WoRMS name details
Nematonereis unicornis (Grube, 1840)
594957 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594957)
unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Species
Nematonereis Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Lysidice Lamarck, 1818
Nematonereis grubei Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (unjustified replacement name)
marine
recent only
(of Lumbriconereis unicornis Grube, 1840) Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 80 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 80 [no figures] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nematonereis unicornis (Grube, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594957 on 2025-09-11
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Lumbriconereis unicornis Grube, 1840) Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 80 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 80 [no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Zanol, J.; Halanych, K. M.; Fauchald, K. (2014). Reconciling taxonomy and phylogeny in the bristleworm family Eunicidae (polychaete, Annelida). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43(1), 79-100., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12034/abstract [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Gambi, M. C.; Cigliano, M. (2006). Observations on reproductive features of three species of Eunicidae (Polychaeta) associated with Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 70: 301-308., available online at http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/7/IdArt/172/ [details]
Other
additional source
Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. <em>Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.</em> 44: 279-313.
page(s): 299 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1979). Eunicid polychaetous annelids from Japan — III. <em>La Mer (Bulletin de la Société Franco-Japonaise d'Océanographie).</em> 17(1): 33-42., available online at http://www.sfjo-lamer.org/la_mer/17-1/miura.pdf
page(s): 40-41, fig. 6a-g [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 299 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1979). Eunicid polychaetous annelids from Japan — III. <em>La Mer (Bulletin de la Société Franco-Japonaise d'Océanographie).</em> 17(1): 33-42., available online at http://www.sfjo-lamer.org/la_mer/17-1/miura.pdf
page(s): 40-41, fig. 6a-g [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Removed from inclusion in deep-sea context, Dec 2012 by G. Read. N. unicornis is a shallow water species. [details]
To NMNH Extant Collection (WRM USNM 54415 Nematonereis unicornis Card.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (WRM USNM 54416 Nematonereis unicornis Card.)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (WRM USNM 54416 Nematonereis unicornis Card.)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
