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Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758

130404  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130404)

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Species
Heteronereis arctica Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Heteronereis assimilis Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Heteronereis grandifolia (Rathke, 1843) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Heteronereis migratoria Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereilepas fusca Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis (Lycoris) pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded recombination with...)  
superseded recombination with disused subgenus
Nereis (Nereis) pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (disused nominal subgenus)
Nereis bowerbanckii Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis delagica [auct. misspelling for pelagica] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (lapsus in the Gmelin edited 13th...)  
lapsus in the Gmelin edited 13th Systema Naturae
Nereis denticulata Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis ferruginea Gunnerus, 1770 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis fimbriata Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis fulgens Dalyell, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis grandifolia Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis renalis Johnston, 1840 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis reynaudi Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis subulicola Leach in Johnston, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis verrucosa Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Subspecies Nereis pelagica largoensis Treadwell, 1931
  2. Subspecies Nereis pelagica neonigripes Hartman, 1936
  3. Subspecies Nereis pelagica lunulata Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Nereis lunulata Ehlers, 1901 (superseded original combination; rank upgraded to species)
  4. Subspecies Nereis pelagica multignatha Imajima & Hartman, 1964 accepted as Nereis multignatha Imajima & Hartman, 1964 (superseded original combination)
  5. Subspecies Nereis pelagica occidentalis Hartman, 1945 accepted as Nereis occidentalis Hartman, 1945 (superseded original combination; rank upgraded to species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Nereis delagica [auct. misspelling for pelagica]) Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Cura J.F. Gmelin. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae.</em> 1(5-6):2225-3909., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2896589 [details] 
Holotype , geounit West Europe  
Holotype, geounit West Europe [details]
Distribution Arctic to Florida  
Distribution Arctic to Florida [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130404 on 2024-11-14
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Nereis delagica [auct. misspelling for pelagica]) Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Cura J.F. Gmelin. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae.</em> 1(5-6):2225-3909., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2896589 [details] 

original description (of Nereis subulicola Leach in Johnston, 1865) Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nereis verrucosa Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Heteronereis arctica Örsted, 1843) Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13597198 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Heteronereis assimilis Örsted, 1843) Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13597198 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Heteronereis migratoria Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nereilepas fusca Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849 [details] 

original description (of Nereis bowerbanckii Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nereis denticulata Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nereis ferruginea Gunnerus, 1770) Gunnerus, J. E. (1770). Nogle smaa rare og meestendeelen nye Norske Seedry. <em>Skrifter som udi det Kiobenhavnske Selskab.</em> 10 : 166-176., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47578148
page(s): 169, figure 10 (unnumbered plate); note: Norway [details] 

original description (of Nereis fimbriata Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nereis fulgens Dalyell, 1853) 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. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 153-154, plate XXII figs. 6-8 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nereis grandifolia Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264c., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 155-158, plate VII figs. 13-14 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nereis renalis Johnston, 1840) Johnston, G. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica. [Continued from vol. iv. p. 375.] Contributions towards a history of Irish Annelids (1). <em>Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology.</em> 5: 168-179, 9 text-figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020
page(s): 176-178, fig. 8 [details] 

original description (of Nereis reynaudi Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (HKRMS) Wang, J. J. & Huang, Z. G. (1994). Fouling polychaetes of Hong Kong and adjacent waters. In Asian Marine Biology 10 (ed. Morton, B.), PP1-12. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details] 

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [details] 

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264c., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 158-161, plate VIII figs. 1-3 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. <em>Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162 [details] 

additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1914). Annélides polychètes non-pélagiques provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice (1885-1910). <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> 46: 1-432, 31 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2117722 [details] 

additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details] 

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1962. Zur Kenntnis der Nereiden Chiles (Polychaeta errantia), mit Beschreibung epitoker Stadien einiger Arten und der Jugendentwicklung von Perinereis vallata (Grube). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 168(11-12): 389-441.
page(s): 406-407 [details] 

additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details] 

additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1910). A monograph of the British annelids. Polychaeta. Syllidae to Ariciidae. <em>Ray Society of London.</em> 2(2): 233-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38533042 [details] 

additional source Pryde, James W. 1914. [Syllidae Nereididae Eunicidae] Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected in the North Sea and adjacent parts by the Scotch Fishery Board vessel "Goldseeker" -Part III. Syllidae to Eunicidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 14: 289-315,plate 16. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616524
page(s): 293 [details] 

additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1918). Datos para le conocimiento de la fauna de anelidos poliquetos del cantabrico (2nd parte). <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturale. Serie zoológica.</em> 37: 1-99., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13722697
page(s): 76; note: description with figures as Nereis (Nereis) pelagica [details] 

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details] 

redescription Hilbig, B. (1994). Family Nereididae Johnston, 1845. pages 301-327. IN: Blake, J.A. and Hilbig, Brigitte. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 4 - The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae). <em>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.</em> [details] 

redescription Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 34(5): 507-547., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00200.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype, geounit West Europe [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic to Florida [details]

Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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Albanian shumëketëshi pelagjik  [details]
Dutch gewone zeeduizendpoot  [details]
English slender ragwormpelagic clam worm  [details]
German Schwimmender SeeringelwurmGemeiner Seeringelwurmbrauner Seeringelwurm  [details]
Japanese フツウゴカイ  [details]