WoRMS name details
Nereis eatoni McIntosh, 1876
339284 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339284)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Annelida from Kerguelen's Island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4.</em> 17(100): 318-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16011576
page(s): 320-321 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 320-321 [no figures] [details]
Note Kerguelen Islands
Unreviewed
Type locality Kerguelen Islands [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 eatoni McIntosh, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339284 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Annelida from Kerguelen's Island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4.</em> 17(100): 318-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16011576
page(s): 320-321 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 320-321 [no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 63-65, plate V figs. 106-107; note: synonymy with Platynereis magalhaensis Kinberg, 1865 (as 'Nereis') [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, Pierre. (1916). Annélides polychètes des Iles Falkland recueillies par M. Rupert Vallentin Esq<sup>re</sup> (1902-1910). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 55(10): 417-482, plates VIII-IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316033 [details]
page(s): 63-65, plate V figs. 106-107; note: synonymy with Platynereis magalhaensis Kinberg, 1865 (as 'Nereis') [details]
source of synonymy Fauvel, Pierre. (1916). Annélides polychètes des Iles Falkland recueillies par M. Rupert Vallentin Esq<sup>re</sup> (1902-1910). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 55(10): 417-482, plates VIII-IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316033 [details]
Other
additional source
McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1879). Marine Annelida. <i>In</i>: Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Günther, Albert (Eds.). An Account of the Petrological, Botanical and Zoological Collections Made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez During the Transit of Venus Expeditions, Carried Out by the Order of Her Majesty's Government in the Years 1874-75. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 168: 258-263, plate XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23850565
page(s): 260, plate XV figs. 10-12 [details]
page(s): 260, plate XV figs. 10-12 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
