WoRMS name details
Nereis gayi Blanchard in Gay, 1849
329651 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329651)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (indeterminable fide Reish, 1954)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blanchard, Emile. (1849). Fauna Chilena. Anulares. IN: Gay, Claudio (Ed.). Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce anos de residencia en alla. <em>[Book, 8 volumes].</em> Volume 3 Zoologia, 5-52, & 3 Atlas plates, Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16438159
page(s): 22, Atlas annelides plate 1, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 22, Atlas annelides plate 1, fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, Chile|Chile, Pacific
type locality contained in Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Chile|Chile, Pacific [details]
Status Reish (1954: 101) stated "since Blanchard's types are non-existent and his description inadequate, it is herein considered...
Status Reish (1954: 101) stated "since Blanchard's types are non-existent and his description inadequate, it is herein considered as a species inquirenda." Otherwise he considered it might be a senior synonym of Nereis grubei. Soli-Weiss et al (2004: S8) list a specimen as 'type?' but the provenance of the specimen would need investigating [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis gayi Blanchard in Gay, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329651 on 2024-04-20
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Blanchard, Emile. (1849). Fauna Chilena. Anulares. IN: Gay, Claudio (Ed.). Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce anos de residencia en alla. <em>[Book, 8 volumes].</em> Volume 3 Zoologia, 5-52, & 3 Atlas plates, Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16438159
page(s): 22, Atlas annelides plate 1, fig. 5 [details]
status 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): 259; note: listing as indeterminable [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Reish, Donald J. (1954). Nomenclatural changes and redescription of two nereids (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 53(2): 99-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34300505
page(s): 101; note: regarded as perhaps senior to Nereis grubei but indeterminable. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 22, Atlas annelides plate 1, fig. 5 [details]
status 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): 259; note: listing as indeterminable [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Reish, Donald J. (1954). Nomenclatural changes and redescription of two nereids (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 53(2): 99-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34300505
page(s): 101; note: regarded as perhaps senior to Nereis grubei but indeterminable. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 472 [details]Status Reish (1954: 101) stated "since Blanchard's types are non-existent and his description inadequate, it is herein considered as a species inquirenda." Otherwise he considered it might be a senior synonym of Nereis grubei. Soli-Weiss et al (2004: S8) list a specimen as 'type?' but the provenance of the specimen would need investigating [details]
Synonymy See also Thoosa gayi (Blanchard), sensu Kinberg, 1865, which appears to be a subsequent usage of Nereis gayi in new combination. The Thoosa gayi specimen was apparently examined by Reish (1954) [details]
From other sources
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Chile|Chile, Pacific [details]