Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Nereididae > Subfamily Nereidinae

Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Nereis (Neanthes) Kinberg, 1866 emend. Hartman, 1940
Nereis (Nereis) Linnaeus, 1758
Nereis falcaria (Willey, 1905)
Nereis falsa Quatrefages, 1866
Nereis fucata (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
Nereis funchalensis (Langerhans, 1880)
Nereis icosiensis Gravier & Dantan, 1928
Nereis jacksoni Kinberg, 1866
Nereis lamellosa Ehlers, 1864
Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Nereis perivisceralis Claparède, 1868
Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911
Nereis pulsatoria (Savigny, 1822)
Nereis rava Ehlers, 1864
Nereis splendida Grube, 1840
Nereis zonata Malmgren, 1867

Literature

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.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231
additional source	Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp.
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
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Glasby, C.J.; Read, G.B.; Lee, K.E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 312-358.

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Citation

Read, G. (2014). Nereis Linnaeus, 1758. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129379