as 'reinstated' name by Conde-Vela (2021: 309) [details]From other sources
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda [details]
