Nereidinae Blainville, 1818 
AphiaID: 324346

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Subfamily
Typetaxon		Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
Parent		Nereididae Blainville, 1818
Synonymised taxa		Nereinae [auctt.] Notophycidae Knox & Cameron, 1970 (subjective synonym) Notophycinae Knox & Cameron, 1970 (subjective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Bakken, Torkild and Wilson, Robin S. 2005. Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta, 34(5):507-547 [details] from synonym: Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus, in D.J. Reish and K. Fauchald eds., Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman: Los Angeles, The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, p. 115-140. page(s): 118 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Knox, G. A. and Cameron, D. B. 1970. Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 12(9): 73-85. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Fitzhugh, K. 1987. Phylogenetic relationships within the Nereididae (Polychaeta): Implications at the subfamily level. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 174-183. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hartman, O. 1959. Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean, 9(2): 153-168. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Alitta Kinberg, 1865 Genus Ceratonereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Cheilonereis Benham, 1916 Genus Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 Genus Eunereis Malmgren, 1865 Genus Hediste Malmgren, 1867 Genus Imajimainereis de Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2000 Genus Leonnates Kinberg, 1865 Genus Micronereis Claparède, 1863 Genus Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 Genus Nectoneanthes Imajima, 1972 Genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Paraleonnates Chlebovitsch & Wu, 1962 Genus Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Platynereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Pseudonereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Simplisetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 Genus Solomononereis Gibbs, 1971 Genus Unanereis Day, 1962 Genus Heteronereis Örsted, 1843 (nomen dubium, metamorphosed adults of various genera) Genus Nossis Kinberg, 1865 (nomen dubium, Species is indeterminable) Genus Paraleonnates Amoureux, 1985 (nomen dubium, junior homonym) Genus Arete Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Gnatholycastis Ehlers, 1920 accepted as Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Laevispinereis He & Wu, 1989 accepted as Leonnates Kinberg, 1865 Genus Lycoris Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Naumachius Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Nectonereis Verrill, 1873 accepted as Platynereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Notophycus Knox & Cameron, 1970 accepted as Micronereis Claparède, 1863 Genus Periserrula Paik, 1977 accepted as Paraleonnates Chlebovitsch & Wu, 1962 Genus Phyllodocella Fauchald & Belman, 1972 accepted as Micronereis Claparède, 1863 Genus Phyllonereis Hansen, 1882 accepted as Pseudonereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Pisenoe Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Platynereis Kinberg, 1865 Genus Praxithea Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 Genus Quadricirra Banse, 1977 accepted as Micronereis Claparède, 1863 Genus Thoosa Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Uncinereis Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Platynereis Kinberg, 1865
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Note		Authority: Blainville (1818), author of Nereididae (as Nereidae), is also author of Nereidinae by convention (ICZN Article 36.1, Principle of Coordination). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324346
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-04 06:49:09Z   created   Decock, Wim 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2011-09-01 23:12:11Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Nereidinae Blainville, 1818. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324346 on 2013-05-22