WoRMS taxon details
Naineris quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780)
130517 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130517)
accepted
Species
Aricia (Scoloplos) quadricuspidata Leuckart, 1849 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Naidonereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Nainereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted
Nais quadricuspida O. Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nais quadricuspidata Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted (wrong spelling)
Scoloplos minor Örsted, 1842 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Scoloplos quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
Theodisca mamillata Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Uronais quadricuspidata (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nais quadricuspida O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 315-316 [details]
page(s): 315-316 [details]
Type locality contained in Greenlandic part of the Arctic Ocean
type locality contained in Greenlandic part of the Arctic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Arctic; Alaska; Newfoundland to Massachusetts; Gulf of St. Lawrence
Taxonomy Subfamily: Orbiniinae, according to Trott (2004).
Distribution Arctic; Alaska; Newfoundland to Massachusetts; Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Taxonomy Subfamily: Orbiniinae, according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Subfamily: Orbiniinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Naineris quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130517 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nais quadricuspida O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 315-316 [details]
original description (of Aricia (Scoloplos) quadricuspidata Leuckart, 1849) Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776 [details]
original description (of Scoloplos minor Örsted, 1842) Örsted, A.S. (1842). Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn.</em> 4: 109-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322860
page(s): 125 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Theodisca mamillata Cunningham & Ramage, 1888) Cunningham, Joseph Thomas; Ramage, G.A. (1888). The Polychaeta Sedentaria of the Firth of Forth. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 33(3): 635-684., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41405556 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 315-316 [details]
original description (of Aricia (Scoloplos) quadricuspidata Leuckart, 1849) Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776 [details]
original description (of Scoloplos minor Örsted, 1842) Örsted, A.S. (1842). Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn.</em> 4: 109-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322860
page(s): 125 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Theodisca mamillata Cunningham & Ramage, 1888) Cunningham, Joseph Thomas; Ramage, G.A. (1888). The Polychaeta Sedentaria of the Firth of Forth. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 33(3): 635-684., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41405556 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Eisig, Hugo. (1914). Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21(6): 153-600, plates 10-27., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47117118 [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Eisig, Hugo. (1914). Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21(6): 153-600, plates 10-27., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47117118 [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]





Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic; Alaska; Newfoundland to Massachusetts; Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]Habitat intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Publication date (Fabricius, 1782) [details]
Taxonomy Subfamily: Orbiniinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Nainereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Nais quadricuspida O. Fabricius, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Naidonereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naineris quadricuspida)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Nainereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780))
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (44 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079741)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Nainereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Nais quadricuspida O. Fabricius, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Naidonereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Naineris quadricuspida)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Nainereis quadricuspida (Fabricius, 1780))
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (44 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079741)
To ITIS