WoRMS taxon details
Nereis funchalensis (Langerhans, 1880)
130398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130398)
accepted
Species
Lycoris funchalensis Langerhans, 1880 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lycoris funchalensis Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul 1880. Die wurmfauna Madeiras. II. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 33(1-2): 271-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45632728 [details] 
Type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis funchalensis (Langerhans, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130398 on 2026-01-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976) Amoureux, Louis. (1976). Une intéressante collection de Néréidiens (Annélides Polychètes) des côtes marocaines du détroit de Gilbraltar. <i>Nereis moroccensis</i>, espèce nouvelle pour la science. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 3 (370), Zoologie.</em> 258: 337-349., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/258/337.pdf
page(s): 344-348, figs. 5-10 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lycoris funchalensis Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul 1880. Die wurmfauna Madeiras. II. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 33(1-2): 271-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45632728 [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]
page(s): 344-348, figs. 5-10 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lycoris funchalensis Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul 1880. Die wurmfauna Madeiras. II. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 33(1-2): 271-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45632728 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details]
Other
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 43, text-fig 18 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 43, text-fig 18 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976) MNHN POLY TYPE 1254-1256, geounit Cabo Espartel [details]
