Polychaeta taxon details
 Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776) AphiaID: 152302
| Status | | accepted |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Hediste Malmgren, 1867 |
| Orig. name | | Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776 |
Synonymised
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Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776) (invalid combination)
Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776 (superseded alternate representation)
Nereis brevimanus Johnston, 1840 (subjective synonym)
Nereis depressa Frey & Leuckart, 1847 (subjective synonym)
Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776 (superseded original combination)
Nereis sarsii Rathke, 1843 (subjective synonym)
Nereis versicolor Müller in Linnaeus, 1788
Nereis viridis Johnston, 1840 (basionym)
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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. Invertebrate Biology. 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 Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 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. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 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. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628. [details]
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]
redescription Bakken, T.; Wilson, R.S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta. 34(5): 507-547., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00200.x [details]
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]
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): 48 [165 in the subsequent journal version] [details]
additional source (of Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source (of Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) Bellan, Gerard. (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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/77636.pdf [details]
additional source (of Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (of Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source (of Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776) Bobretzky, N. (1881). Dopolnenia k faune Annelid Chernogo morya [Additions/supplement to the annelid fauna of the Black Sea]. Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew]. 6(2): 183-212, plates 6 & 7., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100422735
note: usage for Black Sea and description, with junior synonymy of Nereis falsa and Lycoris pulsatoria sensu Rathke [details] [full text]
source of synonymy (of Nereis viridis Johnston, 1840) 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]
source of synonymy (of Nereis viridis Johnston, 1840) McIntosh, W.C. 1908. A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details]
new combination reference (of Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776)) Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 227(1): 1-356., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33229#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 174 [details]
additional source (of Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776)) Hartman, O. 1960. On Account of the Nereid Worm, Neanthes diversicolor, New Combination in the Caspian Sea and its More Extensive Distribution. unpublished translation of (Hartman, 1960. [On account of the nereid worm, Neanthes diversicolor, new combination in the Caspian Sea and its more extensive distribution] Akademiya Nauk SSSR 39(1):35-39). [details]
basis of record (of Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776)) Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]
original description (of Nereis sarsii Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn. 20: 1-264c., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613 [details] [full text]
original description (of Nereis versicolor Müller in Linnaeus, 1788) Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Cura J.F. Gmelin. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae 1(5-6):2225-3910. [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). Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 5: 168-179, 9 text-figures., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19397#page/184/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Nereis depressa Frey & Leuckart, 1847) Frey, Heinrich and Leuckart, Rudolph. 1847. [As Polychaeta source] Beiträge zur Kenntnis Wirbelloser Thiere mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna des Norddeutschen Meeres. 1-170. Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. Braunschweig., 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 characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Hafniae, Typiis Hallageriis. xxxii + 274 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217 [details] [full text]
taxonomy source (of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) Ehlers, Ernst. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. Volume 2: i-xx, 269-748, plates XII-XXIV. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162
page(s): 554 [includes synonymising Hediste diversicolor to original combination] [details]
additional source (of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) Fabricius, Otto 1780. [POLYCHAETA & ANNELIDA DATA. p.266-315; 374-384] Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens, Animalia Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificum, triviale, vernaculumque synonyma auctorum plurium, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum, capturamque singuli prout detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes: Hafniae [Copenhagen] et Lipsiae.
page(s): 291 [synonymy incl "Scolopendra marina"] [details]
taxonomy source (of Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776) Johnston, George. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 152-154 [several nereidid names are synonymised to N.diversicolor] [details]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
Albanian |
 shumëketëshi i lagunave |
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Dutch |
veelkleurige zeeduizendpoot |
[details] |
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English |
ragwormestuary ragworm |
[details] |
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German |
Seeringelwurm [from synonym] |
[details] |
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Polish |
nereida |
[details] |
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Portuguese |
serradela |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | From editor or global species database
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
German part of the North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From regional or thematic species database
North Sea
 Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Baltic Sea
North East Baltic Sea [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Bay of Fundy
Cobscook Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Belgium
De Panne [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Oostende [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Cuba
Cuba [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
English Channel
Baie de la Seine [details]
Golfe Normanno-Breton [details]
Estonia
Muuga harbour (Port of Tallinn, Gulf of Finland) [details]
France
Roscoff [details]
Wimereux [details]
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Manicouagan [details]
St. Lawrence Estuary [details]
Ireland
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Gulf of Maine [from synonym] [details]
North West Atlantic [from synonym] [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Sea
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [details]
North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Spain
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom
British Isles [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Plymouth [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien
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Dichelyne (Cucullanellus) minutus (Rudolphi, 1819) (parasitic: endoparasitic)
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Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (350 nucleotides; 345 proteins)
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To PESI
To ITIS
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| Attributes | | Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Polychaeta) [details]
Functional group plankton > zooplankton » Stage larva (inherited from Polychaeta) [details]
Body size 60 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length » Locality (MRGID) Europe [details]
Body size 120 » Unit mm » Type maximum » Dimension length » Locality (MRGID) Europe [details]
Body size 100 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details]
Body size 100 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details]
Body size 100 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length [details] |
| Note | | 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 an influential guide to Polychaeta (Fauchald, 1977), strangely the invalid combination Nereis diversicolor continues to appear in non-taxonomic works. [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152302 |
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| | | Citation: Glasby, C. (2008). Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2017). World Polychaeta database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152302 on 2017-08-16 |
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