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WoRMS taxon detailsHediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)
152302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152302)
accepted
Species
Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination with disused subgenus Nereis (Nereis) diversicolor Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination with disused nominal subgenus Nereis brevimanus Johnston, 1840 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis depressa Frey & Leuckart, 1847 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nereis sarsii Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis versicolor [misspelling for diversicolor] · unaccepted (Lapsus. Subsequent misspelling...)
Lapsus. Subsequent misspelling for original 'diversicolor' Nereis viridis Johnston, 1840 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh,
recent only
(of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217 [details] 
Neotype (of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) NTNU...
Neotype (of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) NTNU NTNU-VM82082, geounit North Sea [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152302 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Nereis viridis Johnston, 1840) Johnston, G. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica. [Continued from vol. iv. p. 375.] Contributions towards a history of Irish Annelids (1). <em>Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology.</em> 5: 168-179, 9 text-figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020 page(s): 171-172, fig. 2 [details] original description (of Nereis sarsii Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613 page(s): 161-163, plate VIII figs. 6-8 [details] original description (of Nereis brevimanus Johnston, 1840) Johnston, G. (1840). Miscellanea Zoologica. [Continued from vol. iv. p. 375.] Contributions towards a history of Irish Annelids (1). <em>Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology.</em> 5: 168-179, 9 text-figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020 page(s): 170-171, fig. 1 [details] original description (of Nereis depressa Frey & Leuckart, 1847) Frey, H. & R. Leuckart. (1847). Beiträge zur Kenntniss Wirbelloser Thiere mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna des Norddeutschen Meeres. [Contributions to the knowledge of invertebrates with special reference to the fauna of the North German Sea.]. <em>In: Beiträge zur Kenntnis wirbelloser Thiere. Brunswick, Viehweg und Sohn, Braunschweig: Freidrich Vieweg und Sohn. Pp. 1-170, pls. 1, 2.</em> [pp. 110-130]. [:165, Caligus leptochillus]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2128 [details] original description (of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 page(s): 217 [details] new combination reference Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 page(s): 49 [165 in the subsequent journal version] [details] Taxonomytaxonomy source
Virgilio, M.; Fauvelot, C.; Costantini, F.; Abbiati, M.; Backeljau, T. (2009). Phylogeography of the common ragworm <i>Hediste diversicolor</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae) reveals cryptic diversity and multiple colonization events across its distribution. <em>Molecular Ecology.</em> 18(9): 1980-1994., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04170.x [details] Available for editors  [request]redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]redescription Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 34(5): 507-547., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00200.x [details] Available for editors [request]redescription Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Bakken, Torkild; Vieira, Pedro E.; Langeneck, Joachim; Sampieri, Bruno R.; Kasapidis, Panagiotis; Ravara, Ascensão; Nygren, Arne; Costa, Filipe O. (2022). The curious and intricate case of the European <i>Hediste diversicolor</i> (Annelida, Nereididae) species complex, with description of two new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 20(1): 2116124: 1-40., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2022.2116124 page(s): 16 of 40, figures 13–15, 36–44; note: redescription and neotype from Grimstad, Norway [details] Available for editors [request]redescription Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details] Othercontext source (Schelde)
Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details] additional source Einfeldt, A. L.; Doucet, J. R.; Addison, J. A. (2014). Phylogeography and cryptic introduction of the ragworm Hediste diversicolor (Annelida, Nereididae) in the Northwest Atlantic. <i>Invertebrate Biology</i>. 133(3): 232-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12060 page(s): [possible trans-Atlantic introduction into N. America [details] additional source Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; De León-González, Jesús Angel; Conde-Vela, Victor M. (2021). Revision of the species confused with “Nereis falsa” de Quatrefages, 1866 (Annelida, Nereididae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 779: 1-70., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1579 page(s): 8-9; note: Commentary. Original type locality of Nereis diversicolor determined to be Copenhagen, Denmark. However, subsequently a neotype from Grimstad, Norway has been created (Teixeira et al 2022) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 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] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) NTNU NTNU-VM82082, geounit North Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Even although nearly 40 years ago Hediste diversicolor was stressed to be the standard correct name for this common North Atlantic estuarine nereidid in Fauchald (1977), the superseded original combination Nereis diversicolor, and other variants may appear in non-taxonomic works. [details]Neotype See original name, Nereis diversicolor, for details of the neotype created by Teixeira et al (2022) for a specimen from southern Norway. [details]
BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (190 barcodes) To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (243 publications) (from synonym Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Nereis versicolor [misspelling for diversicolor]) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Nereis viridis Johnston, 1840) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hediste diversicolor) To GenBank (737 nucleotides; 625 proteins) To GenBank (737 nucleotides; 625 proteins) (from synonym Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776)) To GenBank (737 nucleotides; 625 proteins) (from synonym Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) To GenBank (737 nucleotides; 625 proteins) (from synonym Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To NHMUK collection (Hediste diversicolor (Müller, 1776); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9474014) To PESI (from synonym Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (45 records) (from synonym Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 080469) To ITIS |
