WoRMS name details
Nicon peruviana Berkeley & Berkeley, 1964
329818 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329818)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (to Platynereis [fide Pettibone, 1971])
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1964. Notes on some pelagic and some swarming polychaeta taken off the coast of Peru. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 42: 121-133., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z64-012 [details]
Type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, off Peru
type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, off Peru [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nicon peruviana Berkeley & Berkeley, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329818 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1964. Notes on some pelagic and some swarming polychaeta taken off the coast of Peru. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 42: 121-133., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z64-012 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Revision of some species referred to <i>Leptonereis</i>, <i>Nicon</i>, and <i>Laeonereis</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 104: 1-53., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5689
page(s): 48; note: to Platynereis as Platynereis sp. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 48; note: to Platynereis as Platynereis sp. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination Although Pettibone referred Nicon peruviana to Platynereis based on the paragnaths of the epitoke, she did not make a new combination, but instead treated it as "Platynereis sp." Therefore there is no usage enabling an entry under Platynereis in WoRMS. [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Type locality Pacific Ocean, off Peru [details]
