WoRMS name details
Nereis virens Sars, 1835
238384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238384)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 58-60, plate 10 figs. 27 a, b, c [details]
page(s): 58-60, plate 10 figs. 27 a, b, c [details]
Type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Sars states Nereis virens occurs in "Bergens...
type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Sars states Nereis virens occurs in "Bergens Fjord" (although this name may not be currently used), Norway. Bakken & Wilson (2005) narrow the locality to Manger, which is north of Bergen City [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis virens Sars, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238384 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 58-60, plate 10 figs. 27 a, b, c [details]
new combination reference Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 172; note: Creates genus Alitta for Nereis virens Sars [details]
page(s): 58-60, plate 10 figs. 27 a, b, c [details]
new combination reference Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 172; note: Creates genus Alitta for Nereis virens Sars [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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 [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, O. 1944. New England Annelida. Part 2. Including the unpublished plates by Verrill with reconstructed captions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 82(7): 331-343., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1052 [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, O. 1944. New England Annelida. Part 2. Including the unpublished plates by Verrill with reconstructed captions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 82(7): 331-343., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1052 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Turnbull, Frederick M. (1876). On the anatomy and habits of <i>Nereis virens</i>. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 3: 265-280, plates XLII-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7476214 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by M. Sars (1835: 58): "Corpore viridi-coerulescente, ligulis branchialibus foliaceis, supremo maximo ovato apice acuminato." [details]Type locality Sars states Nereis virens occurs in "Bergens Fjord" (although this name may not be currently used), Norway. Bakken & Wilson (2005) narrow the locality to Manger, which is north of Bergen City [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| German | irisierende Seeringelwurm | [details] |
