WoRMS name details
Nereis brevicirrata Treadwell, 1929
339270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339270)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron L. 1929. New species of polychaetous annelids in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History from Porto Rico, Florida, Lower California,and British Somaliland. American Museum Novitates, 392: 1-13., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3789
page(s): 3-5, figs. 9-14 [details]
page(s): 3-5, figs. 9-14 [details]
Note Caribbean Sea, Florida keys
Unreviewed
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Florida keys [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis brevicirrata Treadwell, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339270 on 2026-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Treadwell, Aaron L. 1929. New species of polychaetous annelids in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History from Porto Rico, Florida, Lower California,and British Somaliland. American Museum Novitates, 392: 1-13., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3789
page(s): 3-5, figs. 9-14 [details]
page(s): 3-5, figs. 9-14 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, O. 1938. Nomenclatorial changes involving types of polychaetous annelids of the family Nereidae in the United States National Museum. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 28(1): 13-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39690754 [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality