WoRMS name details
Nereis hircinicola Eisig, 1869
339118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339118)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eisig, Hugo. (1869). Nereis hircinicola (nova species). <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 20(1): 103-105, plate 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45062336 [details]
Note Porto Pi near Palma on Mallorca Island,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Porto Pi near Palma on Mallorca Island, Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Etymology Not stated, but it is self evident that Nereis hircinicola is named for its habitat as described, living on the...
Etymology Not stated, but it is self evident that Nereis hircinicola is named for its habitat as described, living on the Demospongiae Poriferan, Hircinia flavescens, [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis hircinicola Eisig, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339118 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Eisig, Hugo. (1869). Nereis hircinicola (nova species). <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 20(1): 103-105, plate 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45062336 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Not stated, but it is self evident that Nereis hircinicola is named for its habitat as described, living on the Demospongiae Poriferan, Hircinia flavescens, [details]Publication date Publication date of the issue, as noted by Villalobos-Guerrero et al (2022), is 1869, not 1870, according to the table of contents of the journal [details]
Type locality Porto Pi near Palma on Mallorca Island, Mediterranean Sea. [details]