WoRMS name details
Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976
130403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130403)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Amoureux, Louis. (1976). Une intéressante collection de Néréidiens (Annélides Polychètes) des côtes marocaines du détroit de Gilbraltar. <i>Nereis moroccensis</i>, espèce nouvelle pour la science. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 3 (370), Zoologie.</em> 258: 337-349., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/258/337.pdf
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Note Cape Spartel, Gibraltar Strait, Morocco,...
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Type locality Cape Spartel, Gibraltar Strait, Morocco, Atlantic Ocean (about 35.795°, -5.918°) [details]
Depth range 2-8 m.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Spartel (Morocco).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet moroccensis refers to Morocco, the type locality of the species.
Depth range 2-8 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Spartel (Morocco).
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Spartel (Morocco). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet moroccensis refers to Morocco, the type locality of the species.
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet moroccensis refers to Morocco, the type locality of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130403 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Amoureux, Louis. (1976). Une intéressante collection de Néréidiens (Annélides Polychètes) des côtes marocaines du détroit de Gilbraltar. <i>Nereis moroccensis</i>, espèce nouvelle pour la science. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 3 (370), Zoologie.</em> 258: 337-349., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/258/337.pdf
page(s): 344-348, figs. 5-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 344-348, figs. 5-10 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
Núñez, Jorge; Riera, Rodrigo; Brito, María del Carmen. (2000). Nuevos registros de Neréididos (Polychaeta: Nereididae) para las Islas de Cabo Verde y Canarias [New records of nereidids (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Cape Verde Islands and Canary Islands]. <em>Avicennia.</em> 12-13: 115-126., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44341366
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MNHN POLY TYPE 1254-1256, geounit Cabo Espartel [details]
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Depth range 2-8 m. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Spartel (Morocco). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet moroccensis refers to Morocco, the type locality of the species. [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated in the orignal description, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Cape Spartel, Gibraltar Strait, Morocco, Atlantic Ocean (about 35.795°, -5.918°) [details]
