WoRMS taxon details
Nereis heterocirrata Treadwell, 1931
329658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329658)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1931). Three new species of polychaetous annelids in the collections of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 80(2902): 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.80-2902.1
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Holotype USNM 19323, geounit Japan
, Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone , Note "Takami, near Chochi, Japan" = probably coast...
Holotype USNM 19323, geounit Japan [details]
type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality "Takami, near Chochi, Japan" = probably coast near Takagami Nishimachi, near Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 35.707°, 140.838°). [details]
Type material Deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 19323, holotype; USNM 19760, paratype). [details]
Depth range Not stated, unknown.
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Japan (Honshu Island).
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterocirrata is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning...
Depth range Not stated, unknown. [details]
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Japan (Honshu Island).
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Japan (Honshu Island). [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterocirrata is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning...
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterocirrata is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning 'different', and the Latin adjective cirrata, meaning 'having cirri', and refers probably to the different lengths of the tentacular cirri: "The most noticeable feature [of the species] is the peculiar development, relative to the other tentacular cirri, of the anterior ventral one. The two dorsal tentacular cirri extend about to the end of the palp, while the posterior ventral one is very much smaller" (Treadwell, 1931: 1). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis heterocirrata Treadwell, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329658 on 2025-06-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1931). Three new species of polychaetous annelids in the collections of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 80(2902): 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.80-2902.1
page(s): 1-2, fig. 1a-e [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1-2, fig. 1a-e [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
Chau, C. W.; Tze, W. L.; Chiu, S. T.; Cheung, S. G. (2000). Monitoring of metallic contamination in Perna viridis and sediments in Hong Kong mariculture zones. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 16. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 65-75. [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145
page(s): 255 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145
page(s): 255 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, unknown. [details]Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Japan (Honshu Island). [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterocirrata is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, meaning 'different', and the Latin adjective cirrata, meaning 'having cirri', and refers probably to the different lengths of the tentacular cirri: "The most noticeable feature [of the species] is the peculiar development, relative to the other tentacular cirri, of the anterior ventral one. The two dorsal tentacular cirri extend about to the end of the palp, while the posterior ventral one is very much smaller" (Treadwell, 1931: 1). [details]
Habitat Not stated, unknown. [details]
Type locality "Takami, near Chochi, Japan" = probably coast near Takagami Nishimachi, near Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 35.707°, 140.838°). [details]
Type material Deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 19323, holotype; USNM 19760, paratype). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒゲブトゴカイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nereis heterocirrata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nereis heterocirrata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
