WoRMS name details
Nais [auctt. not Nais Müller, 1774]
155345 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155345)
uncertain > nomen dubium (misapplication of Nais Müller, 1774 for Polychaeta)
Genus
- Species Nais clavicornis Sars, 1835 accepted as Macrochaeta clavicornis (M. Sars, 1835) (superseded original combination)
- Species Nais picta Dujardin, 1839 accepted as Polyophthalmus pictus (Dujardin, 1839) (superseded original combination)
- Species Nais quadricuspida Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Naineris quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780) (basionym)
- Species Nais equisetina Duges, 1837 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable opheliid)
- Species Nais horatiis Delle Chiaje, 1827 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable, no figure [as N. de Horatiis])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Nomenclature The Hartman catalogue record (1959 p.431) probably influenced any recent usages of "Nais Dujardin, 1839", which was the...
Taxonomy Dujardin (1838, 1839) introduced the polychaete Nais picta, but Nais is a clitellate genus. Nais picta Dujardin is clearly...
Taxonomy Brinkhurst & Jamieson (1971:343) placed the following Nais names (Oligochaeta: Naididae) as nomina dubia, probably...
Nomenclature The Hartman catalogue record (1959 p.431) probably influenced any recent usages of "Nais Dujardin, 1839", which was the format of the record as it appeared in WoRMS previous to updating [in May 2015], although it will also appear in older works where the authors probably meant sensu Dujardin. There was no such taxon name. Nais Müller, 1774 is the genus (in Annelida: Clitellata). [details]
Taxonomy Dujardin (1838, 1839) introduced the polychaete Nais picta, but Nais is a clitellate genus. Nais picta Dujardin is clearly...
Taxonomy Dujardin (1838, 1839) introduced the polychaete Nais picta, but Nais is a clitellate genus. Nais picta Dujardin is clearly an opheliid. [details]
Taxonomy Brinkhurst & Jamieson (1971:343) placed the following Nais names (Oligochaeta: Naididae) as nomina dubia, probably...
Taxonomy Brinkhurst & Jamieson (1971:343) placed the following Nais names (Oligochaeta: Naididae) as nomina dubia, probably Polychaeta:
Nais quadricuspida Fabricius, 1780
Nais marina Fabricius, 1780
Nais aequisetina Duges, 1837 [sic, for N. equisetina]
Nais picta Dujardin, 1839
Nais Carolina Blanchard, (Gay, 1849)
Nais auricularia Bosc, 1802
Nais bipunctata Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais coccinea Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais de Horatiis Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais equisetina Duges, 1837 is originally illustrated with a rudimentary figure that is likely to be of an ophelid, with posterior cirri. The three Delle Chiaje, 1827 taxa have brief latin diagnoses and no figures, thus will be indeterminable unless original material exists.
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Nais quadricuspida Fabricius, 1780
Nais marina Fabricius, 1780
Nais aequisetina Duges, 1837 [sic, for N. equisetina]
Nais picta Dujardin, 1839
Nais Carolina Blanchard, (Gay, 1849)
Nais auricularia Bosc, 1802
Nais bipunctata Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais coccinea Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais de Horatiis Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais equisetina Duges, 1837 is originally illustrated with a rudimentary figure that is likely to be of an ophelid, with posterior cirri. The three Delle Chiaje, 1827 taxa have brief latin diagnoses and no figures, thus will be indeterminable unless original material exists.
[details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nais [auctt. not Nais Müller, 1774]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155345 on 2024-04-26
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basis of record
Dujardin, F. (1839). Observations sur quelques Annélides marines. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris.</em> 11: 287-294, plate 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13394437
page(s): 293; note: Dujardin was adding a species to Nais Müller, 1774. But it was an opheliid polychaete [details]
additional 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): 431; note: Incorrectly as Nais Dujardin, 1839 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
page(s): 293; note: Dujardin was adding a species to Nais Müller, 1774. But it was an opheliid polychaete [details]
additional 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): 431; note: Incorrectly as Nais Dujardin, 1839 [details] Available for editors
[request] source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment The taxa recorded under this record are here as a result of past cataloguing treatments when the database did not include Nais the clitellate, and could be transferred to be included under the valid record for Nais in Clitellata. However, it may be useful to retain this record as it explains in one place the appearance of taxa described in genus Nais which are likely Polychaeta instances [G Read, Oct 2019]. [details]Nomenclature The Hartman catalogue record (1959 p.431) probably influenced any recent usages of "Nais Dujardin, 1839", which was the format of the record as it appeared in WoRMS previous to updating [in May 2015], although it will also appear in older works where the authors probably meant sensu Dujardin. There was no such taxon name. Nais Müller, 1774 is the genus (in Annelida: Clitellata). [details]
Taxonomy Dujardin (1838, 1839) introduced the polychaete Nais picta, but Nais is a clitellate genus. Nais picta Dujardin is clearly an opheliid. [details]
Taxonomy Brinkhurst & Jamieson (1971:343) placed the following Nais names (Oligochaeta: Naididae) as nomina dubia, probably Polychaeta:
Nais quadricuspida Fabricius, 1780
Nais marina Fabricius, 1780
Nais aequisetina Duges, 1837 [sic, for N. equisetina]
Nais picta Dujardin, 1839
Nais Carolina Blanchard, (Gay, 1849)
Nais auricularia Bosc, 1802
Nais bipunctata Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais coccinea Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais de Horatiis Delle Chiaje, 1827
Nais equisetina Duges, 1837 is originally illustrated with a rudimentary figure that is likely to be of an ophelid, with posterior cirri. The three Delle Chiaje, 1827 taxa have brief latin diagnoses and no figures, thus will be indeterminable unless original material exists.
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