WoRMS taxon details
Micronereides Day, 1963
324861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324861)
accepted
Genus
Micronereides capensis Day, 1963 (type by original designation)
- Species Micronereides capensis Day, 1963
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
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Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Micronereides is composed by the name of the genus Micronereis Claparède, 1863, followed...
Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Micronereides is composed by the name of the genus Micronereis Claparède, 1863, followed by the suffix of Greek origin -ides, a suffix of source or origin, and meaning 'pertaining to', 'son of' or 'descendant of', referring presumably to the morphological similarity between the two taxa, with the new genus being referred by Day (1963: 404) as ''Small Nereidae generally similar to Micronereis''. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Micronereides Day, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324861 on 2026-08-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 404 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 404 [details] Available for editors
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Banse, Karl. (1977). Gymnonereidinae new subfamily: the Nereididae (Polychaeta) with bifid parapodial neurocirri. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 609-628., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937700770541
page(s): 623-624; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 623-624; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Emended diagnosis by Banse (1977: 624): ''Gymnonereidinae with papillae on oral ring of proboscis. Jaws with teeth. Dorsal cirri simple throughout. Median body region without large vascularized dorsal cirrophores, transversal dorsal flaps, or long neuropodial presetal lips.'' [details]Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 404): ''Small Nereidae generally similar to Micronereis but possessing two antennae. Proboscis without paragnaths but with a pair of toothed jaws. Prostomium with a pair of antennae and a pair of biarticulate palps. Two pairs of tentacular cirri. No apodous segment behind the peristome. First two segments uniramous, subsequent ones biramous. Setae are all homogomph spinigers.''
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Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Micronereides is composed by the name of the genus Micronereis Claparède, 1863, followed by the suffix of Greek origin -ides, a suffix of source or origin, and meaning 'pertaining to', 'son of' or 'descendant of', referring presumably to the morphological similarity between the two taxa, with the new genus being referred by Day (1963: 404) as ''Small Nereidae generally similar to Micronereis''. [details]
