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Nereis cirrosa Linnaeus, 1767

340226  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340226)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Nereididae (Family)
  9. Nereidinae (Subfamily)
  10. Nereis (Genus)
  11. Nereis cirrosa (Species)
 unaccepted (objective synonym, senior but unused)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Norway  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Norway [details]
Nomenclature senior objective synonym to Amphitrite cirrata Müller, both names based on a specimen (apparently named with an...  
Nomenclature senior objective synonym to Amphitrite cirrata Müller, both names based on a specimen (apparently named with an unpublished pre-Linnaean name as Spio cirrata König) neither author had seen [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis cirrosa Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340226 on 2025-05-03
Date
action
by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2016-03-07 23:21:57Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source 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): 256; note: Hartman attributes N. cirrosa to Fabricius, 1780 page 285, but this is simply not correct. On that page Fabricius used Amphitrite cirrata, listing Nereis cirrosa from Syst.nat p.1085 as a junior synon...    
Hartman attributes N. cirrosa to Fabricius, 1780 page 285, but this is simply not correct. On that page Fabricius used Amphitrite cirrata, listing Nereis cirrosa from Syst.nat p.1085 as a junior synonym of it.
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Nomenclature senior objective synonym to Amphitrite cirrata Müller, both names based on a specimen (apparently named with an unpublished pre-Linnaean name as Spio cirrata König) neither author had seen [details]

Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Norway [details]

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