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Neanthes virens (M. Sars, 1835) 
AphiaID: 130392

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family) > Nereidinae (Subfamily) > Neanthes (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835)
Rank Species
Parent Neanthes Kinberg, 1865
Synonymised
taxa
  Nereis (Neanthes) varia Treadwell, 1941 (Alitta virens)
Sources  basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Hartman, O. 1944. New England Annelida. Part 2. Including the unpublished plates by Verrill with reconstructed captions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 82(7): 331-343. [details]

basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details]

basis of record: Imajima, Minoru and Hartman, O. 1964. The polychaetous annelids of Japan. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 26: 1-452. [details]

basis of record: Pettibone, Marian H. 1963. Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 227(1): 1-356. [details]

additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Pettibone, M.H. 1952 MS. Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 32 p. [details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

source of synonymy: Bakken, Torkild and Wilson, Robin S. 2005. Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta, 34(5):507-547 [details]

redescription: Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. 2004. Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [details]

original description (from synonym): Treadwell, Aaron L. 1941. Polychaetous annelids from the New England region, Porto Rico and Brazil. American Museum Novitates, 1138: 1-4., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4787 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch zager  [details]
English king rag worm  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Baie de la Seine [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostende [details]
Plymouth [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Coast of England [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
West Coast of England [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeland [details]
Feedingtype  omnivore [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: (Sars, 1835) [details]

Authority: Sars, 1835 [details]

Distribution: Newfoundland to Virginia [details]

Habitat: intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130392
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2006-11-26 16:18:18Z  checked  Glasby, Chris
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Glasby, C.; Bellan, G. (2013). Neanthes virens (M. Sars, 1835). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130392 on 2013-06-19
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