WoRMS name details
Nereis mediator Chamberlin, 1918
329690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329690)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520
page(s): 11 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 11 [no figures] [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Monterey Bay, California
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Monterey Bay, California [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis mediator Chamberlin, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329690 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520
page(s): 11 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 11 [no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Reish, Donald J. (1954). Nomenclatural changes and redescription of two nereids (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 53(2): 99-106., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34300505
page(s): 99; note: to Nereis grubei [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 99; note: to Nereis grubei [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1940). Polychaetous annelids. Part II. Chrysopetalidae to Goniadidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(3): 173-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822401
page(s): 227; note: usage as valid. [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
note: listing [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, O. 1968. Atlas of the errantiate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-828. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles.
page(s): 541; note: usage as valid [details]
additional source Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1918. Polychaetes from Monterey Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 31: 173-180., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332088
page(s): 174; note: as a nomen nudum, according to Article 12 of the ICZN (1999): it cites a bibliographic reference with a description which was published posteriorly, and the provided locality and distribution d...
[details]
page(s): 227; note: usage as valid. [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
note: listing [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartman, O. 1968. Atlas of the errantiate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-828. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles.
page(s): 541; note: usage as valid [details]
additional source Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1918. Polychaetes from Monterey Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 31: 173-180., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332088
page(s): 174; note: as a nomen nudum, according to Article 12 of the ICZN (1999): it cites a bibliographic reference with a description which was published posteriorly, and the provided locality and distribution d...
as a nomen nudum, according to Article 12 of the ICZN (1999): it cites a bibliographic reference with a description which was published posteriorly, and the provided locality and distribution does not constitute a description, definition, or indication in the sense of article 12.
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Hartman and Reish evidently differed on whether the local Nereis mediator Chamberlin was distinct from N. grubei (Kinberg), and thus should be the name of the Californian intertidal nereidid. Hartman never mentions N. grubei and continued to use N. mediator (in the Atlas, and the Catalogue), whereas Reish has continued with N. grubei. Remarkably, without comment, Hartman (1968) used Reish's figure of Californian Nereis grubei as the illustration of Nereis mediator in her Atlas! The synonymy perhaps awaits a re-examination, but use of N. grubei prevails. [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Monterey Bay, California [details]
