WoRMS name details
Nicon peruviana Berkeley & Berkeley, 1964
329818 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329818)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (to Platynereis [fide Pettibone, 1971])
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Berkeley, Edith; Berkeley, Cyril. (1964). Notes on some pelagic and some swarming polychaeta taken off the coast of Peru. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 42(1): 121-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z64-012
page(s): 128-129, figs. 1-2; note: male heteronereid [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 128-129, figs. 1-2; note: male heteronereid [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, off Peru
type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, off Peru [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Nicon peruviana Berkeley & Berkeley, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329818 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Berkeley, Edith; Berkeley, Cyril. (1964). Notes on some pelagic and some swarming polychaeta taken off the coast of Peru. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 42(1): 121-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z64-012
page(s): 128-129, figs. 1-2; note: male heteronereid [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 128-129, figs. 1-2; note: male heteronereid [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Revision of some species referred to <i>Leptonereis</i>, <i>Nicon</i>, and <i>Laeonereis</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 104: 1-53., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5689
page(s): 48; note: to Platynereis as Platynereis sp. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 48; note: to Platynereis as Platynereis sp. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (PeRMS)
Berkeley, Edith; Berkeley, Cyril. (1964). Notes on some pelagic and some swarming polychaeta taken off the coast of Peru. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 42(1): 121-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z64-012 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination Although Pettibone referred Nicon peruviana to Platynereis based on the paragnaths of the epitoke, she did not make a new combination, but instead treated it as "Platynereis sp." Therefore there is no usage enabling an entry under Platynereis in WoRMS. [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Type locality Pacific Ocean, off Peru [details]
