MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Nereis tricolor Johnston, 1865

ERMS name details

Nereis tricolor Johnston, 1865

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

unaccepted > nomen nudum (created by a museum label transcription error for Nereis iricolor)

Accepted Name

Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804)

Rank

Species

Parent

Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Nereis iricolor Montagu, 1804

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. [book]. 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]

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

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis tricolor Johnston, 1865. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336998 on 2025-04-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Nereis tricolor Johnston, 1865. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336998 on 2025-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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

Licensing

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Sources (3)

original description Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. [book]. 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]

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

source of synonymy McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1910). A monograph of the British annelids. Polychaeta. Syllidae to Ariciidae. Ray Society of London. 2(2): 233-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38533042
page(s): 396; note: in synonymy of Arabella iricolor [details]