WoRMS name details
Nereis (Ceratonereis) ramosa Horst, 1919
339163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339163)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Horst, Rutgerus. (1919). Three new <i>Nereis</i>-species from the Dutch East Indies. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden.</em> 5(2): 59-64., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319281
page(s): 62-64, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 62-64, fig. 3 [details]

Note SE Asia, Indonesia
From other sources
Type locality SE Asia, Indonesia [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet ramosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'branched', and refers to the ramous...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet ramosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'branched', and refers to the ramous appendages present in the parapodia of the epitokous region of the heteronereid type specimens: "A Ceratonereis-species (Heteronereis-form) differing from the species of this subgenus hitherto described [...] by the peculiar branched appendages at the lobes of the epitocous parapodia" (Horst, 1919: 62). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis (Ceratonereis) ramosa Horst, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339163 on 2023-03-31
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original description
Horst, Rutgerus. (1919). Three new <i>Nereis</i>-species from the Dutch East Indies. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden.</em> 5(2): 59-64., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319281
page(s): 62-64, fig. 3 [details]
additional source Horst, R. 1924. Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Pt. 3. Nereidae and Hesionidae. Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Bonatisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indiƫ 1899-1900, 24(1c): 145-198.
page(s): 178-180, plate XXXV figs. 1-3 [details]
source of synonymy Glasby, Christopher J.; Wilson, Robin S.; Bakken, Torkild. 2011. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific polychaete Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918) n. comb. (Annelida, Phyllodocida, Nereididae) and its synonyms. Zoosystema 33(3): 361-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a5
page(s): 364 [details]
source of synonymy 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
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page(s): 62-64, fig. 3 [details]

additional source Horst, R. 1924. Polychaeta errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Pt. 3. Nereidae and Hesionidae. Siboga-Expeditie Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Bonatisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indiƫ 1899-1900, 24(1c): 145-198.
page(s): 178-180, plate XXXV figs. 1-3 [details]
source of synonymy Glasby, Christopher J.; Wilson, Robin S.; Bakken, Torkild. 2011. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific polychaete Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918) n. comb. (Annelida, Phyllodocida, Nereididae) and its synonyms. Zoosystema 33(3): 361-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a5
page(s): 364 [details]
source of synonymy 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





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Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet ramosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'branched', and refers to the ramous appendages present in the parapodia of the epitokous region of the heteronereid type specimens: "A Ceratonereis-species (Heteronereis-form) differing from the species of this subgenus hitherto described [...] by the peculiar branched appendages at the lobes of the epitocous parapodia" (Horst, 1919: 62). [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]Type locality SE Asia, Indonesia [details]