IRMNG - Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

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Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

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1200278 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1200278)

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Nereididae Blainville, 1818

Synonymised names

Lycoris Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Naumachius Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Neireis Rochebrune, 1881 · unaccepted

Nereida Blainville, 1818 · unaccepted

Nevis Moquin-Tandon, 1869 · unaccepted

Thoosa Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (homonym, subjective synonym)

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Species Nereis abbreviata Holly, 1935
Species Nereis abyssa Imajima, 2009
Species Nereis abyssicola (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis acuminata Ehlers, 1868
Species Nereis acustris Linnaeus, 1767
Species Nereis aegyptia (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
Species Nereis aequisetis Augener, 1913
Species Nereis aestuarensis Knox, 1951
Species Nereis agassizi Ehlers, 1868
Species Nereis agnesiae Augener, 1918
Species Nereis aibuhitensis (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis albanyensis Augener, 1913
Species Nereis albipes Grube, 1873
Species Nereis allenae Pettibone, 1956
Species Nereis amoyensis (Treadwell, 1936)
Species Nereis angelensis Fauchald, 1972
Species Nereis angusta (Kinberg, 1866)
Species Nereis angusticollis Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis annularis Blainville, 1818
Species Nereis anoculis Hartman, 1960
Species Nereis anoculopsis Fauchald, 1972
Species Nereis anodonta Schmarda, 1861
Species Nereis antipoda Knox, 1960
Species Nereis apaliae Wilson, 1985
Species Nereis apalie Wilson, 1985
Species Nereis arenaceodonta
Species Nereis armillaris O.F. Müller, 1776
Species Nereis arroyensis Treadwell, 1901
Species Nereis atlantica McIntosh, 1885
Species Nereis augeneri Gravier & Dantan, 1934
Species Nereis badiotorquata (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis baliensis (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis baolingi Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2000
Species Nereis barbara Monro, 1926
Species Nereis bassi
Species Nereis batjanensis (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis bicanaliculata Baird, 1863
Species Nereis bifida Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
Species Nereis bifrons O.F. Müller, 1786
Species Nereis bioculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1975
Species Nereis bipartita (Bobretzky, 1868)
Species Nereis blainvillei Delle Chiaje, 1828
Species Nereis brisbanensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1990
Species Nereis broa Lana & Sovierzovsky, 1987
Species Nereis buitendijki (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis caecoides Hartman, 1965
Species Nereis caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nereis caeruleis Hoagland, 1920
Species Nereis cagliari Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis calamus Renier, 1804
Species Nereis callaona (Grube, 1857)
Species Nereis calloana
Species Nereis calmani Monro, 1926
Species Nereis camiguina Grube, 1878
Species Nereis caparti Fauvel, 1953
Species Nereis casoae Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2001
Species Nereis castelnaui Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis caudipunctata (Grube, 1857)
Species Nereis caymanensis Fauchald, 1977
Species Nereis chlorodes Blanchard in Gay, 1849
Species Nereis chrysocephala Pallas, 1788
Species Nereis cirrhigera Viviani, 1805
Species Nereis cirriseta Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
Species Nereis coccinea Renier, 1804
Species Nereis cockburnenesis Augener, 1913
Species Nereis cockburnensis Augener, 1913
Species Nereis contorta Dalyell, 1853
Species Nereis corallina Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis corniculata O.F. Müller, 1788
Species Nereis cornuta Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis costaricaensis Dean, 2001
Species Nereis coutierei Gravier, 1899
Species Nereis coutieri Gravier, 1900
Species Nereis coutieri Gravier, 1899
Species Nereis crassa Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Nereis cricognatha Ehlers, 1905
Species Nereis crocea Renier, 1804
Species Nereis cuprea Delle Chiaje, 1822
Species Nereis cuprea (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Nereis cylindraria
Species Nereis dakarensis Fauvel, 1951
Species Nereis dawydovi Fauvel, 1937
Species Nereis dayana Sun & Shen in Sun, Wu & Shen, 1978
Species Nereis delagica Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Nereis delicatula Blanchard in Gay, 1849
Species Nereis delli Knox, 1960
Species Nereis denhamensis Augener, 1913
Species Nereis deplanata Mohammad, 1971
Species Nereis distorta Treadwell, 1936
Species Nereis diversicolor (Müller, 1776)
Species Nereis donghaiensis He & Wu, 1988
Species Nereis dorsolobata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
Species Nereis dumerilii Marenzeller, 1879
Species Nereis edwardsii Delle Chiaje, 1828
Species Nereis ehlersi Augener, 1913
Species Nereis ehlersiana (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis ehrenbergi Grube, 1868
Species Nereis elitoralis Eliason, 1962
Species Nereis erythraeensis
Species Nereis ethiopiae Day, 1957
Species Nereis eugeniae (Kinberg, 1866)
Species Nereis falcaria (Willey, 1905)
Species Nereis fallax Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis falsa Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis fauchaldi Leon-Gonzalez & Diaz-Castaneda, 1998
Species Nereis fauveli Gravier & Dantan, 1934
Species Nereis filicaudata Fauvel, 1951
Species Nereis flexuosa Delle Chiaje, 1827
Species Nereis foliosa Schmarda, 1861
Species Nereis fossae Fauchald, 1972
Species Nereis frontalis Bosc, 1802
Species Nereis funchalensis (Langerhans, 1880)
Species Nereis fusifera Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis gaikwadi Day, 1973
Species Nereis garwoodi Gonzalez-Escalante & Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Nereis gayi Blanchard in Gay, 1849
Species Nereis ghardaqae Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
Species Nereis gigantea Linnaeus, 1767
Species Nereis gilchristi Day, 1967
Species Nereis gisserana (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis glandicincta Southern, 1921
Species Nereis goajirana Augener, 1933
Species Nereis gracilis (Hansen, 1878)
Species Nereis granulata Day, 1957
Species Nereis gravieri Fauvel, 1902
Species Nereis gravieri Fauvel, 1900
Species Nereis grayi Pettibone, 1956
Species Nereis grubei (Kinberg, 1866)
Species Nereis guangdongensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Species Nereis hawaiiensis Holly, 1935
Species Nereis heirissonensis Augener, 1913
Species Nereis helleri Grube, 1878
Species Nereis heterocirrata Treadwell, 1931
Species Nereis heteroculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1981
Species Nereis heterodonta (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Nereis heteromorpha (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis heterophylla Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Species Nereis heteropoda Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Species Nereis hirsuta Dalyell, 1853
Species Nereis holochaeta Intes & Le Loeuff, 1975
Species Nereis homogompha Rullier, 1972
Species Nereis huanghaiensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Species Nereis icosiensis Gravier & Dantan, 1928
Species Nereis ignota Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis imajimai Leon-Gonzalez & Diaz-Castaneda, 1998
Species Nereis imbecillis Grube, 1840
Species Nereis imperfecta Gravier & Dantan, 1936
Species Nereis indica
Species Nereis inflata Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2001
Species Nereis integer Treadwell, 1920
Species Nereis iris Stimpson, 1854
Species Nereis irrorata (Malmgren, 1867)
Species Nereis izukai Okuda, 1939
Species Nereis jacksoni Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis kobiensis McIntosh, 1885
Species Nereis krebsii Grube, 1857
Species Nereis lamellosa Ehlers, 1864
Species Nereis languida Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis largoensis Treadwell, 1931
Species Nereis latescens Chamberlin, 1919
Species Nereis leuca Chamberlin, 1919
Species Nereis ligulata Hilbig, 1992
Species Nereis limnicola Johnson, 1903
Species Nereis lineata Delle Chiaje, 1827
Species Nereis lingulata Hilbig, 1992
Species Nereis lithothamnica Annenkova, 1938
Species Nereis litoralis Leach in Johnston, 1865
Species Nereis longilingulis Monro, 1937
Species Nereis longior Chlebovitsch & Wu, 1962
Species Nereis longisetis McIntosh, 1885
Species Nereis macroaciculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1986
Species Nereis macropis Ehlers, 1920
Species Nereis maculosa Renier, 1804
Species Nereis madreporae
Species Nereis mancorae Berkeley & Berkeley, 1961
Species Nereis margarita Montagu, 1804
Species Nereis marginata Grube, 1857
Species Nereis mariae Holly, 1935
Species Nereis marioni Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
Species Nereis maroccensis Amoureux, 1976
Species Nereis marri Monro, 1939
Species Nereis maxillodentata Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
Species Nereis mediator Chamberlin, 1918
Species Nereis mendocinana Chamberlin, 1919
Species Nereis microcera Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis micromma Harper, 1979
Species Nereis minima Lamarck, 1801
Species Nereis mirabilis Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis mollis Linnaeus, 1761
Species Nereis monoceros Dalyell, 1853
Species Nereis monroi Reish, 1953
Species Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976
Species Nereis mortenseni Augener, 1923
Species Nereis mossambica Day, 1957
Species Nereis multignatha Imajima & Hartman, 1964
Species Nereis myersi Holly, 1935
Species Nereis nancaurica Ehlers, 1904
Species Nereis nanciae Day, 1949
Species Nereis natans Hartman, 1936
Species Nereis neogracilis Mohammad, 1970
Species Nereis neoneanthes Hartman, 1948
Species Nereis neoneathes
Species Nereis neozealanica Knox, 1951
Species Nereis nichollsi Kott, 1951
Species Nereis nigripes Ehlers, 1868
Species Nereis nigroaciculata Holly, 1935
Species Nereis nigropunctata Horst, 1889
Species Nereis noctiluca Linnaeus, 1761
Species Nereis nouhuysi Horst, 1918
Species Nereis obfuscata Grube, 1878
Species Nereis obscura Gravier & Dantan, 1934
Species Nereis ochotica Grube, 1850
Species Nereis ockenii Delle Chiaje, 1828
Species Nereis octentaculata Montagu, 1804
Species Nereis oligohalina (Rioja, 1946)
Species Nereis onychophora Horst, 1918
Species Nereis operta Stimpson, 1856
Species Nereis otto Delle Chiaje, 1828
Species Nereis ovarius Read, 1980
Species Nereis oxypoda Marenzeller, 1879
Species Nereis pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918)
Species Nereis panamensis Fauchald, 1977
Species Nereis pannosa (Grube, 1857)
Species Nereis parabifida Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
Species Nereis paucignatha Hartman, 1940
Species Nereis paulina Grube, 1868
Species Nereis pectinata Dalyell, 1853
Species Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nereis perivisceralis Claparède, 1868
Species Nereis peroniensis Kott, 1951
Species Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911
Species Nereis peruviana Ehlers, 1868
Species Nereis phosphorescens Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis phyllophorus Ross, 1819
Species Nereis picteti Malaquin & Dehorne, 1907
Species Nereis pinnata Müller, 1776
Species Nereis piscesae Blake & Hillbig, 1990
Species Nereis posidoniae Hutchings & Rainer, 1979
Species Nereis procera Ehlers, 1868
Species Nereis profundi Kirkegaard, 1956
Species Nereis pseudomoniliformis Santos & Lana, 2003
Species Nereis pulsatoria (Savigny, 1822)
Species Nereis punctata Dalyell, 1853
Species Nereis puncturata Grube, 1857
Species Nereis quadricorna delle Chiaje, 1841
Species Nereis quatrefagesi Grube, 1878
Species Nereis quoyii Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis radiata Viviani in Grube, 1850
Species Nereis ranzani Delle Chiaje, 1828
Species Nereis rava Ehlers, 1864
Species Nereis regia Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis rigida Grube, 1857
Species Nereis riisei Grube, 1857
Species Nereis robusta Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis rottnestiana Augener, 1913
Species Nereis rufa Pennant, 1812
Species Nereis rumphii Horst, 1919
Species Nereis rupta Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis sandersi Blake, 1985
Species Nereis sarsoensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
Species Nereis schmardae Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Species Nereis scolopendrina Blainville, 1825
Species Nereis scolopendroides Hansen, 1882
Species Nereis segrex Chamberlin, 1919
Species Nereis semperiana (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis serrata Santos & Lana, 2003
Species Nereis sertularias
Species Nereis sieboldii Grube, 1873
Species Nereis sinensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Species Nereis singaporiensis Grube, 1878
Species Nereis sorex Leach in Johnston, 1865
Species Nereis spinigera Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
Species Nereis splendida Blainville, 1825
Species Nereis splendida Grube, 1840
Species Nereis suluana Horst, 1924
Species Nereis sumbawaensis (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis surugaense Imajima, 1972
Species Nereis talehsapensis Fauvel, 1932
Species Nereis tenuipalpa Pflugfelder, 1933
Species Nereis tenuis Webster & Benedict, 1884
Species Nereis tethycola Delle Chiaje, 1831
Species Nereis thompsoni (Kott, 1951)
Species Nereis thysanota Ehlers, 1920
Species Nereis tiedmanni delle Chiaje, 1841
Species Nereis tigrina Zachs, 1933
Species Nereis toporoki Khlebovich, 1996
Species Nereis torta Fauvel, 1934
Species Nereis translucens Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis triangularis Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
Species Nereis trifasciata (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis tydemani (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis uncia Holly, 1935
Species Nereis unifasciata Willey, 1905
Species Nereis usticensis Cantone, Catalono & Badalamenti, 2003
Species Nereis vallata Grube, 1857
Species Nereis vancaurica Ehlers, 1868
Species Nereis variegata Renier, 1804
Species Nereis variodentata Augener, 1913
Species Nereis veleronis Hartman, 1940
Species Nereis ventilabrum Quatrefages, 1866
Species Nereis vexillosa Grube, 1851
Species Nereis victoriana Augener, 1918
Species Nereis villosa Dalyell, 1853
Species Nereis viridis Johnston, 1840
Species Nereis vitiensis Grube, 1870
Species Nereis vittata Delle Chiaje, 1828
Species Nereis waikikiensis Holly, 1935
Species Nereis willey Day, 1934
Species Nereis yorkensis Augener, 1922
Species Nereis zhongshaensis Shen & Sun in Sun, Wu & Shen, 1978
Species Nereis zonata Malmgren, 1867
Species Nereis abnormis Horst, 1924 accepted as Platynereis abnormis (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis aculeata Hansen, 1882 accepted as Perinereis aculeata (Hansen, 1882)
Species Nereis acuta Treadwell, 1923 accepted as Laeonereis culveri (Webster, 1879)
Species Nereis acutifolia Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)
Species Nereis agilis Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834)
Species Nereis agulhana Day, 1963 accepted as Neanthes agulhana (Day, 1963)
Species Nereis alacris Verrill, 1880 accepted as Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834)
Species Nereis alaskensis Treadwell, 1921 accepted as Ceratonereis paucidentata (Moore, 1903)
Species Nereis alatopalpis Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)
Species Nereis alba Müller, 1776 accepted as Glycera alba (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Nereis ambiguus Treadwell, 1937 accepted as Nereis riisei Grube, 1857
Species Nereis anchylochaeta Horst, 1924 accepted as Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918)
Species Nereis anomala (Gravier, 1901) accepted as Pseudonereis anomala Gravier, 1900
Species Nereis antarctica Verrill, 1875 accepted as Platynereis magalhaensis Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis antennata (Claparède, 1863) accepted as Cirroceros antennatus Claparède, 1863
Species Nereis antillensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834)
Species Nereis aphroditioides Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Nereimyra aphroditoides (O. Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nereis aphroditois Pallas, 1788 accepted as Eunice aphroditois (Pallas, 1788)
Species Nereis arafurensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Platynereis arafurensis (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Nereis arctica Grube, 1851 accepted as Nereis vexillosa Grube, 1851
Species Nereis arenaceodentata Moore, 1903 accepted as Neanthes arenaceodentata (Moore, 1903)
Species Nereis aries Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Scolelepis vulgaris (Johnston, 1827)
Species Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Ceratonereis articulata (Ehlers, 1887)
Species Nereis australis Treadwell, 1923 accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)
Species Nereis bairdii Webster, 1884 accepted as Perinereis anderssoni Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis bartletti Treadwell, 1937 accepted as Ceratonereis hircinicola (Eisig, 1870)
Species Nereis beaucoudrayi Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 accepted as Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840)
Species Nereis belawanensis Pflugfelder, 1933 accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847)
Species Nereis bengalensis Willey, 1905 accepted as Platynereis bengalensis (Willey, 1905)
Species Nereis beringianus Levenstein, 1961 accepted as Ceratonereis beringiana Levenstein, 1961
Species Nereis bertoloni Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Eunice bertoloni (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Species Nereis bicruciata Augener, 1906 accepted as Nereis riisei Grube, 1857
Species Nereis bilineata Johnston, 1839 accepted as Neanthes fucata (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
Species Nereis binongkae Horst, 1924 accepted as Perinereis binongkae (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis bolivari Rioja, 1918 accepted as Neanthes acuminata
Species Nereis bowerbanckii Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nereis brandti (Malmgren, 1865) accepted as Neanthes brandti (Malmgren, 1865)
Species Nereis brasiliensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Ceratonereis brasiliensis (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Nereis brevicirrata Treadwell, 1920 accepted as Perinereis brevicirrata (Treadwell, 1920)
Species Nereis brevicirrata Treadwell, 1929 accepted as Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nereis brevicirris Grube, 1869 accepted as Perinereis brevicirris (Grube, 1869)
Species Nereis brevimanus Johnston, 1840 accepted as Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Nereis buccinicola Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Neanthes fucata (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
Species Nereis bullata Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843)
Species Nereis caeca Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nereis caenocirrus Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Nereis onychophora Horst, 1918
Species Nereis californica Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Platynereis bicanaliculata (Baird, 1863)
Species Nereis camiguinoides Augener, 1922 accepted as Perinereis camiguinoides (Augener, 1922)
Species Nereis caudata accepted as Nereis arenaceodonta
Species Nereis cavifrons Ehlers, 1920 accepted as Perinereis cavifrons (Ehlers, 1920)
Species Nereis cebuensis Grube, 1878 accepted as Platynereis cebuensis (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis chilkaensis Southern, 1921 accepted as Neanthes chilkaensis (Southern, 1921)
Species Nereis chingrighattensis Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Neanthes chingrighattensis (Fauvel, 1932)
Species Nereis ciliata Müller, 1788 accepted as Nephtys ciliata (Müller, 1788)
Species Nereis cirrosa Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Amphitrite cirrata (O.F. Müller, 1771 in 1776)
Species Nereis cirrosa Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Amphitrite cirrata (O.F. Müller, 1771 in 1776)
Species Nereis clava Leach in Blainville, 1825 accepted as Nereis splendida Grube, 1840
Species Nereis coccinea (delle Chiaje, 1822) accepted as Platynereis coccinea (delle Chiaje, 1822)
Species Nereis coerulea Hansen, 1882 accepted as Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857)
Species Nereis conchilega Pallas, 1766 accepted as Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)
Species Nereis coracina Grube, 1878 accepted as Ceratonereis coracina (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis costae Grube, 1840 accepted as Ceratonereis costae (Grube, 1840)
Species Nereis crassipes Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Perinereis marioni (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
Species Nereis cristatus Horst, 1924 accepted as Platynereis cristatus (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis crucifera Grube, 1878 accepted as Neanthes crucifera (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis cultrifera Grube, 1840 accepted as Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840)
Species Nereis culveri Webster, 1879 accepted as Laeonereis culveri (Webster, 1879)
Species Nereis cuprea Bosc, 1802 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)
Species Nereis cyclurus Harrington, 1897 accepted as Cheilonereis cyclurus (Harrington, 1897)
Species Nereis cylindrata Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Nereis zonata Malmgren, 1867
Species Nereis debilis Grube, 1857 accepted as Ceratonereis debilis (Grube, 1857)
Species Nereis decora Treadwell, 1932 accepted as Nereis riisei Grube, 1857
Species Nereis denticulata Stimpson, 1854 accepted as Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nereis depressa Frey & Leuckart, 1847 accepted as Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Nereis disparsetosa Treadwell, 1932 accepted as Pseudonereis palpata (Treadwell, 1923)
Species Nereis divaricata Grube, 1878 accepted as Ceratonereis divaricata (Grube, 1878)
Species Nereis dongalae Horst, 1924 accepted as Perinereis dongalae (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis dorsolineata Horst, 1924 accepted as Ceratonereis dorsolineata (Horst, 1924)
Species Nereis dualaensis Augener, 1918 accepted as Ceratonereis dualaensis (Augener, 1918)
Species Nereis dubia Blainville, 1825 accepted as Glycera dubia (Blainville, 1825)
Species Nereis dumerilii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834 accepted as Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834)
Species Nereis dunckeri Augener, 1924 accepted as Ceratonereis dunckeri (Augener, 1924)
Species Nereis dyamushi Izuka, 1912 accepted as Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835)
Species Nereis eatoni McIntosh, 1876 accepted as Platynereis magalhaensis Kinberg, 1866
Species Nereis ebranchiata Pallas, 1788 accepted as Lumbrineris ebranchiata (Pallas, 1788)
Species Nereis edenticulata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Eunereis longissima Johnston, 1840
Species Nereis egregicirrata (Treadwell, 1924) accepted as Neanthes egregicirrata (Treadwell, 1924)
Species Nereis ellipsis Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Eulalia ellipsis (Dalyell, 1853)
Species Nereis excisa Grube, 1873 accepted as Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg, 1865
Species Nereis ezoensis Izuka, 1912 accepted as Nereis vexillosa Grube, 1851
Species Nereis falklandica Ramsay, 1914 accepted as Perinereis falklandica (Ramsay, 1914)
Species Nereis fasciata Bosc, 1802 accepted as Proceraea fasciata Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Autolytus fasciatus (Bosc, 1802)
Species Nereis ferox Hansen, 1882 accepted as Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857)
Species Nereis ferruginea Gunnerus in Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nereis festiva Grube, 1874 accepted as Platynereis festiva (Grube, 1874)
Species Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776 accepted as Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)
Species Nereis fimbriata Müller, 1776 accepted as Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nereis flagellipes Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Ceratonereis flagellipes (Fauvel, 1932)
Species Nereis flava Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Eteone flava (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nereis flavipes Ehlers, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis floridana Ehlers, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis foliata Dalyell, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis foliosa Leach in Johnston, 1865 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis fragilis (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted)
Species Nereis fucata (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted)
Species Nereis fulgens Dalyell, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis fuscorubida Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis glandulata Hoagland, 1919 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis glandulosa Ehlers, 1908 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis glasiovi Hansen, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis glauca Claparède, 1870 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis gorbunovi Uschakov, 1950 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis gracilicirrata Warren, 1942 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis gracilis Hansen, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis gracilis Webster, 1884 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis grandifolia Rathke, 1843 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis grandis Stimpson, 1854 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis guttata Claparède, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis hardyi Monro, 1930 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis hastifera Fauvel, 1937 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis hemprichii Grube, 1873 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis heterochaeta Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis hewitti Day, 1934 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis hircinicola Eisig, 1870 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis hyalognatha Ehlers, 1920 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis ijimai Izuka, 1912 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis incerta Quatrefage, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis incisa O. Fabricius, 1780 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis inermis Hoagland, 1920 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis iricolor Montagu, 1804 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis irritabilis Webster, 1879 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis japonica Izuka, 1908 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis kardagica Vinogradov, 1933 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis kauderni Fauvel, 1921 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis kerguelenensis McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis kinbergiana Claparède, 1870 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lacustris Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lamellifera Pallas, 1788 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lamelligera Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis languida Grube, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lapinigensis Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis larentukana Grube, 1881 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis larseni Monro, 1926 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lata Hansen, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis latipalpa Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis legeri Gravier & Dantan, 1934 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis limbata Ehlers, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis linea Treadwell, 1936 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis longa Fabricius, 1780 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis longipes Hartman, 1936 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis longiqua Pruvot, 1930 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis longissima Johnston, 1840 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lucipeta Ehlers, 1908 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lumbricalis Blainville, 1825 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lumbricoides Pallas, 1788 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis lutraria Pallas, 1766 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis macrocephala Hansen, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis macropus Claparède, 1870 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis maculata Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis maculata Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis maculosa Montagu, 1815 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis malayana Horst, 1889 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis margaritacea Leach, 1816 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis marionii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis marmorata Horst, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis masalacensis Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis massiliensis Moquin-Tandon, 1869 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis meggitti Monro, 1931 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis megodon Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis melanocephala McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis mendax Stimpson, 1856 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis microcephala Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis microphthalma Hansen, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis mictodonta Marenzeller, 1879 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis minor Hansen, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis monterea Chamberlin, 1918 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis nigriceps Horst, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis norvegica Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis notomacula Treadwell, 1914 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis obscura Hansen, 1882 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis occidentalis (unaccepted)
Species Nereis oliveriae Horst, 1889 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis olympia Blainville, 1825 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis orientalis Treadwell, 1936 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pacifica Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis palpata Treadwell, 1923 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis papillosa Day, 1963 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis parallelogramma Claparède, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis parthenopeia Delle Chiaje, 1828 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis parva Dalyell, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis patagonica McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis paucidentata Moore, 1903 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pectinata Turton, 1807 in McIntosh, 1922 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pectinifera Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pennata Parfitt, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pennata Müller, 1776 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis peritonealis Claparède, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis perspicillata Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis phasma Dalyell, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis phosphorans Ehrenberg, 1835 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pietschmanni Holly, 1935 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pinnigera Montagu, 1808 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis polyodonta Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis ponuiensis Augener, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis prismatica O.F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis proboscidea Mueller, 1773 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis prolifera O.F. Müller, 1788 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pseudocamiguina Augener, 1922 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pseudoneanthes Hartman, 1936 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pseudonereis Hartman, 1940 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pulsatoria Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis punctata Müller, 1788 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis pusilla Müller in Fabricius, 1780 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis ramosa Horst, 1919 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis reducta Southern, 1921 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis regia Quatrefages, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis reibischi Heinen, 1911 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis remex Dalyell, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis renalis Johnston, 1840 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis retrodentata Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis reynaudi Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis robusta Kinberg, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis rolasiensis Augener, 1918 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis rosea Fabricius, 1780 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis rubicunda Ehlers, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis rubroannulata Claparède in Grube, 1870 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis rudolphi delle Chiaje, 1828 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis rudolphii delle Chiaje, 1828 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis ruficeps Ehlers, 1905 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis sakhalinensis Okuda, 1935 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis saltoni Hartman, 1936 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis sanguinea Montagu, 1815 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis sarsii Rathke, 1843 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis schmardaei (Quatrefages, 1866) (unaccepted)
Species Nereis scolopendroides Delle Chiaje, 1828 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis scotiae Berkeley & Berkeley, 1956 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis seticornis Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis sextentaculata delle Chiaje, 1828 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis shishidoi Izuka, 1912 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis similisetis Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis singularis Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis singularis Treadwell, 1943 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis southerni Abdel-Moez & Humphries, 1955 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis spinifera Treadwell, 1929 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis squamosa Delle Chiaje, 1827 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis stellifera Müller in Linnaeus, 1788 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis stimpsonis Grube, 1868 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis striolata Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis subulicola Leach in Johnston, 1865 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis succinea Leuckart, 1847 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis taurica Grube, 1850 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis teres Dalyell, 1853 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis ternatensis Fischli, 1900 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis teticola Delle Chiaje, 1828 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis tobeloana Augener, 1933 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis tongatabuensis McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis tredecimdentata Kinberg, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis tricolor Leach in Johnston, 1865 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis tridentata Webster, 1879 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis trimaculata Horst, 1924 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis tubicola O.F. Müller, 1776 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis tunicatae Hartman, 1936 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis typhla Monro, 1930 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis uncinata Ehlers, 1908 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis valentina Blainville, 1825 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis varia Treadwell, 1941 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis variegata Ehlers, 1901 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis verrillii Grube, 1878 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis verrucosa Müller, 1776 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis versicolor Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis versicolor Müller in Linnaeus, 1788 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis versipedata Ehlers, 1887 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis virens Sars, 1835 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis virgatus Grube, 1873 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis viridis Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis vitabunda Pflugfelder, 1933 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis wailesi Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis willeyi Day, 1934 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis yankiana Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis zostericola Örsted, 1843 (unaccepted)
Species Nereis angusticollis Augener, 1913 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 654 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Nereis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1200278 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-12 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Wilson, Robin

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 654 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 [details]

habitat flag source Wilson, R. S.; Hutchings, P. A.; Glasby, C. J. (2003). Polychaetes: an interactive identification guide. CD-ROM + booklet. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. [details]

original description (of Nevis Moquin-Tandon, 1869) Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, Zool., (5) 11
page(s): 134 [details]

original description (of Nereida Blainville, 1818) Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1818
page(s): 83 [details]

original description (of Lycoris Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Tome 5, 612 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 311 [details]

original description (of Neireis Rochebrune, 1881) N. Arch. Mus. Paris, (2) 4
page(s): 235 [details]

original description (of Naumachius Kinberg, 1865) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 22
page(s): 176 [details]

original description (of Thoosa Kinberg, 1865) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 22
page(s): 172 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Naumachius Kinberg, 1865)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Lycoris Lamarck, 1818)
To WoRMS (from synonym Thoosa Kinberg, 1865)