WoRMS name details
Nereis ferox Hansen, 1882
337297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337297)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 14, plate IV figs. 34-39 [details]
page(s): 14, plate IV figs. 34-39 [details]
Type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Brazil
type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis ferox Hansen, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337297 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Hansen, A. (1882). Recherches sur les annélides recueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. <em>Mémoires Couronnes et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers publiés par L'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 44(3): 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5943290
page(s): 14, plate IV figs. 34-39 [details]
page(s): 14, plate IV figs. 34-39 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Augener, Hermann. (1934). Polychaeten aus den Zoologischen Museen von Leiden und Amsterdam. – IV. (Schluss). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden.</em> 17(8): 67-160 [includes figs. 14-31 + figure captions for the 4 issues of the series]., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318471
note: to Pseudonereis variegata [details] Available for editors
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redescription Horst, Rutger. (1889). Contributions towards the knowledge of the Annelida Polychaeta. III. On species of <i>Nereis</i>, belonging to the sub-genus <i>Perinereis</i>. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 11(3): 161-186, plates 7-8., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/509452
page(s): 174-178, plate 7 figs. 6-8; note: redescription of type material [details]
note: to Pseudonereis variegata [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Horst, Rutger. (1889). Contributions towards the knowledge of the Annelida Polychaeta. III. On species of <i>Nereis</i>, belonging to the sub-genus <i>Perinereis</i>. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 11(3): 161-186, plates 7-8., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/509452
page(s): 174-178, plate 7 figs. 6-8; note: redescription of type material [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Long regarded as a simple synonym of Pseudonereis variegata [was Nereis or Nereilepas variegata] and even used as a substitute type specimen for P variegata. However, Conde-Vela (2018: 269-270) maintains P. ferox as a separate species, and discusses the complicated taxonomic usages, based apparently on past descriptions rather than specimens. [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]
