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Neanthes Kinberg, 1865

129378  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129378)

  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. Neanthes (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Neanthes vaalii Kinberg, 1865 (type by subsequent designation)
Nereis (Neanthes) Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent rank change)
Nereis (Neanthioides) Rioja, 1918 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Praxithea Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted (unreplaced homonym and a...)  
unreplaced homonym and a subjective synonym

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  1. Species Neanthes abyssorum Hartman, 1967
  2. Species Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868)
  3. Species Neanthes adriangloveri Georgieva, Wiklund, Ramos, Neal, Glasby & Gunton, 2023
  4. Species Neanthes agnesiae (Augener, 1918)
  5. Species Neanthes agulhana (Day, 1963)
  6. Species Neanthes arenaceodentata (Moore, 1903)
  7. Species Neanthes articulata Knox, 1960
  8. Species Neanthes augeneri (Gravier & Dantan, 1934)
  9. Species Neanthes babuzai Hsueh, 2019
  10. Species Neanthes bassi Wilson, 1984
  11. Species Neanthes bioculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1975)
  12. Species Neanthes biparagnatha Bonyadi-Naeini, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2017
  13. Species Neanthes biseriata Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
  14. Species Neanthes bongcoi Pillai, 1965
  15. Species Neanthes bruaca Lana & Sovierzoski, 1987
  16. Species Neanthes ceciliae Steiner & Santos, 2004
  17. Species Neanthes chilkaensis (Southern, 1921)
  18. Species Neanthes chingrighattensis (Fauvel, 1932)
  19. Species Neanthes cortezi Kudenov, 1979
  20. Species Neanthes cricognatha (Ehlers, 1904)
  21. Species Neanthes crucifera (Grube, 1878)
  22. Species Neanthes dawydovi (Fauvel, 1937)
  23. Species Neanthes deplanata (Mohammad, 1971)
  24. Species Neanthes donggungensis Hsueh, 2019
  25. Species Neanthes donghaiensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
  26. Species Neanthes egregicirrata (Treadwell, 1924)
  27. Species Neanthes flava Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
  28. Species Neanthes flavipes Ehlers, 1868
  29. Species Neanthes flindersi Wilson, 1984
  30. Species Neanthes fucata (Savigny, 1822)
  31. Species Neanthes galetae Fauchald, 1977
  32. Species Neanthes gisserana (Horst, 1924)
  33. Species Neanthes glandicincta (Southern, 1921)
  34. Species Neanthes goodayi Drennan, Wiklund, Rabone, Georgieva, Dahlgren & Glover, 2021
  35. Species Neanthes helenae Kinberg, 1865
  36. Species Neanthes heteroculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981)
  37. Species Neanthes hondoensis Khlebovich, 1996
  38. Species Neanthes hsinchuensis Hsueh, 2019
  39. Species Neanthes indica (Kinberg, 1865)
  40. Species Neanthes isolata Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
  41. Species Neanthes jihueiensis Hsueh, 2019
  42. Species Neanthes kaomeiensis Hsueh, 2019
  43. Species Neanthes kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885)
  44. Species Neanthes kermadeca (Kirkegaard, 1995)
  45. Species Neanthes kinmenensis Hsueh, 2019
  46. Species Neanthes latipoda (Paik, 1973)
  47. Species Neanthes macrocephala (Hansen, 1882)
  48. Species Neanthes maculata Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
  49. Species Neanthes manatensis Pillai, 1965
  50. Species Neanthes masalacensis (Grube, 1878)
  51. Species Neanthes meggitti (Monro, 1931)
  52. Species Neanthes mexicana Fauchald, 1972
  53. Species Neanthes micromma (Harper, 1979)
  54. Species Neanthes mossambica (Day, 1957)
  55. Species Neanthes multidentata Fassari & Mollica, 2000
  56. Species Neanthes nanhaiensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
  57. Species Neanthes negomboensis De Silva, 1965
  58. Species Neanthes noodti Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  59. Species Neanthes nubila (Savigny, 1822)
  60. Species Neanthes operta (Stimpson, 1856)
  61. Species Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918)
  62. Species Neanthes papillosa (Day, 1963)
  63. Species Neanthes philippinensis de León-González & Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
  64. Species Neanthes pleijeli de León-González & Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
  65. Species Neanthes reducta (Southern, 1921)
  66. Species Neanthes roosevelti Hartman, 1939
  67. Species Neanthes rubicunda (Ehlers, 1868)
  68. Species Neanthes ruficeps (Ehlers, 1904)
  69. Species Neanthes sakhalinensis (Okuda, 1935)
  70. Species Neanthes sandiegensis Fauchald, 1977
  71. Species Neanthes sanguensis Hsueh, 2019
  72. Species Neanthes sexoculata Cantone, 1990
  73. Species Neanthes shigungensis Hsueh, 2019
  74. Species Neanthes suluensis Kirkegaard, 1995
  75. Species Neanthes tasmani Bakken, 2002
  76. Species Neanthes trifasciata (Grube, 1878)
  77. Species Neanthes typhla (Monro, 1930)
  78. Species Neanthes uncinula Russell, 1962
  79. Species Neanthes unifasciata (Willey, 1905)
  80. Species Neanthes uniseriata Hutchings & Turvey, 1982
  81. Species Neanthes vaalii Kinberg, 1865
  82. Species Neanthes verrillii (Grube, 1878)
  83. Species Neanthes visicete Georgieva, Wiklund, Ramos, Neal, Glasby & Gunton, 2023
  84. Species Neanthes vitabunda (Pflugfelder, 1933)
  85. Species Neanthes vitiazi Khlebovich, 1996
  86. Species Neanthes willeyi (Day, 1934)
  87. Species Neanthes zonata Malmgren, 1867
  88. Species Neanthes anchylochaeta (Horst, 1924) accepted as Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918) (superseded combination of subjective synonym)
  89. Species Neanthes brandti (Malmgren, 1865) accepted as Alitta brandti Malmgren, 1865 (superseded recombination)
  90. Species Neanthes capensis Willey, 1904 accepted as Neanthes willeyi (Day, 1934) (replaced name, a junior homonym when in Nereis to Nereis (Perinereis) capensis (Kinberg, 1865))
  91. Species Neanthes caudata (sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827) accepted as Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868) (based on a misidentification)
  92. Species Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776) accepted as Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776) (superseded subsequent combination)
  93. Species Neanthes grandis (Stimpson, 1853) accepted as Alitta grandis (Stimpson, 1853) (superseded recombination)
  94. Species Neanthes ijimai (Izuka, 1912) accepted as Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
  95. Species Neanthes irrorata (Malmgren, 1867) accepted as Neanthes nubila (Savigny, 1822) (superseded combination of synonym)
  96. Species Neanthes japonica (Izuka, 1908) accepted as Hediste japonica (Izuka, 1908) (superseded recombination)
  97. Species Neanthes larentukana (Grube, 1881) accepted as Perinereis larentukana (Grube, 1881) (superseded subsequent combination)
  98. Species Neanthes latipalpa (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Perinereis latipalpa (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded subsequent combination)
  99. Species Neanthes lighti Hartman, 1938 accepted as Hediste limnicola (Johnson, 1903) (subjective synonym)
  100. Species Neanthes multignatha (Wu, Sun& yang, 1981) accepted as Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
  101. Species Neanthes obscura Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Perinereis helleri (Grube, 1878) (subjective synonym)
  102. Species Neanthes oligohalina Rioja, 1946 accepted as Nereis oligohalina (Rioja, 1946) (superseded original combination)
  103. Species Neanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) accepted as Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) (supersed recombination)
  104. Species Neanthes pseudonoodti Fauchald, 1977 accepted as Pseudonereis pseudonoodti (Fauchald, 1977) (superseded original combination)
  105. Species Neanthes saltoni (Hartman, 1936) accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) (superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
  106. Species Neanthes semperiana (Grube, 1878) accepted as Nereis semperiana (Grube, 1878) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  107. Species Neanthes seridentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 accepted as Perinereis seridentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959) (superseded original combination)
  108. Species Neanthes shinkai Shimabukuro, Santos, Alfaro-Lucas, Fujiwara & Sumida, 2017 accepted as Nereis shinkai (Shimabukuro, Santos, Alfaro-Lucas, Fujiwara & Sumida, 2017) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  109. Species Neanthes succinea (Leuckart, 1847) accepted as Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) (superseded combination)
  110. Species Neanthes variegata Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Pseudonereis gallapagensis Kinberg, 1865
  111. Species Neanthes virens (M. Sars, 1835) accepted as Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835) (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 171 [details] 
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Neanthes could refer to the Greek classic writer Neanthes of Cyzicus (3rd century BC).  
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Neanthes could refer to the Greek classic writer Neanthes of Cyzicus (3rd century BC). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Neanthes Kinberg, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129378 on 2025-04-11
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2005-07-13 08:37:11Z
changed
Braeckman, Ulrike
2005-07-14 08:59:00Z
changed
Braeckman, Ulrike
2008-03-04 06:49:09Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2011-05-15 21:14:46Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2017-03-20 12:45:29Z
changed
Gil, João

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Nomenclature

original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 171 [details] 

original description (of Praxithea Malmgren, 1867) Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 50-51 [details] 

original description (of Nereis (Neanthioides) Rioja, 1918) Rioja, Enrique. (1918). Datos para le conocimiento de la fauna de anelidos poliquetos del cantabrico (2nd parte). Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturale. Serie zoológica. 37: 1-99., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13722697
page(s): 66; note: new subgenus of Nereis, contrasted with Neanthes [details] 

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: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Kinberg (1865: 171): "Papillae pharyngis corneae, distantes, conicae, completae, appendices segmentorum partis corporis anterioris et posterioris aequales." [details]

Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Neanthes could refer to the Greek classic writer Neanthes of Cyzicus (3rd century BC). [details]

Type designation Neanthes vaalii is listed first but otherwise is not selected as type species. Perhaps Hartman 1959 effectively designated it (Hartman catalogue: 249), if not selected elsewhere earlier. Bakken & Wilson (2005: 527) wrongly state the type species is N. vaalii by original designation. [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neanthes) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Praxithea) (from synonym Praxithea Malmgren, 1867)
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