WoRMS name details
original description
Rullier, F. 1963. Une petite collection d'Annélides Polychètes de l'Ile Maurice. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 87(5/6): 471-481. page(s): 474-476, figs. 1-12 [details]
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Revision of some species referred to <i>Leptonereis</i>, <i>Nicon</i>, and <i>Laeonereis</i> (Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 104: 1-53., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5689 page(s): 33; note: to Rullierinereis [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 page(s): 36; note: suggested was a Nicon as the proboscis lacked paragnaths [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Pettibone examined syntypes. She has almost no comparative comments, and nothing on why she made Leptonereis zebra the type of the genus [details]
Type locality Mauritius, Indian Ocean [details]From other sources
Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 1348 [details]
Taxonomy Questionable, poorly known [details]
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