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Wilson, Robin S.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1993). A revision of the Perinereis nuntia species group (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Records of the Australian Museum. 45(3): 253-277.
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10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.23 [view]
Wilson, Robin S.; Glasby, Christopher J.
1993
A revision of the <i>Perinereis nuntia</i> species group (Polychaeta: Nereididae)
Records of the Australian Museum
45(3): 253-277
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Publication date: "07 October 1993"
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The Perinereis nuntia species group is revised on the basis of material from worldwide localities. Twenty available names are reduced to 12 recognised species, including two new species: Perinereis akuna (from southern Australia) and P. namibia (from southern Africa). Specimens from Indonesia and from Juan Fernandez Islands cannot be identified and may represent two additional undescribed species. Perinereis broomensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 is synonymised with P. nuntia (Savigny, 1818) for the first time. A key to species is provided.
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Holotype USNM 18948, geounit Indonesia, identified as Nereis (Heteronereis) caeruleis Hoagland, 1920
Nontype ZMB 45109b, geounit Luderitz, identified as Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Nontype SAMC A20030, geounit Walvis Bay, identified as Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Paratype SAMC A20078, geounit Luderitz, identified as Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Holotype SAMC A20263, geounit Luderitz, identified as Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Paratype SAMC A21421, geounit Luderitz, identified as Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Paratype NMV F52582-52584, geounit Luderitz, identified as Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Holotype NMV F53985, geounit Hawkesbury River, identified as Perinereis akuna Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Paratype NMV F53988-53994, geounit Batemans Bay, identified as Perinereis akuna Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Nontype NTM W1772, geounit Australia, identified as Perinereis caeruleis (Hoagland, 1920)
Nontype NTM W1806, W1811, geounit Australia, identified as Perinereis caeruleis (Hoagland, 1920)
 Depth range

Not stated.  [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal zone.  [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal to shallow water (5.5. m).  [details]

 Distribution

Indonesia: Sulawesi, east Pulau Talisei.  [details]

 Distribution

Widespread in SE Australia, from Gladstone in the north, to Twofold Bay in the south. Two isolated records in SW ... [details]

 Distribution

Indonesia; Australia (Northern Territory); Vanuatu.  [details]

 Distribution

Known from three estuaries in Chile (Southeast Pacific), from fresh and brackish water: 1) small freshwater ... [details]

 Distribution

Madagascar.  [details]

 Distribution

Western Pacific Ocean: China (Yellow Sea; South China Sea); Japan (from Matsushima Bay to Bonin Islands); South Korea ... [details]

 Distribution

Southeastern Atlantic, on the coast of Namibia (Lüderitz Bay and Walvis Bay) [details]

 Distribution

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The species is widely recorded throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, from Thailand, China ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet caeruleis, form of the Latin adjective caeruleus, meaning 'dark colored', seems to refer to ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet akuna is derived from an Australian aboriginal word meaning 'flowing water', and is now used ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet namibia is derived from the African country of the same name, where the type locality is ... [details]

 Habitat

Corals bottoms, at shallow water.  [details]

 Habitat

Not stated.  [details]

 Habitat

On a variety of hard substrates, including cobble, but apparently restricted to the intertidal zone. Can occur in ... [details]

 Habitat

Corals bottoms, mangroves, and rock shelfs along sandy beaches, intertidal to shallow water.  [details]

 Habitat

Coastal waters, in protected areas like bays.  [details]

 Synonymy

Wilson & Glasby (1993) examined a syntype of Nereis brevicirris from type locality Saint Paul Island, southern ... [details]

 Synonymy

Junior synonym of Perinereis nuntia according to Wilson & Glasby (1993: 267) who examined a specimen from Indonesia ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Wilson & Glasby (1993: 276) state that ''Perinereis nuntia bombayensis Bhatt & Bal, 1966 (described from India) ... [details]

 Type locality

Coal & Candle Creek, Hawkesbury River, near Akuna Bay, New South Wales, Australia (about -33.643º, 151.238º), ... [details]

 Type locality

Griffith Bay, Lüderitz, Namibia, SE Atlantic (gazetteer estimate -26.6547º, 15.1339º).  [details]