Marine Species Traits - Ceratonereis paucidentata (Moore, 1903)

Traits name details

Ceratonereis paucidentata (Moore, 1903)

AphiaID

340382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340382)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (superseded recombination|subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Ceratonereis (Composetia) paucidentata (Moore, 1903)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ceratonereis Kinberg, 1865

Original name

Nereis paucidentata Moore, 1903

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 430-431, plate XXIV figs. 28-30 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ceratonereis paucidentata (Moore, 1903). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340382 on 2026-09-27

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Ceratonereis paucidentata (Moore, 1903). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340382 on 2026-09-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description (of ) Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 430-431, plate XXIV figs. 28-30 [details]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

source of synonymy Hartman, O. 1938. Nomenclatorial changes involving types of polychaetous annelids of the family Nereidae in the United States National Museum. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 28(1): 13-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39690754 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (11 records)
To ITIS