WoRMS name details
Nainereis [auctt. misspelling for Naineris]
152295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152295)
unaccepted (subsequent misspelling)
Genus
- Species Nainereis hespera Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Naineris dendritica (Kinberg, 1867) (subjective synonym)
- Species Nainereis hexaphyllum (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Naineris laevigata (Grube, 1855) (recombination of subjective synonym with misspelled genus)
- Species Nainereis jacutica Annenkova, 1931 accepted as Naineris jacutica Annenkova, 1931 (superseded original combination, misspelled genus)
- Species Nainereis laevigata (Grube, 1855) accepted as Naineris laevigata (Grube, 1855) (genus Naineris is misspelled)
- Species Nainereis marginata (Ehlers, 1897) accepted as Leodamas marginatus (Ehlers, 1897) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Nainereis mutilata Treadwell, 1931 accepted as Naineris mutilata Treadwell, 1931
- Species Nainereis nannobranchia Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Naineris dendritica (Kinberg, 1867) (subjective synonym)
- Species Nainereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Naineris quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780)
- Species Nainereis retusiceps Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Naineris retusiceps Chamberlin, 1919 (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination, misspelled genus)
- Species Nainereis setosa (Verrill, 1900) accepted as Naineris setosa (Verrill, 1900) accepted as Theodisca (Unitheodisca) setosa (Verrill, 1900) (superseded subsequent combination, misspelled genus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
(of Naineris Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 490-491 [details]
page(s): 490-491 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Nainereis [auctt. misspelling for Naineris]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152295 on 2026-02-15
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(of Naineris Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 490-491 [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Eisig, Hugo. (1914). Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21(6): 153-600, plates 10-27., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47117118
note: Eisig misspells Naineris as Nainereis 287 times in his monograph [details]
page(s): 490-491 [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Eisig, Hugo. (1914). Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21(6): 153-600, plates 10-27., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47117118
note: Eisig misspells Naineris as Nainereis 287 times in his monograph [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Spelling Nainereis will be found throughout the decades as a misspelling of Naineris. This is expected as 'nereis' is so commonly used in Polychaeta taxonomy. Eisig (1914) misspells Naineris as Nainereis 287 times in his monograph [details]
