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Polychaeta name details

Nereis (Nereis) diversicolor Müller, 1776

1475546  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1475546)

 unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination with disused nominal subgenus)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) 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. 2624 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis (Nereis) diversicolor Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1475546 on 2026-06-14
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original description (of Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) 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. 2624 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1898). Annélides polychètes des côtes de France (Manche et Océan). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris.</em> Série 8, 5: 209-464, plates XIII-XXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35661652
page(s): 295-298, plate XV figs. 78-81 [details] 

additional source Örsted, A.S. (1842). Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn.</em> 4: 109-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322860
page(s): 116 [details]