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WoRMS name details

Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976

130403  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130403)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Nereididae (Family)
  9. Nereidinae (Subfamily)
  10. Nereis (Genus)
  11. Nereis moroccensis (Species)
 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Amoureux, Louis. (1976). Une intéressante collection de Néréidiens (Annélides Polychètes) des côtes marocaines du détroit de Gilbraltar. <i>Nereis moroccensis</i>, espèce nouvelle pour la science. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 3 (370), Zoologie.</em> 258: 337-349., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/258/337.pdf
page(s): 344-348, figs. 5-10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Cape Spartel, Gibraltar Strait, Morocco,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cape Spartel, Gibraltar Strait, Morocco, Atlantic Ocean (about 35.795°, -5.918°) [details]
Depth range 2-8 m.  
Depth range 2-8 m. [details]

Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Spartel (Morocco).  
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Spartel (Morocco). [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet moroccensis refers to Morocco, the type locality of the species.  
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet moroccensis refers to Morocco, the type locality of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130403 on 2024-11-25
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2014-04-28 02:02:12Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2019-03-25 15:29:18Z
changed
Gil, João

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original description Amoureux, Louis. (1976). Une intéressante collection de Néréidiens (Annélides Polychètes) des côtes marocaines du détroit de Gilbraltar. <i>Nereis moroccensis</i>, espèce nouvelle pour la science. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 3 (370), Zoologie.</em> 258: 337-349., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/258/337.pdf
page(s): 344-348, figs. 5-10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

source of synonymy Núñez, Jorge; Riera, Rodrigo; Brito, María del Carmen. (2000). Nuevos registros de Neréididos (Polychaeta: Nereididae) para las Islas de Cabo Verde y Canarias [New records of nereidids (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Cape Verde Islands and Canary Islands]. <em>Avicennia.</em> 12-13: 115-126., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44341366
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype MNHN POLY TYPE 1254-1256, geounit Cabo Espartel [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2-8 m. [details]

Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Cape Spartel (Morocco). [details]

Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet moroccensis refers to Morocco, the type locality of the species. [details]

Habitat Type of sediment not stated in the orignal description, at shallow water. [details]

Type locality Cape Spartel, Gibraltar Strait, Morocco, Atlantic Ocean (about 35.795°, -5.918°) [details]
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