Taylor, John L. (1984). Family Nereidae Johnston, 1845. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volume 5. Chapter Pagination: 31-1 to 31-42. Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
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Taylor, John L.
1984
Family Nereidae Johnston, 1845
In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). <i>Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091.</i> Volume 5. Chapter Pagination: 31-1 to 31-42. Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). See Uebelacker & Johnson 1984 main entry for access
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Nereids are long, many-segmented, cylindrical worms that taper gradually toward the posterior end. Size varies considerably; mature worms may range in length from about 10 mm or less up to more than 200 mm. In most species, the head (prostomium and peristomium) has two anterior antennae, a pair of biarticulate anterolateral palps, four eyes, and four pairs of tentacular cirri posteriorly. The muscular pharynx is eversible and consists of an oral ring attached to the mouth, and a distal maxillary ring that bears a pair of jaws. By convention, each of these rings is subdivided along lines of tissue constriction into four dorsal and four ventral areas. These may be plain or variously equipped with soft papillae and/or chitinized paragnaths.
