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Perinereis Kinberg, 1865

129380  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129380)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Nereididae (Family)
  9. Nereidinae (Subfamily)
  10. Perinereis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Arete Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Gnatholycastis Ehlers, 1920 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Hedyle Malmgren, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym; also junior...)  
subjective synonym; also junior homonym of Hedyle Guenée, 1857 [Lepidoptera]
Lipephile Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis (Lipephile) Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis (Perinereis) Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent rank change)
Stratonice Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)

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  1. Subgenus Perinereis (Arete)
    1. Species Perinereis (Arete) tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915 accepted as Perinereis tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915 (superseded original combination, subgeneric rank abandoned)
  2. Species Perinereis aculeata (Hansen, 1882)
  3. Species Perinereis aibuhitensis (Grube, 1878)
  4. Species Perinereis akuna Wilson & Glasby, 1993
  5. Species Perinereis amblyodonta (Schmarda, 1861)
  6. Species Perinereis anderssoni Kinberg, 1865
  7. Species Perinereis arabica Mohammad, 1971
  8. Species Perinereis atlantica (McIntosh, 1885)
  9. Species Perinereis bajacalifornica de León González & Solis-Weiss, 1998
  10. Species Perinereis barbara (Monro, 1926)
  11. Species Perinereis beaucoudrayi (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
  12. Species Perinereis binongkae (Horst, 1924)
  13. Species Perinereis brevicirrata (Treadwell, 1920)
  14. Species Perinereis broomensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
  15. Species Perinereis caeruleis (Hoagland, 1920)
  16. Species Perinereis caesarea Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  17. Species Perinereis calmani (Monro, 1926)
  18. Species Perinereis camiguinoides (Augener, 1922)
  19. Species Perinereis capensis (Kinberg, 1865)
  20. Species Perinereis cariacoensis Liñero, 1983
  21. Species Perinereis cariboea de León González & Solis-Weiss, 1998
  22. Species Perinereis castellii Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  23. Species Perinereis cavifrons (Ehlers, 1920)
  24. Species Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840)
  25. Species Perinereis curvata Holly, 1935
  26. Species Perinereis damietta Elgetany, Struck & Glasby, 2022
  27. Species Perinereis daxiensis Hsueh, 2024
  28. Species Perinereis dongalae (Horst, 1924)
  29. Species Perinereis elenacasoi Rioja, 1947
  30. Species Perinereis euiini Park & Kim, 2017
  31. Species Perinereis falklandica (Ramsay, 1914)
  32. Species Perinereis falsovariegata Monro, 1933
  33. Species Perinereis faulwetterae Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  34. Species Perinereis fayedensis Elgetany, Struck & Glasby, 2022
  35. Species Perinereis floridana (Ehlers, 1868)
  36. Species Perinereis fugangensis Hsueh, 2024
  37. Species Perinereis gualpensis Jeldes, 1963
  38. Species Perinereis helleri (Grube, 1878)
  39. Species Perinereis heterodonta Gravier, 1899
  40. Species Perinereis horsti Gravier, 1899
  41. Species Perinereis houbihuensis Hsueh, 2024
  42. Species Perinereis houbinae Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  43. Species Perinereis hsinchuensis Hsueh, 2024
  44. Species Perinereis iranica Bonyadi-Naeini, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, E. Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2018
  45. Species Perinereis jascooki Gibbs, 1972
  46. Species Perinereis juno Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  47. Species Perinereis jupiter Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  48. Species Perinereis kaomeiensis Hsueh, 2024
  49. Species Perinereis kaustiana Teixeira, Fourreau, Sempere-Valverde & Carvalho, 2024
  50. Species Perinereis kebalanae Hsueh, 2024
  51. Species Perinereis khambhatiensis Prajapat, Villalobos-Guerrero & Vachhrajani, 2023
  52. Species Perinereis kuwaitensis Mohammed, 1970
  53. Species Perinereis larentukana (Grube, 1881)
  54. Species Perinereis latipalpa (Schmarda, 1861)
  55. Species Perinereis linea (Treadwell, 1936)
  56. Species Perinereis liuqiuensis Hsueh, 2024
  57. Species Perinereis longdongwanensis Hsueh, 2024
  58. Species Perinereis longidonta Rozbaczylo & Castilla, 1973
  59. Species Perinereis louizomarum Rezzag Mahcene, Villalobos-Guerrero, Kurt, Denis & Daas, 2023
  60. Species Perinereis ludaoensis Hsueh, 2024
  61. Species Perinereis macropus (Claparède, 1870)
  62. Species Perinereis maindroni Fauvel, 1943
  63. Species Perinereis majungaensis Fauvel, 1921
  64. Species Perinereis malabarensis Prajapat, Villalobos-Guerrero & Vachhrajani, 2024
  65. Species Perinereis malayana (Horst, 1889)
  66. Species Perinereis maleniae Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  67. Species Perinereis marionii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
  68. Species Perinereis matthaii Aziz, 1938
  69. Species Perinereis mictodonta (Marenzeller, 1879)
  70. Species Perinereis minerva Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  71. Species Perinereis miquellai Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  72. Species Perinereis misrai Prajapat, Villalobos-Guerrero & Vachhrajani, 2024
  73. Species Perinereis mochimaensis Liñero, 1983
  74. Species Perinereis monterea (Chamberlin, 1918)
  75. Species Perinereis muscoi Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  76. Species Perinereis neocaledonica Pruvot, 1930
  77. Species Perinereis nieri Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  78. Species Perinereis nigropunctata (Horst, 1889)
  79. Species Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818)
  80. Species Perinereis obfuscata (Grube, 1878)
  81. Species Perinereis oliveirae (Horst, 1889)
  82. Species Perinereis osoriotafalli de León González & Solis-Weiss, 1998
  83. Species Perinereis pangcahae Hsueh, 2024
  84. Species Perinereis perspicillata (Grube, 1878)
  85. Species Perinereis pictilis Glasby, Nu-Wei & Gibb, 2013
  86. Species Perinereis ponteni Kinberg, 1865
  87. Species Perinereis ponuiensis (Augener, 1924)
  88. Species Perinereis pseudocamiguina (Augener, 1922)
  89. Species Perinereis pseudocavifrons Fauvel, 1930
  90. Species Perinereis pseudocultrifera Hsueh, 2024
  91. Species Perinereis qiguensis Hsueh, 2024
  92. Species Perinereis quatrefagesi (Grube, 1878)
  93. Species Perinereis rhombodonta Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
  94. Species Perinereis rookeri de León González & Goethel, 2013
  95. Species Perinereis rullieri Pilato, 1974
  96. Species Perinereis seridentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959)
  97. Species Perinereis seurati Gravier, 1905
  98. Species Perinereis shikueii Glasby & Hsieh, 2006
  99. Species Perinereis singaporiensis (Grube, 1878)
  100. Species Perinereis striolata (Grube, 1878)
  101. Species Perinereis suezensis Elgetany, Struck & Glasby, 2022
  102. Species Perinereis suluana (Horst, 1924)
  103. Species Perinereis taitungensis Hsueh, 2024
  104. Species Perinereis taorica Langerhans, 1881
  105. Species Perinereis tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915
  106. Species Perinereis tibicena Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  107. Species Perinereis tobeloana (Augener, 1933)
  108. Species Perinereis tubicola Hsueh, 2024
  109. Species Perinereis twobae Teixeira, Langeneck, Grosse, Bakken & Ravara, 2025
  110. Species Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857)
  111. Species Perinereis vancaurica (Ehlers, 1868)
  112. Species Perinereis variodentata (Augener, 1913)
  113. Species Perinereis villalobosi Rioja, 1947
  114. Species Perinereis viridis Glasby & Hsieh, 2006
  115. Species Perinereis wanlitongensis Hsueh, 2024
  116. Species Perinereis weijhouensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
  117. Species Perinereis wilsoni Glasby & Hsieh, 2006
  118. Species Perinereis yehliuensis Hsueh, 2024
  119. Species Perinereis yufuensis Hsueh, 2024
  120. Species Perinereis affinis Pruvot, 1930 accepted as Perinereis striolata (Grube, 1878) (subjective synonym)
  121. Species Perinereis bairdii (Webster, 1884) accepted as Perinereis anderssoni Kinberg, 1865 (superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
  122. Species Perinereis brevicirris (Grube, 1866) accepted as Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
  123. Species Perinereis diversidentata Treadwell, 1943 accepted as Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
  124. Species Perinereis hedenborgi Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840) (subjective synonym)
  125. Species Perinereis heterodonta Gravier, 1899, sensu Gravier, 1902 accepted as Perinereis heterodonta Gravier, 1899 (repeat publication of same name)
  126. Species Perinereis horsti Gravier, 1902 accepted as Perinereis vancaurica (Ehlers, 1868) (subjective synonym)
  127. Species Perinereis longipes Saint-Joseph, 1898 accepted as Perinereis marionii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (subjective synonym)
  128. Species Perinereis marjorii Southern, 1921 accepted as Perinereis nigropunctata (Horst, 1889) (subjective synonym)
  129. Species Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993 accepted as Perinereis latipalpa (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
  130. Species Perinereis nancaurica (Ehlers, 1904) accepted as Perinereis vancaurica (Ehlers, 1868)
  131. Species Perinereis novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis amblyodonta (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
  132. Species Perinereis pacifica (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857) (recombination of subjective synonym)
  133. Species Perinereis rumphii (Horst, 1919) accepted as Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
  134. Species Perinereis stimpsonis (Grube, 1866) accepted as Pseudonereis podocirra (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded subsequent recombination of subjective synonym)
  135. Species Perinereis variegata (Grube, 1857) accepted as Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857) (subjective synonym)
  136. Species Perinereis aberrans Kinberg, 1865 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable, fide Hartman, 1948)
  137. Species Perinereis camiguina (Grube, 1878) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, may not be a Perinereis, fide Bonyadi-Naeini et al, 2018)
  138. Species Perinereis exsul Kinberg, 1865 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable fide Hartman, 1948)
  139. Species Perinereis mendax (Stimpson, 1856) accepted as Nereis mendax Stimpson, 1856 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, superseded recombination of taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 175 [details] 
Note Type species Perinereis novaehollandiae...  
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Type species Type species Perinereis novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1866 in Fauchald, 1977. [details]
Etymology Not stated. Perinereis is formed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family, preceded by the...  
Etymology Not stated. Perinereis is formed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family, preceded by the Greek suffix peri-, meaning 'near', 'about', or 'around', and presumably refers to the morphological resemblance between the two genera.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Perinereis Kinberg, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129380 on 2025-05-30
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2006-07-17 10:41:03Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2008-03-04 06:49:09Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2013-11-03 21:37:49Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2016-04-24 15:31:15Z
changed
Gil, João

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Nomenclature

original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 175 [details] 

original description (of Arete Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 174 [details] 

original description (of Gnatholycastis Ehlers, 1920) Ehlers, E. (1920). Polychaeten von Java und Amboina. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der malaiischen Strandfauna. <em>Abhandlungen der koeniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen, Ser. neue folge.</em> 10(7): 1-73., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN251726223_0010?tify={%22pages%22:[395],%22panX%22:0.517,%22panY%22:0.628,%22view%22:%22export%22,%22zoom%22:0.656}
page(s): 56 [details] 

original description (of Lipephile Malmgren, 1867) 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): 50 [details] 

original description (of Stratonice Malmgren, 1867) 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): 56 [details] 

original description (of Hedyle Malmgren, 1865) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part two of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 181-192., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339457
page(s): 182 [details] 

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Langeneck, Joachim; Grosse, Maël; Vieira, Pedro E.; Hernández, José Carlos; Sampieri, Bruno R.; Kasapidis, Panagiotis; Bakken, Torkild; Carvalho, Susana; Ravara, Ascensão; Nygren, Arne; Costa, Filipe O. (2025). A sea of worms: the striking cases of the European Perinereis cultrifera and P. rullieri (Annelida: Nereididae) species complexes, with description of 13 new species. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 39(2): 1-82., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS24059 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Identification resource

identification resource De Leon, J.; Goethel, C. (2013). A new species of Perinereis (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Florida, USA, with a key to all Perinereis from the American continent. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 312: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.312.4535 [details] OpenAccess publication

identification resource Prajapat, Vaishali; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh. (2023). A new species of <em>Perinereis</em> Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) and invalidation of two congeners from Western India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5330(3): 398-412., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5330.3.4
page(s): 402, key; note: key to Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 belonging to ‘aibuhitensis’ group of species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Rezzag Mahcene, Hiba; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tuliio F; Kurt, Güley; Denis, Francoise; Daas, Tarek. (2023). A new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea revealed by morphological and molecular approaches. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 24(2): 454-460., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/33969
page(s): 463; note: Key to Perinereis species belonging to Subgroup 1A [details] OpenAccess publication

identification resource Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs; Sempere-Valverde, Juan; Carvalho, Susana. (2024). Two new records and description of a new <em>Perinereis</em> (Annelida, Nereididae) species for the Saudi Arabian Red Sea region. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1196: 331-354., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/115260/list/9/
page(s): 346; note: Key to the Perinereis species Group I reported for the Arabian Peninsula and Mediterranean Sea, [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Prajapat, Vaishal; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh D. (2024). Two new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the rocky shore of Maharashtra, India, including notes and an identification key to Group 1. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 935(1): 256–282., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2561
note: Key to Perinereis with single bar-shaped paragnaths on area VI (Perinereis group 1). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

subsequent type designation Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18.
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Etymology Not stated. Perinereis is formed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family, preceded by the Greek suffix peri-, meaning 'near', 'about', or 'around', and presumably refers to the morphological resemblance between the two genera.  [details]

Type species Type species Perinereis novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1866 in Fauchald, 1977. [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arete) (from synonym Arete Kinberg, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Perinereis) 
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