World Polychaeta Database - Nereis mendocinana Chamberlin, 1919

Polychaeta taxon details

Nereis mendocinana Chamberlin, 1919

AphiaID

329691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329691)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Nereis mendocinana Chamberlin, 1919

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 256-257, plate 1 fig. 5 [details]

Type data

Note Pacific ocean, Mendocino, California

Type locality Pacific ocean, Mendocino, California [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis mendocinana Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329691 on 2026-09-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 256-257, plate 1 fig. 5 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Type locality Pacific ocean, Mendocino, California [details]

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