WoRMS taxon details
Nereidinae Blainville, 1818
324346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324346)
accepted
Subfamily
Nereinae [auctt.] · unaccepted
Notophycidae Knox & Cameron, 1970 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Notophycinae Knox & Cameron, 1970 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Genus Alitta Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Ceratonereis Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Cheilonereis Benham, 1916
- Genus Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985
- Genus Eunereis Malmgren, 1865
- Genus Hediste Malmgren, 1867
- Genus Imajimainereis de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2000
- Genus Laeonereis Hartman, 1945
- Genus Leonnates Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Micronereis Claparède, 1863
- Genus Neanthes Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Nectoneanthes Imajima, 1972
- Genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Nicon Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Paraleonnates Chlebovitsch & Wu, 1962
- Genus Parasetia Villalobos-Guerrero, Conde-Vela & Sato, 2022
- Genus Pectinereis Villalobos-Guerrero, Huč, Tilic, Hiley & Rouse, 2024
- Genus Perinereis Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Platynereis Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Potamonereis Villalobos-Guerrero, Conde-Vela & Sato, 2022
- Genus Pseudonereis Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Simplisetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985
- Genus Solomononereis Gibbs, 1971
- Genus Unanereis Day, 1962
- Genus Websterinereis Pettibone, 1971
- Genus Wuinereis Khlebovich, 1996
- Genus Nossis Kinberg, 1865 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Species is indeterminable)
- Genus Paraleonnates Amoureux, 1985 (uncertain > nomen dubium, junior homonym)
- Genus Arete Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Gnatholycastis Ehlers, 1920 accepted as Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Hedyle Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym; also junior homonym of Hedyle Guenée, 1857 [Lepidoptera])
- Genus Heteronereis Örsted, 1843 accepted as Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 (To Nereis, but metamorphosed adults of various genera)
- Genus Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1850 accepted as Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym, suppressed for senior homonymy by ICZN Opinion 1807)
- Genus Laevispinereis He & Wu, 1989 accepted as Leonnates Kinberg, 1865
- Genus Leontis Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Platynereis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Lipephile Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Lycoris Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Naumachius Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Nectonereis Verrill, 1873 accepted as Platynereis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Notophycus Knox & Cameron, 1970 accepted as Micronereis Claparède, 1863 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Periserrula Paik, 1977 accepted as Paraleonnates Chlebovitsch & Wu, 1962 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Phyllodocella Fauchald & Belman, 1972 accepted as Micronereis Claparède, 1863 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Phyllonereis Hansen, 1882 accepted as Pseudonereis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Pisenoe Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Platynereis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Praxithea Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 (unreplaced homonym and a subjective synonym)
- Genus Quadricirra Banse, 1977 accepted as Micronereis Claparède, 1863 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Stratonice Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
- Genus Thoosa Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 (homonym, subjective synonym)
- Genus Uncinereis Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Platynereis Kinberg, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. (1818). Mémoire sur la classe des Sétipodes, partie des Vers à sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1818: 78-85., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4146409
page(s): 82; note: (as Nereidae), also (Principle of Coordination) author of Nereidinae [details]
page(s): 82; note: (as Nereidae), also (Principle of Coordination) author of Nereidinae [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereidinae Blainville, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324346 on 2025-11-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. (1818). Mémoire sur la classe des Sétipodes, partie des Vers à sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1818: 78-85., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4146409
page(s): 82; note: (as Nereidae), also (Principle of Coordination) author of Nereidinae [details]
original description (of Notophycidae Knox & Cameron, 1970) Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1970). Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences.</em> 12(9): 73-85., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-biological-sciences/1970/05/14 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 82; note: (as Nereidae), also (Principle of Coordination) author of Nereidinae [details]
original description (of Notophycidae Knox & Cameron, 1970) Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1970). Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences.</em> 12(9): 73-85., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-biological-sciences/1970/05/14 [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 34(5): 507-547., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00200.x [details] Available for editors
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Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Authority Blainville (1818), author of Nereididae (as Nereidae), is also author of Nereidinae by convention (ICZN Article 36.1, Principle of Coordination). [details]