WoRMS name details
Nereis acuminata Ehlers, 1868
339376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339376)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. <em>Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162
page(s): 552; note: Naples specimens. No link made to N. caudata sensu Delle Chiaje, also Naples [details]
page(s): 552; note: Naples specimens. No link made to N. caudata sensu Delle Chiaje, also Naples [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Naples (Italy)
, Note Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Naples
type locality contained in Gulf of Naples (Italy) [details]
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Naples [details]
Taxonomy As Neanthes caudata (as Spio caudatus) is a misapplied name, the next available name is Nereis acuminata, coincidentally...
Taxonomy As Neanthes caudata (as Spio caudatus) is a misapplied name, the next available name is Nereis acuminata, coincidentally from the same locality. However, Reish et al (2014) chose in their paper to use N. acuminata for their New England samples, N. caudata for Portugal samples, and N. arenaceodentata for samples from southern California, Mexico and Hawaii. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis acuminata Ehlers, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339376 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. <em>Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162
page(s): 552; note: Naples specimens. No link made to N. caudata sensu Delle Chiaje, also Naples [details]
page(s): 552; note: Naples specimens. No link made to N. caudata sensu Delle Chiaje, also Naples [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Imajima, M. (1972). Review of the annelid worms of the family Nereidae of Japan, with descriptions of five new species or subspecies. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 15(1): 37-153. [details]
Other
additional source
Reish, Donald J.; Anderson, Frank E.; Horn, Kevin M.; Hardege, Jörg. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics of the Neanthes acuminata (Annelida: Nereididae) species complex. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 71, 271-278., available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/books-and-journals/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/2010-2019/2014-vol-71/reish-anderson-horn-and-hardege/
page(s): 271; note: molecular analysis of Neanthes 'acuminata' populations [details]
page(s): 271; note: molecular analysis of Neanthes 'acuminata' populations [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy As Neanthes caudata (as Spio caudatus) is a misapplied name, the next available name is Nereis acuminata, coincidentally from the same locality. However, Reish et al (2014) chose in their paper to use N. acuminata for their New England samples, N. caudata for Portugal samples, and N. arenaceodentata for samples from southern California, Mexico and Hawaii. [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Naples [details]
