WoRMS name details
Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766
155118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155118)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 123-131, plate IX [not plate VIII, as stated in text] figs. 3-13 [details]
page(s): 123-131, plate IX [not plate VIII, as stated in text] figs. 3-13 [details]
Note Netherlands coast, probably Scheveningen near...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Netherlands coast, probably Scheveningen near the Hague where Pallas was located at the time of description. At the time 'belgica' referred to the Netherlands, not Belgium. [details]
Etymology According to Lucas & Holthius (1975): "The name belgica does not refer to the present day Belgium, but to the Netherlands....
Etymology According to Lucas & Holthius (1975): "The name belgica does not refer to the present day Belgium, but to the Netherlands. In Pallas's time the latin name Belgia was used to indicate the Netherlands as a whole, as is shown also by Pallas's dedication of his Miscellanea Zoologica to Willem V , stadholder of the Netherlands, which he indicated as "Guilielmo V, haereditario Foederatae Belgicae Gubernatori". [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155118 on 2026-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 123-131, plate IX [not plate VIII, as stated in text] figs. 3-13 [details]
new combination reference Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 350; note: as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) [details]
page(s): 123-131, plate IX [not plate VIII, as stated in text] figs. 3-13 [details]
new combination reference Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 350; note: as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Other
additional source
Pallas, Peter Simon; Boddaert, P. (1770). Dierkundig mengelwerk in het welke de nieuwe of nog duistere zoorten van Dieren. Door nauwkeurige afbeeldingen, beschrijvingen en verhandelingen opgehelderd worden. In het latijn beschreeven door den hooggel. heer P.S. Pallas, M.D. <em>[Book].</em> Abraham van Paddenburg & J. van Schoonhoven, Utrecht., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32575414
page(s): discontinuous pagination; note: Original description of Pallas translated into Dutch, with colour figures [details]
page(s): discontinuous pagination; note: Original description of Pallas translated into Dutch, with colour figures [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology According to Lucas & Holthius (1975): "The name belgica does not refer to the present day Belgium, but to the Netherlands. In Pallas's time the latin name Belgia was used to indicate the Netherlands as a whole, as is shown also by Pallas's dedication of his Miscellanea Zoologica to Willem V , stadholder of the Netherlands, which he indicated as "Guilielmo V, haereditario Foederatae Belgicae Gubernatori". [details]Type locality Netherlands coast, probably Scheveningen near the Hague where Pallas was located at the time of description. At the time 'belgica' referred to the Netherlands, not Belgium. [details]
