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Nereis foliosa Schmarda, 1861 
AphiaID: 329646

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family) > Nereidinae (Subfamily) > Nereis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Johnston, George. 1865. A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement], available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details]

original description: Schmarda, Ludwig K. 1861. Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise un die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. Erster Band (zweite halfte) Turbellarian, Rotatorien un Anneliden. 1-164. Wilhelm Engelmann. Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details]

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

source of synonymy: McIntosh, W.C. 1908. A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Type locality: Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329646
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Nereis foliosa Schmarda, 1861. 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=329646 on 2013-05-18
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