BeRMS name details
Nereis longissima Johnston, 1840
146928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146928)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020
page(s): 178-179, fig. 9; note: description of an epitoke [details]
page(s): 178-179, fig. 9; note: description of an epitoke [details]
Type locality contained in Irish Exclusive economic Zone
type locality contained in Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Nereis longissima Johnston, 1840. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146928 on 2025-05-25
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Nereis longissima Johnston, 1840. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146928 on 2025-05-25
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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 at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248020
page(s): 178-179, fig. 9; note: description of an epitoke [details]
taxonomy source McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1910). A monograph of the British annelids. Polychaeta. Syllidae to Ariciidae. <em>Ray Society of London.</em> 2(2): 233-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38533042
page(s): 325; note: includes a comprehensive synonymy, separate for atokes and epitokes [details]
taxonomy source Chambers, S. and Garwood, P. (1992). Polychaetes from Scottish waters. A guide to identification: Part 3 Family Nereidae. National Museums of Scotland, 1-73.
page(s): 35, figure 44; note: description based on specimens from St Andrews etc, reporting paragnaths only in group VI, where 1-8 may be found in each group; but some individuals have small numbers of paragnaths in groups I, II, ...
[details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 164, figure 33; note: Johnston largely repeats his 1840 description and it is the same single specimen that he describes. [details]
page(s): 178-179, fig. 9; note: description of an epitoke [details]
taxonomy source McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1910). A monograph of the British annelids. Polychaeta. Syllidae to Ariciidae. <em>Ray Society of London.</em> 2(2): 233-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38533042
page(s): 325; note: includes a comprehensive synonymy, separate for atokes and epitokes [details]
taxonomy source Chambers, S. and Garwood, P. (1992). Polychaetes from Scottish waters. A guide to identification: Part 3 Family Nereidae. National Museums of Scotland, 1-73.
page(s): 35, figure 44; note: description based on specimens from St Andrews etc, reporting paragnaths only in group VI, where 1-8 may be found in each group; but some individuals have small numbers of paragnaths in groups I, II, ...
description based on specimens from St Andrews etc, reporting paragnaths only in group VI, where 1-8 may be found in each group; but some individuals have small numbers of paragnaths in groups I, II, IV
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 164, figure 33; note: Johnston largely repeats his 1840 description and it is the same single specimen that he describes. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
