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
original description(ofNereis 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020 page(s): 171-172, fig. 2 [details]
original description(ofNereis 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 athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613 page(s): 161-163, plate VIII figs. 6-8 [details]
original description(ofNereis 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020 page(s): 170-171, fig. 1 [details]
original description(ofNereis 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 athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2128[details]
new combination referenceMalmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 page(s): 49 [165 in the subsequent journal version] [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy sourceVirgilio, 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 athttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04170.x[details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionBakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 34(5): 507-547., available online athttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00200.x[details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionTeixeira, 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 athttps://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]
redescriptionVieitez, 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]
Other
context 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 sourceEinfeldt, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12060 page(s): [possible trans-Atlantic introduction into N. America [details]
additional sourceSalazar-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 athttps://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 sourceHartmann-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 sourceMuller, 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 athttp://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf[details]
additional sourceHartman, 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
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]