WoRMS name details
Nereis costae Grube, 1840
209772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209772)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 74-75 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 74-75 [no figures] [details]
Note Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea. Grube's...
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Type locality Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea. Grube's (1840) introduction indicates that "if it is not expressly mentioned" specimens come from the Gulf of Naples [details]
Distribution Distribution: Australia, Philippine Islands, Indo-China,Malay Archipelago, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Atlantic...
Distribution Distribution: Australia, Philippine Islands, Indo-China,Malay Archipelago, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Atlantic Ocean(Fauvel,1953). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis costae Grube, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209772 on 2026-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 74-75 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 74-75 [no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
source of synonymy Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation
Villalobos-Guerrero, T. F.; Conde-Vela, V. M.; Sato, M. (2022). Review of <i>Composetia</i> Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of two new similar genera. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 55(37-38): 2313-2397., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2021.1976295
page(s): 2336, figures 3(a–k), 4(a–h)); note: redescription and lectotype designation [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 2336, figures 3(a–k), 4(a–h)); note: redescription and lectotype designation [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MPW No. 306, geounit Naples [details]
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Type designation Lectotype (ZMB Q.3462) and seven paralectotypes (ZMB 12352), designated Villalobos-Guerrero et al (2022: 2336, Gulf of Naples, coll. A.E. Grube, no further information available, all atokous, except one paralectotype female in early epitokous stage. [details]Type locality Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea. Grube's (1840) introduction indicates that "if it is not expressly mentioned" specimens come from the Gulf of Naples [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: Australia, Philippine Islands, Indo-China,Malay Archipelago, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Atlantic Ocean(Fauvel,1953). [details]
