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Polychaeta name details

Nereis ferox Hansen, 1882

337297  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337297)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 14, plate IV figs. 34-39 [details]   
Type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, Brazil  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis ferox Hansen, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337297 on 2024-04-19
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 14, plate IV figs. 34-39 [details]   

source of synonymy Augener, Hermann. (1934). Polychaeten aus den Zoologischen Museen von Leiden und Amsterdam. – IV. (Schluss). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden.</em> 17(8): 67-160 [includes figs. 14-31 + figure captions for the 4 issues of the series]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318471
note: to Pseudonereis variegata [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Synonymy Long regarded as a simple synonym of Pseudonereis variegata [was Nereis or Nereilepas variegata] and even used as a substitute type specimen for P variegata. However, Conde-Vela (2018: 269-270) maintains P. ferox as a separate species, and discusses the complicated taxonomic usages, based apparently on past descriptions rather than specimens. [details]

From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]