WoRMS taxon details
Perinereis Kinberg, 1865
129380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129380)
accepted
Genus
Perinereis novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis amblyodonta (Schmarda, 1861) (type by subsequent designation)
Arete Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Gnatholycastis Ehlers, 1920 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Hedyle Malmgren, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym; also junior...)
subjective synonym; also junior homonym of Hedyle Guenée, 1857 [Lepidoptera]
Lipephile Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis (Lipephile) Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis (Perinereis) Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent rank change)
Stratonice Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Perinereis (Arete)
- Species Perinereis (Arete) tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915 accepted as Perinereis tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915 (superseded original combination, subgeneric rank abandoned)
- Species Perinereis aculeata (Hansen, 1882)
- Species Perinereis aibuhitensis (Grube, 1878)
- Species Perinereis akuna Wilson & Glasby, 1993
- Species Perinereis amblyodonta (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Perinereis anderssoni Kinberg, 1865
- Species Perinereis arabica Mohammad, 1971
- Species Perinereis atlantica (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Perinereis bajacalifornica de León González & Solis-Weiss, 1998
- Species Perinereis barbara (Monro, 1926)
- Species Perinereis binongkae (Horst, 1924)
- Species Perinereis brevicirrata (Treadwell, 1920)
- Species Perinereis broomensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
- Species Perinereis caeruleis (Hoagland, 1920)
- Species Perinereis calmani (Monro, 1926)
- Species Perinereis camiguinoides (Augener, 1922)
- Species Perinereis capensis (Kinberg, 1865)
- Species Perinereis cariacoensis Liñero, 1983
- Species Perinereis cariboea de León González & Solis-Weiss, 1998
- Species Perinereis cavifrons (Ehlers, 1920)
- Species Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840)
- Species Perinereis curvata Holly, 1935
- Species Perinereis damietta Elgetany, Struck & Glasby, 2022
- Species Perinereis dongalae (Horst, 1924)
- Species Perinereis elenacasoi Rioja, 1947
- Species Perinereis euiini Park & Kim, 2017
- Species Perinereis falklandica (Ramsay, 1914)
- Species Perinereis falsovariegata Monro, 1933
- Species Perinereis fayedensis Elgetany, Struck & Glasby, 2022
- Species Perinereis floridana (Ehlers, 1868)
- Species Perinereis gualpensis Jeldes, 1963
- Species Perinereis helleri (Grube, 1878)
- Species Perinereis heterodonta Gravier, 1899
- Species Perinereis horsti Gravier, 1899
- Species Perinereis iranica Bonyadi-Naeini, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, E. Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2018
- Species Perinereis jascooki Gibbs, 1972
- Species Perinereis kaustiana Teixeira, Fourreau, Sempere-Valverde & Carvalho, 2024
- Species Perinereis khambhatiensis Prajapat, Villalobos-Guerrero & Vachhrajani, 2023
- Species Perinereis kuwaitensis Mohammed, 1970
- Species Perinereis larentukana (Grube, 1881)
- Species Perinereis latipalpa (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Perinereis linea (Treadwell, 1936)
- Species Perinereis longidonta Rozbaczylo & Castilla, 1973
- Species Perinereis louizomarum Rezzag Mahcene, Villalobos-Guerrero, Kurt, Denis & Daas, 2023
- Species Perinereis macropus (Claparède, 1870)
- Species Perinereis maindroni Fauvel, 1943
- Species Perinereis majungaensis Fauvel, 1921
- Species Perinereis malabarensis Prajapat, Villalobos-Guerrero & Vachhrajani, 2024
- Species Perinereis malayana (Horst, 1889)
- Species Perinereis marionii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
- Species Perinereis matthaii Aziz, 1938
- Species Perinereis mictodonta (Marenzeller, 1879)
- Species Perinereis misrai Prajapat, Villalobos-Guerrero & Vachhrajani, 2024
- Species Perinereis mochimaensis Liñero, 1983
- Species Perinereis monterea (Chamberlin, 1918)
- Species Perinereis neocaledonica Pruvot, 1930
- Species Perinereis nigropunctata (Horst, 1889)
- Species Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Perinereis obfuscata (Grube, 1878)
- Species Perinereis oliveirae (Horst, 1889)
- Species Perinereis osoriotafalli de León González & Solis-Weiss, 1998
- Species Perinereis perspicillata (Grube, 1878)
- Species Perinereis pictilis Glasby, Nu-Wei & Gibb, 2013
- Species Perinereis ponteni Kinberg, 1865
- Species Perinereis ponuiensis (Augener, 1924)
- Species Perinereis pseudocamiguina (Augener, 1922)
- Species Perinereis pseudocavifrons Fauvel, 1930
- Species Perinereis quatrefagesi (Grube, 1878)
- Species Perinereis rhombodonta Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
- Species Perinereis rookeri de León González & Goethel, 2013
- Species Perinereis rullieri Pilato, 1974
- Species Perinereis seridentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959)
- Species Perinereis seurati Gravier, 1905
- Species Perinereis shikueii Glasby & Hsieh, 2006
- Species Perinereis singaporiensis (Grube, 1878)
- Species Perinereis striolata (Grube, 1878)
- Species Perinereis suezensis Elgetany, Struck & Glasby, 2022
- Species Perinereis suluana (Horst, 1924)
- Species Perinereis taorica Langerhans, 1881
- Species Perinereis tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915
- Species Perinereis tobeloana (Augener, 1933)
- Species Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857)
- Species Perinereis vancaurica (Ehlers, 1868)
- Species Perinereis variodentata (Augener, 1913)
- Species Perinereis villalobosi Rioja, 1947
- Species Perinereis viridis Glasby & Hsieh, 2006
- Species Perinereis weijhouensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
- Species Perinereis wilsoni Glasby & Hsieh, 2006
- Species Perinereis affinis Pruvot, 1930 accepted as Perinereis striolata (Grube, 1878) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis bairdii (Webster, 1884) accepted as Perinereis anderssoni Kinberg, 1865 (superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis brevicirris (Grube, 1866) accepted as Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis diversidentata Treadwell, 1943 accepted as Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis hedenborgi Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis heterodonta Gravier, 1899, sensu Gravier, 1902 accepted as Perinereis heterodonta Gravier, 1899 (repeat publication of same name)
- Species Perinereis horsti Gravier, 1902 accepted as Perinereis vancaurica (Ehlers, 1868) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis longipes Saint-Joseph, 1898 accepted as Perinereis marionii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis marjorii Southern, 1921 accepted as Perinereis nigropunctata (Horst, 1889) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993 accepted as Perinereis latipalpa (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis nancaurica (Ehlers, 1904) accepted as Perinereis vancaurica (Ehlers, 1868)
- Species Perinereis novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis amblyodonta (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis pacifica (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857) (recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis rumphii (Horst, 1919) accepted as Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis stimpsonis (Grube, 1866) accepted as Pseudonereis podocirra (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded subsequent recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis variegata (Grube, 1857) accepted as Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
- Species Perinereis aberrans Kinberg, 1865 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable, fide Hartman, 1948)
- Species Perinereis camiguina (Grube, 1878) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, may not be a Perinereis, fide Bonyadi-Naeini et al, 2018)
- Species Perinereis exsul Kinberg, 1865 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable fide Hartman, 1948)
- Species Perinereis mendax (Stimpson, 1856) accepted as Nereis mendax Stimpson, 1856 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, superseded recombination of taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 175 [details]
page(s): 175 [details]
Note Type species Perinereis novaehollandiae...
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Type species Type species Perinereis novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1866 in Fauchald, 1977. [details]
Etymology Not stated. Perinereis is formed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family, preceded by the...
Etymology Not stated. Perinereis is formed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family, preceded by the Greek suffix peri-, meaning 'near', 'about', or 'around', and presumably refers to the morphological resemblance between the two genera. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Perinereis Kinberg, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129380 on 2024-10-15
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original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Arete Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Gnatholycastis Ehlers, 1920) Ehlers, E. (1920). Polychaeten von Java und Amboina. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der malaiischen Strandfauna. <em>Abhandlungen der koeniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen, Ser. neue folge.</em> 10(7): 1-73., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN251726223_0010?tify={%22pages%22:[395],%22panX%22:0.517,%22panY%22:0.628,%22view%22:%22export%22,%22zoom%22:0.656}
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Lipephile Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Stratonice Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Hedyle Malmgren, 1865) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 182 [details]
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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
identification resource De Leon, J.; Goethel, C. (2013). A new species of Perinereis (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Florida, USA, with a key to all Perinereis from the American continent. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 312: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.312.4535 [details]
identification resource Prajapat, Vaishali; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh. (2023). A new species of <em>Perinereis</em> Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) and invalidation of two congeners from Western India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5330(3): 398-412., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5330.3.4
page(s): 402, key; note: key to Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 belonging to ‘aibuhitensis’ group of species [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Rezzag Mahcene, Hiba; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tuliio F; Kurt, Güley; Denis, Francoise; Daas, Tarek. (2023). A new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea revealed by morphological and molecular approaches. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 24(2): 454-460., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/33969
page(s): 463; note: Key to Perinereis species belonging to Subgroup 1A [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs; Sempere-Valverde, Juan; Carvalho, Susana. (2024). Two new records and description of a new <em>Perinereis</em> (Annelida, Nereididae) species for the Saudi Arabian Red Sea region. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1196: 331-354., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/115260/list/9/
page(s): 346; note: Key to the Perinereis species Group I reported for the Arabian Peninsula and Mediterranean Sea, [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Prajapat, Vaishal; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh D. (2024). Two new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the rocky shore of Maharashtra, India, including notes and an identification key to Group 1. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 935(1): 256–282., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2561
note: Key to Perinereis with single bar-shaped paragnaths on area VI (Perinereis group 1). [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18.
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Arete Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Gnatholycastis Ehlers, 1920) Ehlers, E. (1920). Polychaeten von Java und Amboina. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der malaiischen Strandfauna. <em>Abhandlungen der koeniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen, Ser. neue folge.</em> 10(7): 1-73., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN251726223_0010?tify={%22pages%22:[395],%22panX%22:0.517,%22panY%22:0.628,%22view%22:%22export%22,%22zoom%22:0.656}
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Lipephile Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Stratonice Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Hedyle Malmgren, 1865) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 182 [details]
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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
identification resource De Leon, J.; Goethel, C. (2013). A new species of Perinereis (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Florida, USA, with a key to all Perinereis from the American continent. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 312: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.312.4535 [details]
identification resource Prajapat, Vaishali; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh. (2023). A new species of <em>Perinereis</em> Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) and invalidation of two congeners from Western India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5330(3): 398-412., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5330.3.4
page(s): 402, key; note: key to Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 belonging to ‘aibuhitensis’ group of species [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Rezzag Mahcene, Hiba; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tuliio F; Kurt, Güley; Denis, Francoise; Daas, Tarek. (2023). A new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea revealed by morphological and molecular approaches. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 24(2): 454-460., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/33969
page(s): 463; note: Key to Perinereis species belonging to Subgroup 1A [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs; Sempere-Valverde, Juan; Carvalho, Susana. (2024). Two new records and description of a new <em>Perinereis</em> (Annelida, Nereididae) species for the Saudi Arabian Red Sea region. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1196: 331-354., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/115260/list/9/
page(s): 346; note: Key to the Perinereis species Group I reported for the Arabian Peninsula and Mediterranean Sea, [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Prajapat, Vaishal; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh D. (2024). Two new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the rocky shore of Maharashtra, India, including notes and an identification key to Group 1. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 935(1): 256–282., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2561
note: Key to Perinereis with single bar-shaped paragnaths on area VI (Perinereis group 1). [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18.
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Perinereis is formed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family, preceded by the Greek suffix peri-, meaning 'near', 'about', or 'around', and presumably refers to the morphological resemblance between the two genera. [details]Type species Type species Perinereis novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1866 in Fauchald, 1977. [details]