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Nereis tricolor Johnston, 1865

336998  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336998)

  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 tricolor (Species)
 unaccepted > nomen nudum (created by a museum label transcription error for Nereis iricolor)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 142; note: Mention under Lumbrineris tricolor as the synonym 'Nereis tricolor, Mus. Leach. [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Nereis iricolor Montagu, 1804) Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756268 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology The Nereis tricolor name is a mistake due to a transcription error by Johnston. He writes: "There is no appearance [from...  
Etymology The Nereis tricolor name is a mistake due to a transcription error by Johnston. He writes: "There is no appearance [from the preserved specimen] to explain the origin of the specific name, —derived no doubt from the living animal". The correct name was Nereis iricolor which Montagu chose to refer to the iridescence colours of the live worm. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis tricolor Johnston, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336998 on 2024-11-21
Date
action
by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2024-03-29 04:03:34Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2024-03-30 02:06:54Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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original description Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 142; note: Mention under Lumbrineris tricolor as the synonym 'Nereis tricolor, Mus. Leach. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nereis iricolor Montagu, 1804) Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756268 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1910). A monograph of the British annelids. Polychaeta. Syllidae to Ariciidae. <em>Ray Society of London.</em> 2(2): 233-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38533042
page(s): 396; note: in synonymy of Arabella iricolor [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Nereis tricolor is a mistake, as is Lumbrineris tricolor. The name enters the literature in Johnston's 'catalogue' with a mention under Lumbrineris tricolor Johnston as the synonym 'Nereis tricolor, Mus. Leach." thus it is an unpublished museum label name which Johnston has wrongly transcribed, interpreting the label 'iricolor' of Montagu's Nereis iricolor holotype as 'tricolor' thus creating a separate species name. McIntosh (1910:396) included Nereis tricolor Johnston in the synonymy of Arabella iricolor without comment, and likewise the Hartman catalogue p272 refers the name back to Arabella iricolor. [details]

Etymology The Nereis tricolor name is a mistake due to a transcription error by Johnston. He writes: "There is no appearance [from the preserved specimen] to explain the origin of the specific name, —derived no doubt from the living animal". The correct name was Nereis iricolor which Montagu chose to refer to the iridescence colours of the live worm. [details]
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