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Nereis contorta Dalyell, 1853

329627 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329627)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Annelida
  4. Polychaeta
  5. Errantia
  6. Phyllodocida
  7. Nereidiformia
  8. Nereididae
  9. Nereidinae
  10. Nereis
  11. Nereis contorta
uncertain > nomen dubium (Indeterminable spionid, not a nereidid)
Species
Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 156-157, plate XX figs. 19-20 [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis contorta Dalyell, 1853. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329627 on 2026-10-03
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Nereis contorta Dalyell, 1853. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=329627 on 2026-10-03
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2023-10-10 08:00:16Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

original description 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): 156-157, plate XX figs. 19-20 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors  PDF available