WoRMS taxon details
Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857)
209792 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209792)
accepted
Species
Mastigonereis longicirra Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereilepas variegata Grube, 1857 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Nereis (Nereilepas) variegata Grube, 1857 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nereis (Perinereis) variegata (Grube, 1857) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Nereis longicirra (Schmarda, 1861) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (recombination of subjective synonym)
Nereis variegata Grube, 1857 · unaccepted (alternate representation of...)
alternate representation of original Nereis (Nereilepas) variegata
Paranereis elegans Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Perinereis diversidentata Treadwell, 1943 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Perinereis variegata (Grube, 1857) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phyllonereis benedenii Hansen, 1882 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209792 on 2025-09-13
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mastigonereis longicirra Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 109-110, 6 text-figs. [top of page 110], plate XXXI fig. 250 [details]
original description (of Paranereis elegans Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Perinereis diversidentata Treadwell, 1943) Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1943). Polychaetous annelids from Africa in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1221: 1-6., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4741 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Phyllonereis benedenii Hansen, 1882) Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 15, plate VII figs. 13-20 [details]
original description (of Nereis (Nereilepas) variegata Grube, 1857) Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A. S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. (Fortsaettelse). [Part 2]. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 1857: 158-186., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800010
page(s): 164; note: Valparaiso. As pointed out by Conde-Vela (2018), Grube used Nereis (Nereilepas), not Nereilepas at full genus rank [details]
new combination reference Fauvel, Pierre. (1921). Annélides polychètes de Madagascar, du Muséum R. d'Histoire Naturelle recueillies par M. le Dr. W. Kaudern en 1912. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 13(24): 1-32, plate I., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6397354
page(s): 13-14; note: recombined as Pseudonereis [details]
page(s): 109-110, 6 text-figs. [top of page 110], plate XXXI fig. 250 [details]
original description (of Paranereis elegans Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Perinereis diversidentata Treadwell, 1943) Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1943). Polychaetous annelids from Africa in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1221: 1-6., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4741 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Phyllonereis benedenii Hansen, 1882) Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 15, plate VII figs. 13-20 [details]
original description (of Nereis (Nereilepas) variegata Grube, 1857) Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1857). Annulata Örstediana. Enumeratio Annulatorum, quae in itinere per Indiam occidentalem et Americam centralem annis 1845-1848 suscepto legit cl. A. S. Örsted, adjectis speciebus nonnullis a cl. H. Kröyero in itinere ad Americam meridionalem collectis. (Fortsaettelse). [Part 2]. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 1857: 158-186., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800010
page(s): 164; note: Valparaiso. As pointed out by Conde-Vela (2018), Grube used Nereis (Nereilepas), not Nereilepas at full genus rank [details]
new combination reference Fauvel, Pierre. (1921). Annélides polychètes de Madagascar, du Muséum R. d'Histoire Naturelle recueillies par M. le Dr. W. Kaudern en 1912. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 13(24): 1-32, plate I., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6397354
page(s): 13-14; note: recombined as Pseudonereis [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Conde-Vela, Víctor Manuel. (2018). New species of Pseudonereis Kinberg, 1865 (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from the Atlantic Ocean, and a review of paragnath morphology and methodology. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4471(2): 245-278., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4471.2.2
page(s): 266, figure 10A–J; note: Description of USNM specimens from Valparaiso, Chile [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 266, figure 10A–J; note: Description of USNM specimens from Valparaiso, Chile [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (HKRMS)
Lam KKY. (2001). Algal and sessile invertebrate recruitment onto an experimental PFA-concrete artificial reef in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 17. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 55-76. [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1934). Polychaeten aus den Zoologischen Museen von Leiden und Amsterdam. – IV. (Schluss). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden.</em> 17(8): 67-160 [includes figs. 14-31 + figure captions for the 4 issues of the series]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318471 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [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 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1962. Zur Kenntnis der Nereiden Chiles (Polychaeta errantia), mit Beschreibung epitoker Stadien einiger Arten und der Jugendentwicklung von Perinereis vallata (Grube). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 168(11-12): 389-441.
page(s): 434-435 [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 45 [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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1934). Polychaeten aus den Zoologischen Museen von Leiden und Amsterdam. – IV. (Schluss). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden.</em> 17(8): 67-160 [includes figs. 14-31 + figure captions for the 4 issues of the series]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318471 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [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 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1962. Zur Kenntnis der Nereiden Chiles (Polychaeta errantia), mit Beschreibung epitoker Stadien einiger Arten und der Jugendentwicklung von Perinereis vallata (Grube). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 168(11-12): 389-441.
page(s): 434-435 [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 45 [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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | mussel worm | [details] |
| German | Miesmuschel-Seeringelwurm | [details] |
| Japanese | デンガクゴカイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudonereis variegata)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (11 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudonereis variegata)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (11 records)
