WoRMS name details
Nereis versicolor [misspelling for diversicolor]
338964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338964)
unaccepted (Lapsus. Subsequent misspelling for original 'diversicolor')
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217 [details]
page(s): 217 [details]
Nomenclature Hartman treats the usage as "Müller in Linnaeus 1788". This is incorrect for authors, for date and name (actually...
Nomenclature Hartman treats the usage as "Müller in Linnaeus 1788". This is incorrect for authors, for date and name (actually published Gmelin edition of Systema Naturae, 1791 as a lapsus), but Hartman author-A-in-B listings only indicate where she saw the usage she reports. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis versicolor [misspelling for diversicolor]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338964 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
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(of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217 [details]
basis of record Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3115 (in volume 1 part 6 published 1791); note: misspelling as 'versicolor' instead of 'diversicolor' [details]
page(s): 217 [details]
basis of record Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3115 (in volume 1 part 6 published 1791); note: misspelling as 'versicolor' instead of 'diversicolor' [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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.
page(s): 272; note: Hartman refers the name to Neanthes diversicolor. Hartman treats the usage as "Müller in Linnaeus 1788". This is incorrect for date and name, but Hartman A in B listings only indicate where she saw t...
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page(s): 272; note: Hartman refers the name to Neanthes diversicolor. Hartman treats the usage as "Müller in Linnaeus 1788". This is incorrect for date and name, but Hartman A in B listings only indicate where she saw t...
Hartman refers the name to Neanthes diversicolor. Hartman treats the usage as "Müller in Linnaeus 1788". This is incorrect for date and name, but Hartman A in B listings only indicate where she saw the usage
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Nomenclature Hartman treats the usage as "Müller in Linnaeus 1788". This is incorrect for authors, for date and name (actually published Gmelin edition of Systema Naturae, 1791 as a lapsus), but Hartman author-A-in-B listings only indicate where she saw the usage she reports. [details]
