BeRMS name details
Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776
339374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339374)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217, no. 2624 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 217, no. 2624 [no figures] [details]
Neotype NTNU NTNU-VM82082, geounit North Sea
Neotype NTNU NTNU-VM82082, geounit North Sea [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339374 on 2026-07-01
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339374 on 2026-07-01
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Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 217, no. 2624 [no figures] [details]
taxonomy source Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. <em>Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162
page(s): 554 [includes synonymising Hediste diversicolor to original combination] [details]
taxonomy source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 152-154 [several nereidid names are synonymised to N.diversicolor] [details]
taxonomy source Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Bakken, Torkild; Vieira, Pedro E.; Langeneck, Joachim; Sampieri, Bruno R.; Kasapidis, Panagiotis; Ravara, Ascensão; Nygren, Arne; Costa, Filipe O. (2022). The curious and intricate case of the European <i>Hediste diversicolor</i> (Annelida, Nereididae) species complex, with description of two new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 20(1): 2116124: 1-40., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2022.2116124 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 291 [synonymy incl "Scolopendra marina"] [details]
additional source Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13597198
page(s): 176-177 [details]
source of synonymy Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details]
new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1960). [On account of the nereid worm, <i>Neanthes diversicolor</i>, new combination in the Caspian Sea and its more extensive distribution]. <em>Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 39(1): 35-39.
page(s): 35-39, figs. 1-7; note: as Neanthes diversicolor [details] Available for editors
page(s): 217, no. 2624 [no figures] [details]
taxonomy source Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. <em>Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162
page(s): 554 [includes synonymising Hediste diversicolor to original combination] [details]
taxonomy source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 152-154 [several nereidid names are synonymised to N.diversicolor] [details]
taxonomy source Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Bakken, Torkild; Vieira, Pedro E.; Langeneck, Joachim; Sampieri, Bruno R.; Kasapidis, Panagiotis; Ravara, Ascensão; Nygren, Arne; Costa, Filipe O. (2022). The curious and intricate case of the European <i>Hediste diversicolor</i> (Annelida, Nereididae) species complex, with description of two new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 20(1): 2116124: 1-40., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2022.2116124 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 291 [synonymy incl "Scolopendra marina"] [details]
additional source Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger.</em> 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13597198
page(s): 176-177 [details]
source of synonymy Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details]
new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1960). [On account of the nereid worm, <i>Neanthes diversicolor</i>, new combination in the Caspian Sea and its more extensive distribution]. <em>Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 39(1): 35-39.
page(s): 35-39, figs. 1-7; note: as Neanthes diversicolor [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype NTNU NTNU-VM82082, geounit North Sea [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| German | Seeringelwurm | [details] |