WoRMS taxon details
Micronereis Claparède, 1863
129375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129375)
accepted
Genus
Micronereis variegata Claparède, 1863 (type by monotypy)
Notophycus Knox & Cameron, 1970 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phyllodocella Fauchald & Belman, 1972 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Quadricirra Banse, 1977 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Micronereis anaramosae San Martín & Parapar, 1997
- Species Micronereis antarctica Rozbaczylo, Canahuire & Ojeda, 1996
- Species Micronereis bansei (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
- Species Micronereis eniwetokensis Reish, 1961
- Species Micronereis halei Hartman, 1954
- Species Micronereis minuta (Knox & Cameron, 1970)
- Species Micronereis nanaimoensis Berkeley & Berkeley, 1953
- Species Micronereis ochotensis Buzhinskaya, 1981
- Species Micronereis piccola Paxton, 1983
- Species Micronereis variegata Claparède, 1863
- Species Micronereis bodegae (Fauchald & Belman, 1972) accepted as Micronereis nanaimoensis Berkeley & Berkeley, 1953 (subjective synonym; recombination)
- Species Micronereis siciliensis Cantone, 1971 accepted as Micronereis variegata Claparède, 1863 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
Etymology The name of the genus Micronereis is composed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family...
Etymology The name of the genus Micronereis is composed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family Nereididae, preceded by the prefix of Greek origin micro-, meaning 'small', and presumably refers to the small size of the type species, Micronereis variegata Claparède, 1863 ("Ich war nicht wenig überrascht, als ich an dieser nur 4 Mm. langen und aus nur 21 Segmenten bestehenden Zwerg-nereide alle Kennzeichen des reifen Zustandes bemerkte" (Claparède, 1863: 57). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Micronereis Claparède, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129375 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Notophycus Knox & Cameron, 1970) Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1970). Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences.</em> 12(9): 73-85., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-biological-sciences/1970/05/14
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Phyllodocella Fauchald & Belman, 1972) Fauchald, K.; Belman, B.W. (1972). A notophycid polychaete from California. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 71(2): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304767
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Quadricirra Banse, 1977) Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus, in D.J. Reish and K. Fauchald eds., Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman: Los Angeles, The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, p. 115-140.
page(s): 125 [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]
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 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]
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Notophycus Knox & Cameron, 1970) Knox, George A.; Cameron, D.B. (1970). Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences.</em> 12(9): 73-85., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand-biological-sciences/1970/05/14
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Phyllodocella Fauchald & Belman, 1972) Fauchald, K.; Belman, B.W. (1972). A notophycid polychaete from California. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 71(2): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304767
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Quadricirra Banse, 1977) Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus, in D.J. Reish and K. Fauchald eds., Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman: Los Angeles, The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, p. 115-140.
page(s): 125 [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]
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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Claparède (1863: 57): "Zwei tief getrennte Ruder am Fussstummel mit eine,m einzigen Rücken- und einem Bauchcirrus. Mundsegment borstenführend." [details]Etymology The name of the genus Micronereis is composed by the name of the genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758, the type of the family Nereididae, preceded by the prefix of Greek origin micro-, meaning 'small', and presumably refers to the small size of the type species, Micronereis variegata Claparède, 1863 ("Ich war nicht wenig überrascht, als ich an dieser nur 4 Mm. langen und aus nur 21 Segmenten bestehenden Zwerg-nereide alle Kennzeichen des reifen Zustandes bemerkte" (Claparède, 1863: 57). [details]
