Nereis diversicolor (Müller, 1776) 
AphiaID: 339374

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

Status		unaccepted (objective synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Rank		Species
Parent		Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
Sources		original description: Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13268 [details] [full text] basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] source of synonymy: Ehlers, E. 1868. Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. Volume II. xx, 269-748. Wilhelm Engelmann. Leipzig., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2081 [details] source of synonymy: 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 [details] source of synonymy: Malmgren, A. J. 1867. Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Groenlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingfors. 127pp, & 115 plates, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   German Seeringelwurm  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] De Panne [details] Gulf of Maine [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (224 publications) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence to Puerto Rico [details] Habitat: intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Taxonomy: Moved to different genus [details] Taxonomy: Current taxon junior synonym of species listed|Name used lapsus calami [details] Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Denmark [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339374
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-18 12:55:09Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Nereis diversicolor (Müller, 1776). 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=339374 on 2013-05-25