Deep-Sea taxon details
Nereimyra punctata (O.F. Müller, 1776)
130185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130185)
accepted
Species
Castalia punctata · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217, no. 2633 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 217, no. 2633 [no figures] [details]
Distribution Ellesmere Island to North Carolina
Distribution Ellesmere Island to North Carolina [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereimyra punctata (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130185 on 2025-11-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nereimyra punctata (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130185 on 2025-11-15
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(of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217, no. 2633 [no figures] [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32. [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 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. [details] Available for editors
additional source McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. <em>Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae.</em> 2: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details]
additional source Støp-Bowitz, Carl 1948. Polychaeta from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 5(8): 1-91., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/scans.html [details]
additional source Nygren, A., Pleijel, F. and Sundberg, P. 2005. Genetic relationships between Nereimyra punctata and N. woodsholea (Hesionidae, Polychaeta). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43(4): 273-276. [details]
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
redescription Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W; Nygren, Arne (2012). A revision of Nereimyra (Psamathini, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164(1): 36-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00756.x
page(s): 42 [details]
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]
page(s): 217, no. 2633 [no figures] [details]
context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32. [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 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. [details] Available for editors
additional source McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. <em>Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae.</em> 2: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details]
additional source Støp-Bowitz, Carl 1948. Polychaeta from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 5(8): 1-91., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/scans.html [details]
additional source Nygren, A., Pleijel, F. and Sundberg, P. 2005. Genetic relationships between Nereimyra punctata and N. woodsholea (Hesionidae, Polychaeta). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43(4): 273-276. [details]
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
redescription Pleijel, Fredrik; Rouse, Greg W; Nygren, Arne (2012). A revision of Nereimyra (Psamathini, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164(1): 36-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00756.x
page(s): 42 [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Ellesmere Island to North Carolina [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Publication date (O. F. Müller, 1766) [details]
Spelling In Müller (2004) is mentioned as Nereimya punctata [details]
To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Castalia punctata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nereimyra punctata)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (27 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (211 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Castalia punctata)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nereimyra punctata)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (27 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (211 records)
To ITIS
