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Genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

Introduction

An undescribed species of Nereis has been reported from a pilot whale carcass off Byron Bay, New South Wales by Georgieva et al. (2023).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Mozambique
  • Somalia
  • South Africa

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
    • Lord Howe Island
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
    • North Island
    • South Island

Oriental Region

  • Andaman Islands
  • China (People's Republic)
  • Philippines

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

Citations

Nereis.
—Grube, A.-E. 1878. Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur kenntniss der annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten sammlungen. Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 25: ix 1–300 pls 1–15 [59].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023 08-Jul-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 22-Apr-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 29-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 08-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)