MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Nereis (Nephtys) Cuvier, 1817

WoRMS name details

Nereis (Nephtys) Cuvier, 1817

AphiaID

326121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326121)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded incorrect recombination as subgenus, as Nephtys is not in Nereididae)

Accepted Name

Nephtys Cuvier, 1817

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Nephtys Cuvier, 1817

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Species Nereis (Nephtys) lineata Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780) (superseded original combination)
Species Nereis (Nephtys) hirsuta Dalyell, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable, and a missclassification into Nereis)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709
page(s): Additions & Corrections p.173 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis (Nephtys) Cuvier, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326121 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-14 12:54:55Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2020-07-10 05:25:53Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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Notes (1)

original description (of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709
page(s): Additions & Corrections p.173 [details]

basis of record Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 145; note: Nephtys subgenus status in Nereis used by Dalyell, but a misclassification [details]

From editor or global species database

Classification Dalyell moved Nephtys to a subgenus status in Nereis, but this is a misclassification. They are not the same family. [details]