Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 129379

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Aciculata > Phyllodocida > Nereidiformia > Nereididae > Nereidinae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 (type by monotypy)
Typetaxon of		Nereididae Blainville, 1818 Nereidinae Blainville, 1818
Parent		Nereidinae Blainville, 1818
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Banc d'Arguin [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Oostende [details] Westerschelde [details]
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Images		[image from typetaxon] Zeeduizendpoot1 added on 2009-07-16 - author: Decleer, Misjel qualitystatus: not checked [image from typetaxon] Zeeduizendpoot added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129379
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2006-07-14 15:54:19Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-03-04 06:49:09Z   changed   Decock, Wim 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2011-05-15 21:14:46Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Nereis Linnaeus, 1758. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129379 on 2013-05-24
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