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Nereis operta Stimpson, 1855

209774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209774)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499
page(s): 392-393 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis operta Stimpson, 1855. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209774 on 2026-07-14
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Nereis operta Stimpson, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209774 on 2026-07-14
Date
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1997-08-26 11:57:53Z
created
2006-07-14 15:54:19Z
changed
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2018-12-02 00:28:34Z
changed
2025-07-23 21:02:38Z
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original description Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499
page(s): 392-393 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Day, J.H. (1934). On a collection of South African Polychaeta, with a catalogue of the species recorded from South Africa, Angola, Mosambique, and Madagascar. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 39(263): 15-82., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1934.tb00259.x
page(s): 38, figure 5; note: record, with some taxonomic comments, and a figure of the proboscis paragnaths pattern [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality