Peruvian Register of Marine Species

PeRMS source details

Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Revision of some species referred to Leptonereis, Nicon, and Laeonereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 104: 1-53.
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10.5479/si.00810282.104 [view]
Pettibone, Marian H.
1971
Revision of some species referred to <i>Leptonereis</i>, <i>Nicon</i>, and <i>Laeonereis</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae)
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
104: 1-53
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). First use of "Nereididae"
Available for editors  PDF available
Some 47 nereid species, which have been referred directly or indirectly to Leptonereis, Nicon, and Laeonereis, are reviewed and revised, based on examination of type-specimens, where available, and additional nereid material. Diagnoses are given for eight genera, two of them emended and two of them new. Sixteen species (including 16 synonyms) are referred to the eight genera, one of which is considered to be new. Supplementary descriptions and figures are given for fourteen of them. Four additional species are referred to Platynereis Kinberg, one of which is described and figured. Four species are considered to be indeterminable.
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Nereididae Blainville, 1818 (redescription)
 Biology

From Pettibone (1971: 13): ''It appears to have a two-year life cycle. At sexual maturity it forms heteronereids ... [details]

 Depth range

About 13 m. [details]

 Depth range

92-1153 m; holotype collected in shallow water ['summa aqua']. [details]

 Diagnosis

"Prostomium subpyriform, with paired frontal antennae, biarticulate palps, and two pairs of eyes. Tentacular ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Emended diagnosis by Pettibone (1971: 7): "Prostomium subpyriform, with paired frontal antennae, biarticulate ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Pettibone (1971: 31): ''Prostomium subpyriform, with paired frontal antennae, biarticulate ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Pettibone (1971: 19): ''Prostomium subpyriform, with paired frontal antennae, biarticulate ... [details]

 Distribution

Philippine Islands: Palawan Island (Malampaya Sound, Cliff Island). [details]

 Distribution

Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (off La Plata River) to Southern Ocean; species common in Antarctic and Subantarctic ... [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Southern California and Western Mexico.  [details]

 Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Galapagos Islands; Lower California (Mexico); Gulf of California (Sinaloa, Mexico); Pacific side of ... [details]

 Editor's comment

In WoRMS prior to March 2015 Websterinereis punctata was mistakenly placed as a synonym of the combination of Nicon ... [details]

 Etymology

The genus is named for Johan Gustaf Hyalmar Kinberg (b. Grönby parish, Skåne, Sweden, 13 May 1820 - d. St. ... [details]

 Etymology

The genus is named for Dr. Louis François Rullier (1907-1981), Université Catholique d'Angers, France, ''eminent ... [details]

 Etymology

The genus is named in honour of Dr. Harrison Edwin Webster (b. Angelica, Allegany County, New York, USA, 8 ... [details]

 Grammatical gender

Feminine. Modern taxonomists have adopted the gender of feminine as stated by Pettibone (1971: 7), possibly because ... [details]

 Grammatical gender

Feminine. [details]

 Grammatical gender

Feminine. [details]

 Habitat

Mud, at shallow waters. [details]

 Habitat

Algae, sand, gravel, stones, or mud, at shelf to bathyal depths. [details]

 Habitat

Known only from epitokous stages. Collected on surface or in the water column. [details]

 New combination

The species appears under the new combination Nereis aestuarensis [sic] in Fauchald et al. (2009: 771). However, no ... [details]

 New combination

Although Pettibone referred Nicon peruviana to Platynereis based on the paragnaths of the epitoke, she did not make ... [details]

 Reproduction

"Gravid females with no sign of epitoky have been found. Monro (1930:108, as Leptonereis loxechini) described a ... [details]

 Status

From Pettibone (1971: 49): "The holotype consists of a small specimen, 8 mm in length, 1 mm in width, including ... [details]

 Status

From Hartman (1948: 57): "The single specimen is poorly preserved. The anterior end and proboscis are missing. ... [details]

 Status

According to Pettibone (1971:49) the holotype NRS 494 is too poor for an adequate description. "For the present, N. ... [details]

 Status

Names in Uchida (2004) appear to be unavailable. There is no deposition information, contrary to Article 16. No ... [details]

 Synonymy

Pettibone (1971: 14) placed Leptonereis pandoensis as a junior synonym of Laeonereis culveri. Until 2021 it was ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Pettibone examined syntypes. She has almost no comparative comments, and nothing on why she made Leptonereis zebra ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Moved to different genus. [details]

 Taxonomy

Moved to different genus. [details]

 Taxonomy

Nicon polaris was regarded as doubtfully in Nicon by Pettibone (1971), and de León-González & Trovant (2013) seem ... [details]

 Type material

Syntypes deposited in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden (NRS 3863, 3 syntypes). [details]