Nereis Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 129379

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Aciculata > Phyllodocida > Nereidiformia > Nereididae > Nereidinae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 (type by monotypy)
Typetaxon of		Nereididae Blainville, 1818 Nereidinae Blainville, 1818
Parent		Nereidinae Blainville, 1818
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subgenus Nereis (Neanthes) Kinberg, 1866 emend. Hartman, 1940    » Species Nereis (Neanthes) succinea (Leuckart, 1847) accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) Subgenus Nereis (Nereis) Linnaeus, 1758 Species Nereis cylindraria Species Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 Subgenus Nereis (Hediste) Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Hediste Malmgren, 1867    » Species Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Images		[image from typetaxon] Zeeduizendpoot1 added on 2009-07-16 - author: Decleer, Misjel qualitystatus: not checked [image from typetaxon] Zeeduizendpoot added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129379
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2006-07-14 15:54:19Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-03-04 06:49:09Z   changed   Decock, Wim 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2011-05-15 21:14:46Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Nereis Linnaeus, 1758. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129379 on 2013-05-20