AfReMaS name details
Nereis willeyi Day, 1934
338966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338966)
unaccepted (superseded original combination of replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, J.H. (1934). On a collection of South African Polychaeta, with a catalogue of the species recorded from South Africa, Angola, Mosambique, and Madagascar. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 39(263): 15-82., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1934.tb00259.x
page(s): 39-40, fig. 6a-c; note: a replacement name for Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904, as Day wished to downgrade Neanthes to a subgenus of Nereis, where the recombination Nereis (Perinereis) capensis (Kinberg) would conflict. [details] Available for editors
(of Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904) Willey, Arthur. (1904). Littoral Polychaeta from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 9(6): 255-268, plates 13-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16416472
page(s): 261, plate 13 fig. 10, plate 14 figs. 9-10 [details]
page(s): 39-40, fig. 6a-c; note: a replacement name for Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904, as Day wished to downgrade Neanthes to a subgenus of Nereis, where the recombination Nereis (Perinereis) capensis (Kinberg) would conflict. [details] Available for editors
(of Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904) Willey, Arthur. (1904). Littoral Polychaeta from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 9(6): 255-268, plates 13-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16416472
page(s): 261, plate 13 fig. 10, plate 14 figs. 9-10 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis willeyi Day, 1934. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338966 on 2025-05-11
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Nereis willeyi Day, 1934. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338966 on 2025-05-11
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Day, J.H. (1934). On a collection of South African Polychaeta, with a catalogue of the species recorded from South Africa, Angola, Mosambique, and Madagascar. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 39(263): 15-82., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1934.tb00259.x
page(s): 39-40, fig. 6a-c; note: a replacement name for Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904, as Day wished to downgrade Neanthes to a subgenus of Nereis, where the recombination Nereis (Perinereis) capensis (Kinberg) would conflict. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904) Willey, Arthur. (1904). Littoral Polychaeta from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 9(6): 255-268, plates 13-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16416472
page(s): 261, plate 13 fig. 10, plate 14 figs. 9-10 [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.
page(s): 251, 273; note: as Neanthes [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 320; note: Day here states that Nereis (Neanthes) willeyi was a new name for Nereis (Neanthes) capensis Willey, 1904. However, Willey's new species was Neanthes willeyi, and Day has here recombined the name in N...
[details]
page(s): 39-40, fig. 6a-c; note: a replacement name for Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904, as Day wished to downgrade Neanthes to a subgenus of Nereis, where the recombination Nereis (Perinereis) capensis (Kinberg) would conflict. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904) Willey, Arthur. (1904). Littoral Polychaeta from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 9(6): 255-268, plates 13-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16416472
page(s): 261, plate 13 fig. 10, plate 14 figs. 9-10 [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.
page(s): 251, 273; note: as Neanthes [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 320; note: Day here states that Nereis (Neanthes) willeyi was a new name for Nereis (Neanthes) capensis Willey, 1904. However, Willey's new species was Neanthes willeyi, and Day has here recombined the name in N...
Day here states that Nereis (Neanthes) willeyi was a new name for Nereis (Neanthes) capensis Willey, 1904. However, Willey's new species was Neanthes willeyi, and Day has here recombined the name in Nereis without indicating it is a recombination.
