Nereididae Blainville, 1818 
AphiaID: 22496

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Typetaxon		Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
Parent		Nereidiformia
Synonymised taxa		Nereidae [auctt.] (spelling variation)
Source		from synonym: 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] [view taxon]
All child taxa [hide all]		Subfamily Gymnonereidinae Banse, 1977    » Genus Websterinereis Pettibone, 1971    » Species Websterinereis glauca (Claparède, 1870) Subfamily Nereidinae Blainville, 1818    » Genus Alitta Kinberg, 1865    » Species Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) » Species Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835) » Genus Eunereis Malmgren, 1865    » Species Eunereis longissima Johnston, 1840 » Genus Hediste Malmgren, 1867    » Species Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776) » Genus Neanthes Kinberg, 1865    » Species Neanthes succinea (Leuckart, 1847) accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) » Species Neanthes virens (M. Sars, 1835) accepted as Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835) » Genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758    » 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    » Subspecies Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766 accepted as Pectinaria (Pectinaria) belgica (Pallas, 1766) » 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) Subfamily Nereinae [auctt.] accepted as Nereidinae Blainville, 1818
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22496
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2006-11-26 16:53:26Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-11-27 17:04:36Z   checked   Glasby, Chris 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2011-08-28 22:29:41Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey 2011-09-01 23:12:11Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Glasby, C. (2013). Nereididae Blainville, 1818. 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=22496 on 2013-05-25