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Nereis prolifera O.F. Müller, 1788 
AphiaID: 155294

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family) > Nereidinae (Subfamily) > Nereis (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (basionym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Autolytus Grube, 1850
Parent Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Müller, Otto Friedrich. 1788. Zoologica Danica seu Animalium Daniae et Norwegiae rariorum ac minus notoruum. Descritiones et Historia. Volume 2. 1-55. Havniae., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33601499 [details]

basis of record: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

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

source of synonymy: Grube, A.E. 1855. Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 21(1): 81-136, pls 3-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651101 [details]

source of synonymy: 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]

new combination reference: Quatrefages, A. de (1865). Histoire naturele de annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. 2 vols. Paris. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To PESI
Notes  Taxonomy: Moved to different genus [details]

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Norway [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155294
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-25 07:40:18Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z  checked  Musco, Luigi
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Nereis prolifera. 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=155294 on 2013-05-23
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