Introduction

Nereidids are common, widespread benthic polychaetes that have been extensively studied. They are distinguished by having an eversible pharynx with one pair of jaws and, usually, accessory papillae or denticles in a regular pattern. The range of habitats occupied by nereidids is probably as great as for any other polychaete family — not only do they occur from shallow marine and estuarine habitats to the deep sea, but members of the subfamily Namanereinae can also be found in freshwaters including specialised habitats such as water-filled tree hollows in tropical forests. In most of these habitats nereidids are extremely common. They range in size from a few mm to several cms in length. Within Australia, Australonereis, Olganereis and Simplisetia (formerly Ceratonereis sensu lato) are the principal estuarine genera. In fully marine environments, species of Ceratonereis sensu stricto, Neanthes and Nereis occur on soft sediments, while Perinereis, Platynereis and Pseudonereis are more common on shallow rocky reefs and similar hard substrates.

Modes of feeding are similarly diverse among nereidids: carnivores, herbivores, surface detritus feeders, omnivores and even suspension feeders (using a mucus net) are known. Feeding behaviour can vary even within and between populations of a single species.

Figures of 21 genera and 86 species were given by Beesley et al. (2000: App. 1) for representation of the family in Australian waters, and 43 genera and 535 species worldwide. Presently about 91 species from 22 genera are known from Australia.

See Wilson (2000) for detailed treatment of the family.

Database Notes

proof read against Day & Hutchings 1979 by RW; no subsequent records added

Diagnosis

General features. Body shape vermiform; segments numerous (more than about 15); regionation absent. Pygidium simple ring or cone. Pygidial appendages present; one pair of cirri.
Head & head structures. Head discrete and compact, dorsal to mouth. Prostomium bluntly conical to trapezoidal (narrow end anteriorly) (sometimes called an inverted t-shape). Eyes present (rarely absent); two pairs; situated on prostomium; compound with lenses. Prostomial antennae present (rarely absent); paired arising anterolaterally; smooth. Palps paired; bi-articulated (robust basal part); ventrolateral. Nuchal organs indistinct paired dorsolateral patches. Peristomial ring absent (rather, an enlarged fused annulus present behind head).
Pharynx & pharyngeal apparatus. Foregut a muscular axial pharynx; with one pair of lateral jaws; fang-like (often serrated); without teeth (rarely), or with teeth (=paragnaths) present in distinct areas; surface smooth, or with soft papillae; papillae in distinct areas; distal ring of papillae absent.
Body segments & parapodia. First segment with tentacular cirri. Tentacular cirri 3–4 pair(s); arise on a single segment (which is fused to peristomium); internal aciculae absent. First chaetiger with neurochaetae only, or with both notochaetae and neurochaetae. Parapodia uniramous throughout (rarely), or biramous with prominent parapodial lobes (up to five lobes per parapodium); notopodial lobes represented by at least one chaetal lobe, or absent; neuropodial lobes represented by at least one chaetal lobe. Dorsal cirri more-or-less cirriform, or flattened and foliaceous (rarely). Ventral cirri present, cirriform or tapering. Branchiae absent, or present (rarely); arise from parapodia; occur on at least some chaetigerous segments; digitiform (resemble cirri; one or more per parapodium).
Chaetae. Notochaetae absent (rarely), or present. Aciculae present; in both dorsal and ventral positions (=noto- and neuroaciculae). Capillary chaetae absent. Spines absent. Hooks absent. Compound chaetae present; appendage distally tapering to slender tips (=spinigerous), or distally curved (=falcate); appendage not canaliculated; appendage without hoods or guards; joint more-or-less symmetrical (=homogomph; includes also hemigomph and sesquigomph), or distinctly asymmetrical (=heterogomph); joint effected by ligament(s) (double); shaft tapering slightly or evenly thick from emergence to joint; shaft with camerated core. Compound falcigers present in most or all chaetigers.
Tube & burrow. Tube absent or unconsolidated, or membraneous. Burrow traces absent, or comprises interconnected galleries.

The above description was generated from: 'C.J. Glasby & K. Fauchald (2002 onwards). POLiKEY. An information system for polychaete families and higher taxa: Version 1: September 2002.'
(See ABRS website: Online Resources: Polikey, for Version 2, released June 2003)

General References

Alves, P.R., Halanych, K.M., Silva, E.P. & Santos, C.S.G. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida) phylogeny based on molecular data. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2000. Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 Part A xii 1-465 pp.

Glasby, C.J., Wei, N.V. & Gibb, K.S. 2013. Cryptic species of Nereididae (Annelida : Polychaeta) on Australian coral reefs. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 245–264

Wilson, R.S. 2000. Family Nereididae. pp. 138-141 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Glasby, C.J. (eds). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 Part A xii 1-465 pp.

History of changes

• Nereidinae Blainville, H. de 1818. Mémoire sur la classe des Setipodes partie des Vers a sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 3: 78-85.

  Type genus:

   Nereis Linnaeus, 1758.
• Notophycidae Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1970. Polychaeta from the Snares Islands, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences 12: 73-85.

  Type genus:

   Micronereis Claparède, 1863.

History of changes

• Alitta Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [172].

  Type species:

   Nereis virens Sars, 1835 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast

Palaearctic Region

• Iran
• Japan

General References

Villalobos-Guerrero, T.F. & Carrera-Parra, L.F. 2015. Redescription of Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) and reinstatement of A. acutifolia (Ehlers, 1901) n. comb. based upon morphological and molecular data (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Zootaxa 3919(1): 157–178 [160] (revised diagnosis)

History of changes

• Nereis succinea Leuckart, R. 1847. Verzeichniss der zur Fauna Helgoland's gehörenden wirbellosen Seethiere. pp. 136-168 in Frey, H. & Leuckart, R. Beiträge zur Kenntniss wirbelloser Thiere. Braunschweig. [154].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, North Sea.
• Nereis (Neanthes) oxypoda Marenzeller, E. von 1879. Südjapanische Anneliden I. (Amphinomea, Aphroditea, Lycoridea, Phyllodocea, Hesionea, Syllidea, Eunicea, Glycerea, Sternaspidea, Chaetopterea, Cirratulea, Amphictenea). Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 41: 109-154 [120-122].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, southern Japan.
• Nectoneanthes alatopalpis Wesenberg-Lund, E. 1949. Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 4(4): 247-400 [281-283].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Gulf of Iran.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Northern Hemisphere.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast

Palaearctic Region

• Iran
• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary.

Extra Ecological Information

Restricted to estuaries in Australia.

Citations

Nereis (Neanthes) succinea.
—Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1–458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459–878. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) [321].

Neanthes succinea.
—Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209–226 [218–221, fig. 4].
—Wilson, R.S. 1988. Synonymy of the genus Nectoneanthes Imajima, 1972, with Neanthes Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 4–10 [5–7].
—Cohen, B.F., McArthur, M.A. & Parry, G.D. 2001. Exotic Marine Pests in the Port of Melbourne, Victoria. Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute, Report No.25. 1–69 pp. [44]

Nereis oxypoda.
—Izuka, A. 1912. The Errantia Polychaeta of Japan. Tokyo Journal of Collective Science 30: 1–262 [171, pl. 18, figs 8–11].
—Monro, C.C.A. 1934. On a collection of Polychaeta from the coast of China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 13: 353–380 [362–363].
—Monro, C.C.A. 1938. On a small collection of Polychaeta from Swan River, Western Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 2: 614–624 [614–617, figs 1–5].
—Ibanez, M. 1972. Notés sobre algunea especies de Annelido Poliquetos neuvas para las costas de Espana, con especial referencia a Nereis (Neanthes) oxypoda Marenzeller y Onuphis (Nothria) geophiliformis Moore. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 7: 23–31 [24–26, fig. 1].

Nereis alatopalpis.
Wu, B.-L. Sun, R. & Deijang, Y. 1981. The Nereidae (Polychaetous annelids) of the Chinese Coast. Beijing : Chinese Ocean Press 1–234 pp. [152–153].
—[Wu, Sun & Deiyang, 1985]: 168–170.

Misidentifications

as Nereis oxypoda.
—Monro, C.C.A. 1934. On a collection of Polychaeta from the coast of China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 13: 353–380 [362] (in part).
—Monro, C.C.A. 1938. On a small collection of Polychaeta from Swan River, Western Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 2: 614–624 [614–617, figs 1–5].

as Neanthes oxpoda.
Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [37–39, fig. 12].

General References

Pettibone, M.H. 1963. Marine Polychaete worms of the New England Region. 1. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 227: 1-356 [165, figs 44-45] (as Nereis (Neanthes) succinea)

Villalobos-Guerrero, T.F. & Carrera-Parra, L.F. 2015. Redescription of Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847) and reinstatement of A. acutifolia (Ehlers, 1901) n. comb. based upon morphological and molecular data (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Zootaxa 3919(1): 157–178

History of changes

• Ceratonereis Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [170-171].

  Type species:

   Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg, 1866 by subsequent designation, see Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [208].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), 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), 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)

History of changes

• Ceratonereis (Ceratonereis) singularis australis Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 37-59 [46-47].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH P-18226 (100 chaetigers), Tantabiddy Creek, Exmouth, WA.
  Paratype(s) ZMH P-16542 2 specimens, Tantabiddy Creek, Exmouth, WA.
• Ceratonereis singularis Pamungkas, J. & Glasby, C.J. 2015. Taxonomy of reproductive Nereididae (Annelida) in multispecies swarms at Ambon Island, Indonesia. ZooKeys 520: 1-25 [6–8, fig. 3a, b.].

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Seagrass, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Algae.

Misidentifications

as Ceratonereis mirabilis.
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1980. Teil 4. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 41–110 pp. in part [58].

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [209, fig. 1A]

History of changes

• Ceratonereis japonica Imajima, M. 1972. Review of the annelid worms of the family Nereidae of Japan, with description of five new species or subspecies. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 15: 37-153 [69–71, figs 15a–p, 17.].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT Pol. H 70, Koniya, Amami-Oshima, Southern Japan, Pacific Ocean [28.144ºN, 129.311ºE (gazetter estimate)].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Channel bommies, off Lizard Island, QLD

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, sandy bottom.

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [209]

History of changes

• Ceratonereis (Ceratonereis) longiceratophora Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 37-59 [41-42].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W12369 (98 chaetigers), Weaney Bay, Botany Bay, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) AM W12351 1 specimen, Wallis Lake, NSW; AM W12792 1 specimen, Lake Macquarie, NSW; AM W195010 2 specimens, Port Stephens, NSW; ZMH P18336 4 specimens, Wallis Lake, NSW; AM W 12619 4 specimens, Wallis Lake, NSW; HZM P18337 1 specimen, Wallis Lake, NSW; AM W4879 6 specimens, Wallis Lake, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Common in brackish water.

Citations

Ceratonereis (Ceratonereis) longiceratophora.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1991. Teil 16. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Groß Barriere-Riff). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 17–71 pp. [43–44].

History of changes

• Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [170].

  Type data:

   Holotype NRMS Type-456 (33 m depth - reported as 18 fathoms), Brazil [Not provided].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Mexico, Red Sea and Indo-West Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), 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), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), 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

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast
• Hawaii

Neotropical Region

• Brazil

Oriental Region

• Malaysia

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rocky shore, seagrass, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Common in seagrass beds.

Citations

Ceratonereis mirabilis.
—Ehlers, E. 1887. Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L.F. Pourtales, during the years 1868–1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878–79), in the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Blake, Lieut.-Com. C.D. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 15: 1–335 [117–120, pl. 38].
—Gravier, C. 1901. Contribution à l'étude des Annélides polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 3: 147–268 [172–174, pl. 11, fig. 42].
—Fauvel, P. 1911. Annélides polychètes du Golfe Persique receuilis par M.M. Bogoyawlewsky. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 5: 353–439 [392].
—Fauvel, P. 1917. Annélides polychètes de l'Australie meridionale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 56: 159–278 [207–208].
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [18].
—Russell, E. 1962. Some nereid polychaetes from Queensland. University of Queensland Papers. Department of Zoology 2: 1–12 [5–6].
—Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 21–41 [27].
—Hutchings, P.A. 1974. Polychaeta of Wallis Lake, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 98: 175–195 [179].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Recher, H.F. 1974. The fauna of Careel Bay with comments on the eceology of mangrove and seagrass communities. Australian Zoologist 18(2): 99–128 [104, 119].
—Hutchings, P. & Rainer, S.F. 1979. The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Natural History 13: 745–796 [753].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1979. Teil 2. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 75–218 pp. [113–114, figs 184–187].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1980. Teil 4. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 41–110 pp. [58].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [98].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [36].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203 [156].

Nereis mirabilis.
—Gravier, C. 1901. Contribution à l'étude des Annélides polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4 3: 147–268 [172].

Nereis (Ceratonereis) mirabilis.
—Rullier, F. 1965. Contribution à la faune des Annélides Polychètes de l'Australie. Papers, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland Papers 2(9): 163–201 [182].

Ceratonereis tentaculata.
—Monro, C.C.A. 1931. Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Echiuroidea and Sipunculoidea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 1–37 [18].

Nereis tentaculata.
—Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65–304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 4 [168].
—Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85–130.

General References

Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65-304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5. [168] (Nereis mirabilis and Nereis tentaculata in subgenus Ceratonereis)

History of changes

• Ceratonereis (Ceratonereis) perkinsi Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 37-59 [43-46].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH P-18225 (61 chaetigers), Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) ZMH P-16678 18 specimens, Broome, WA; ZMH P-16544 2 specimens, Port Hedland, WA; ZMH P-16839 1 specimen, Onslow, WA; AM W198742 3 specimens, Broome, WA; WAM 8-85 3 specimens, Broome, WA; HZM P16543 4 specimens, Broome, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Mangrove.

Misidentifications

as Ceratonereis mirabilis.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1979. Teil 2. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 75–218 pp. [113, figs 184–187].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1980. Teil 4. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 41–110 pp. [58] (in part).
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [15].
—Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 21–41 [27].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [98] (in part).

Nereis (Ceratonereis) tentaculata.
—Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65–304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 4 [168].

Citations

Ceratonereis (Ceratonereis) perkinsi.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Teil 11. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Port Lincoln im Westen und Port Augusta im Osten). 61–99 in Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 82 [73].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [47].

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [210, fig 1B]

History of changes

• Ceratonereis singularis Treadwell, A.L. 1929. New species of polychaetous annelids in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, from Porto Rico, Florida, Lower California, and British Somaliland. American Museum Novitates 392: 1-13 [1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Gulf of California, Mexico.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, tropical Atlantic, and Tropical Pacific.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Neotropical Region

• Mexico

Citations

Ceratonereis singularis
—Perkins, T.H. 1980. Review of the species previously referred to Ceratonereis mirabilis, and descriptions of new species of Ceratonereis, Nephtys, and Goniada (Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(1): 1–49

History of changes

• Ceratonereis tentaculata Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [170].

  Type data:

   Holotype NRMS Type-6331 (Approximately 18 m depth - reported as 10 fathoms), Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Rubble, subtidal.

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [212, fig. 1C–E]

History of changes

• Cheilonereis Benham, W.B. 1916. Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, Part 2. pp. 125–162 in Dannevig, H.C. (ed.) Biological Results of the Fisheries Expedition F.I.S. Endeavour 1909–14. Sydney Vol. 4.

  Type species:

   Nereis cyclurus Harrington, 1897 by original designation, see Berkeley, E. & Berkeley, C. 1948. Annelida. Polychaeta Errantia. Canadian Pacific Fauna, Fisheries Reserve Board, Canada 9b(1): 1–100.

History of changes

• Cheilonereis peristomialis Benham, W.B. 1916. Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, Part 2. pp. 125–162 in Dannevig, H.C. (ed.) Biological Results of the Fisheries Expedition F.I.S. Endeavour 1909–14. Sydney Vol. 4.

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) Numbers not provided, Great Australian Bight, Southern Ocean, Australia [35° S, 129.46° E]; Numbers not provided, New Zealand.

Introduction

Benham (1916) described Cheilonereis peristomialis primarily on a specimen from the Great Australian Bight, although he did also provide a description of a specimen from New Zealand. Importantly, he did not designate a holotype, despite the extensive description of the Australian specimen, and as such, both Australian and New Zealand specimens can only be considered syntypes. Re-collection of the Australian specimen, should that be possible, is highly desirable. - following The World Register of Marine Species

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal.

Extra Ecological Information

Found commensal in the topmost whorl of a shell occupied by a hermit crab Pagurus edwardsii (reported as Eupagurus edwardsii). See Young (1923).

General References

Young, M.W. 1923. Note on a worm found in the same shell as a hermit-crab. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 6(3): 191

History of changes

• Ceratonereis (Composetia) Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 37-59 [49].

  Type species:

   Nereis costae Grube, 1840 by subsequent designation, see Grube, A.E. 1840. Aktinien Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen und Mittelmeers. Königsberg. 92 pp. 1 pl.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Nereis costae Grube, A.E. 1840. Aktinien Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen und Mittelmeers. Königsberg. 92 pp. 1 pl.

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB Q.3462, Gulf of Naples, Italy.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMB 12352, same data as Lectotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Villalobos-Guerrero, T.F., Conde-Vela, V.M. and Sato, M 2021. Review of Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of two new similar genera. Journal of Natural History 55: 2313-2397 [2356].

Generic Combinations

• Composetia costae (Grube, 1840). —
  Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 37-59

Introduction

Given the type location of this species is in the Mediterranean, Villalobos-Guerrero et al. (2021) suggested that records of Composetia costae (Grube, 1840) from Australia may represent an undescribed species, and noted several significant differences between Australian specimens and the type specimens. They also recognised Nereis (Ceratonereis) lapinigensis Grube, 1878 from the Philippines as a valid species of Neanthes and removed it from the synonymy of C. costae.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal.

General References

Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203

Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85-130

Villalobos-Guerrero, T.F., Conde-Vela, V.M. and Sato, M 2021. Review of Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of two new similar genera. Journal of Natural History 55: 2313-2397 [2344]

History of changes

• Nereis (Ceratonereis) marmorata Horst, R 1924. Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Nereidae and Hesionidae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 99: 145-198 [177–178, pl. 34, figs 13–16].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA VPol 0869 17 syntypes, Between Gisser and Seram-Laut, Maluku, Indonesia; RMNH 1352 5 syntypes, same data as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Lagoon, reef.

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [213, figs 1G, H; 2A]

History of changes

• Eunereis Malmgren, A.J. 1867. Annulata polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Grönlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 24: 127-255 [182].

  Type species:

   Nereis longissima Johnston, 1840 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast

History of changes

• Nereis (Eunereis) marri Monro, C.C.A. 1939. Polychaeta. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 4: 87-156 [117].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, off south western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

62 m depth.

History of changes

• Leonnates Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [168].

  Type species:

   Leonnates indicus Kinberg, 1865 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Citations

Leonnates.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Reid, A. 1991. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia — Leonnates, Platynereis and Solomonereis. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 47–62 [48].

History of changes

• Leonnates crinitus Hutchings, P.A. & Reid, A. 1991. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia — Leonnates, Platynereis and Solomonereis. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 47-62 [50-52].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH4683 (99 segments, incomplete), Trinity Bay, Cairns, Qld [16°25'S, 145°27'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH4684 1 specimen; AM ZB 1989.30; USNM 123355
  Comment: All paratypes incomplete and from the same locality as the holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, N coast, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Muddy sand down to 5 m depth.

History of changes

• Leonnates crosnieri León-González, J.A. de & Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. 2003. Four new nereidid species (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected during the MUSORSTROM cruises in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Zoosystema 25: 365-375 [366-368, fig. 1a-g].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNP POLY 73, MUSORSTOM 4, station 147, New Caledonia [19°35’S, 163°39.6’E].
  Paratype(s) MNHNP POLY 74, same data as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Lagoon, reef.

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [214, fig. 2B]

History of changes

• Leonnates decipiens Fauvel, P. 1929. Polychètes nouvelles du Golfe de Manaar, Inde. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 54: 180-186 [180-182].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Gulf of Mannar, India.

Distribution

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast

Oriental Region

• India

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Amongst coral rubble and sandy substrates.

Citations

Leonnates decipiens.
—Fauvel, P. 1930. Annelida Polychaeta of the Madras Government Museum. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History section. 1(2): 1–72 [20–21, fig. 5].
—Fauvel, P. 1953. The Fauna of India, including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya. Annelida Polychaeta. Allahabad : The Indian Press 1–507 pp. [171–172, fig. 87].
—Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1–458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459–878. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) [330, fig. 14].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Reid, A. 1991. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia — Leonnates, Platynereis and Solomonereis. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 47–62 [52].

History of changes

• Leonnates indicus Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [168].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Singapore.
• Leonnates jousseaumei Gravier, C. 1899. Contribution à l'étude des Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 5: 234-244 [234].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Red Sea.
• Leonnates virgatus Grube, A.-E. 1873. Die Familie der Lycoriden und die Aufstellung von Gruppen in der Gattung Nereis. Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Kultur, Breslau 51: 56-73 [68].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Philippine Islands.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Madagascar

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Singapore

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

6–64 m depth amongst coral debris.

Citations

Leonnates jousseaumei.
—Fauvel, P. 1919. Annélides polychètes de Madagascar, de Djibouti et du Golfe Persique. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 58: 315–473, pls 15–17 [400].
—Horst, R 1924. Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Nereidae and Hesionidae. Siboga-Expeditie, Leiden 99: 145–198 [150].
—Fauvel, P. 1930. Annélides polychètes de nouvelle-Calédonie, recueillies par Mme. A. Pruvot-Fol en 1928. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 69: 501–562.
—Fauvel, P. 1932. Annelida Polychaeta of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 12: 1–262 [85].
—Fauvel, P. 1953. The Fauna of India, including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya. Annelida Polychaeta. Allahabad : The Indian Press 1–507 pp. [169–170, fig. 86].
—Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1–458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459–878. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) [330–331].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Reid, A. 1991. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia — Leonnates, Platynereis and Solomonereis. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 47–62 [52–53].

History of changes

• Leonnates nipponicus Imajima, M. 1972. Review of the annelid worms of the family Nereidae of Japan, with description of five new species or subspecies. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 15: 37-153 [41–43, fig. 2a–l, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT Pol. H 74, Koniya, Amami-Oshima, Southern Japan, Pacific Ocean [28.144ºN, 129.311ºE (gazetter estimate)].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, on coral.

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [214, fig 2C]

History of changes

• Leonnates stephensoni Rullier, F. 1965. Contribution à la faune des Annélides Polychètes de l'Australie. Papers of the Department of Zoology University of Queensland 2(9): 163-201 [174-177].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W3790, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°17'S, 153°15'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom, sublittoral.

Citations

Leonnates stephensoni.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [36–37, fig. 11].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Reid, A. 1991. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia — Leonnates, Platynereis and Solomonereis. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 47–62 [53–54].

History of changes

• Micronereis Claparède, A.R.E. 1863. Beobachtungen ueber Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere an der Kueste von Normandie angestellt. Leipzig : W. Engelmann Vol. viii 120 pp., 18 pls. [57].

  Type species:

   Micronereis variegata Claparède, 1863 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

History of changes

• Quadricirra bansei Hartmann-Schröder G. 1979. Teil 2. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). In, Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 76: 75–218 [121-122].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH P-15484 male (20 chaetigers), Gantheaume Point, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) ZMH P-15485 3 specimens (1 male and 2 females), Gantheaume Point, Broome, WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, sublittoral.

Citations

Quadricirra bansei.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1981. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-asubtropischen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Süden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 19–96 pp. [43–44].

Micronereis bansei.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1989. Teil 14. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen und subtropisch-tropischen Küste Südost-Australiens zwischen Lakes Entrance (Victoria) im Süden und Maclean (New South Wales) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 11–63 pp. [38–39].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia.Zootaxa. 5239 (2): 151–203.

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [215, fig. 2D]

History of changes

• Micronereis halei Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1-41 [25-27].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AHF Poly 843, AHF 844, AHF 1008, AHF 7645, AHF 7647, Sellicks Beach at outer edge of reef, from stones on rock pools, South Australia.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with algae and shelf rock pools.

Citations

Micronereis halei.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [104, fig. 4].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1983. Teil 9. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südwestküste Australiens (zwischen Dunsborough im Norden und Denmark im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 123–167 pp. [140].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 7–62 pp. [30].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Teil 11. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Port Lincoln im Westen und Port Augusta im Osten). 61–99 in Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 82 [76–77].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [50–51].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Teil 13. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Westen und Port Welshpool im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 27–66 pp. [49–50].
—Hannelore, P. 1983. Revision of the genus Micronereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae: Notophycinae). Records of the Australian Museum 35 (1): 1–18.
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia.Zootaxa 5239 (2): 151–203.

General References

Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus. pp. 115-140 in Reish, D.J. & Fauchald, K. (eds). Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. Los Angeles : Allan Hancock Press 604 pp. [125, pl. 2] (as Quadricirris halei)

History of changes

• Neanthes Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [171].

  Type species:

   Neanthes vaalii Kinberg, 1866 by subsequent designation, see Hartman, O. 1959. Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida, with a review of freshwater Nereidae. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 9: 153-168.

Distribution

States

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

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), 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)

History of changes

• Neanthes adriangloveri Georgieva, M.N., Wiklund, H., Ramos, D.A., Neal, L., Glasby, C.J. & Gunton, L.M. 2023. The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 75(3): 167–213.
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:15430CA5-8D8A-4C21-8EBD-0F1547AAE835

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W.53703 (Beam trawl; 999–1013m depth), off Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia [28.05°S, 154.08°E–28.10°S, 154.08°E].

Introduction

Neanthes adriangloveri was reported as Neanthes sp. 2 by Gunton et al. (2021)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12)

General References

Gunton, L.M., Kupriyanova, E.K., Alvestad, T., Avery, L., Blake, J.A., Biriukova, O., Böggemann, M., Borisova, P., Budaeva, N., Burghardt, I., Capa, M., Georgieva, M.N., Glasby, C.J., Hsueh, P-W., Hutchings, P., Jimi, N., Kongsrud, J.A., Langeneck, J., Meißner, K., Murray, A., Nikolic, M., Paxton, H., Ramos, D., Schulze, A., Sobczyk, R., Watson, C., Wiklund, H., Wilson, R.S., Zhadan, A. & Zhang, J. 2021. Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV 'Investigator' voyage. ZooKeys 1020: 1–198

History of changes

• Neanthes bassi Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209-226 [210-212].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F50005 (posteriorly incomplete, 36 chaetigers), Bass Strait, north of Robbins Island, north west Tas, 27 [40°31'S, 144°56'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F50006-11; AM W198701-2; BMNH ZB 1984.47-48; USNM 097289, 097280 (All paratypes form same locality as the holotype).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, seagrass, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

7–51 m depth.

History of changes

• Neanthes biseriata Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [108-110].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18417 (64 chaetigers), Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E].
  Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1351 13 specimens, Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E]; BMNH ZB 1982.5-10 6 specimens, Elliston, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; USNM 071531 9 specimens, Victor Harbour, SA [35°33'S, 138°38'E]; AM W18418 40 specimens, Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E]; AM W18423 4 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18419 1 specimen, Elliston, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; AM W18420 46 specimens, Victor Harbour, SA [35°33'S, 138°38'E]; AM W18428 2 specimens (♀ epitoke), Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18426 6 specimens (♂ epitoke), Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18429 3 specimens, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18421 1 specimen, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; AM W18422 14 specimens, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; AM W18425 1 specimen, Redbanks, Nepean River, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°44'S, 137°43'E]; AM W18424 1 specimen, South West River, SA [36°00'S, 136°52'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rock reef, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Sand, amongst algae, in crevices or under rocks.

Misidentifications

as Nereis (Neanthes) cf. biseriata.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [47].

Citations

Neanthes biseriata.
—Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209–226 [212–213].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 7–62 pp. [26].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Teil 13. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Westen und Port Welshpool im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 27–66 pp. [46].

History of changes

• Neanthes bongcoi Pillai, T.G. 1965. Annelida Polychaeta from the Philippines and Indonesia. Ceylon Journal of Science Biological Sciences 5(2): 110-177 [142-144].

  Type data:

   Holotype UPSL RTS.20, Bonuan, Dagupan City, Luzon, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) BMNH.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bakken, T. 2006. Redescription of two species of Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) possessing a large notopodial prechaetal lobe. Scientia Marina 70S3: 27-33 [28-30]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• Philippines
  • Luzon

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, subtidal.

History of changes

• Nereis cricognatha Ehlers, E. 1904. Neuseeländische Anneliden. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 3: 1-80 [29-30].

  Type data:

   Holotype No details provided, Chatham Island, New Zealand.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with seagrass, mud flats and sponges in fast-flowing channels intertidal to 140 m depth (most common sublittorally).

Citations

Nereis cricognatha.
—Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65–304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 4 [163–164].
—Augener, H. 1927. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 38. Polychaeten von Südost und Süd-Australien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 83: 71–275 [133].

Neanthes cricognatha.
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [14].
—Hutchings, P. & Rainer, S.F. 1979. The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Natural History 13: 745–796 [754].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [110–111].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [37].
—Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209–226 [213–214].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia.Zootaxa. 5239 (2): 151–203.

Misidentifications

as Neanthes caudata.
—Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 21–41 [28].

as Nereis arenaceodentata.
—Benham, W.B. 1916. Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, Part 2. pp. 125–162 in Dannevig, H.C. (ed.) Biological Results of the Fisheries Expedition F.I.S. Endeavour 1909–14. Sydney Vol. 4. [134, pl. 46 figs 1–3].

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [218]

Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85-130 [106] (as Nereis (Neanthes) cricognatha)

History of changes

• Nereis dawydovi Fauvel, P. 1937. Deux néréidiens nouveaux d'Indochine. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 62: 297-301 [297].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Baie d'Along, Cauda, Poulo-Condore, Golfe de Siam.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, subtidal.

General References

Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203

Hutchings, P., Glasby, C., Capa, M. & Sampey, A. 2014. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: polychaetes (Annelida). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 84: 133–159

History of changes

• Neanthes flindersi Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209-226 [214-216].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F50022, south of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, 95 [39°06.0'S, 143°35.8'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F50023-8, south of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, 95 [39°06.0'S, 143°35.8'E]; AM W198697-9, south of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, 95 [39°06.0'S, 143°35.8'E]; BMNH ZB1984.49-51, south of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, 95 [39°06.0'S, 143°35.8'E]; USNM 097291-3, south of Cape Otway, Bass Strait, 95 [39°06.0'S, 143°35.8'E]; NMV F50029 (early epitoke), east of King Island, Bass Strait, 53 [39°43.7'S, 144°46.7'E].

Distribution

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  • Lord Howe Island

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

20–137 m depth.

History of changes

• Nereis (Neanthes) glandicincta Southern, R. 1921. Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 5: 563-659 [589-593].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Calcutta, India.

Distribution

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast

Oriental Region

• India
• Singapore

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

General References

Rullier, F. 1965. Contribution à la faune des Annélides Polychètes de l'Australie. Papers of the Department of Zoology University of Queensland 2(9): 163-201 [178] (as Nereis glandicincta)

History of changes

• Neanthes isolata Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [111-113].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18440 (53 chaetigers), Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E].
  Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1352 4 specimens, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; BMNH ZB 1982.11-16 6 specimens, Elliston Reef, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; USNM 071532 4 specimens, Hanson bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°02'S, 136°51'E]; AM W18442 6 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18441 2 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18448 3 specimens, Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E]; AM W18443 2 specimens, Elliston Reef, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; AM W18447 3 specimens, Victor Harbour, SA [35°33'S, 138°38'E]; AM W18444 1 specimen, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18445 1 specimen, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18449 2 specimens, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; AM W18450 3 specimens, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; AM W18452 1 specimen, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; AM W18446 2 specimens, South West River, SA [36°00'S, 136°52'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Algal holdfasts, coralline algae, in sand and crevice fauna.

History of changes

• Nereis (Neanthes) kerguelensis McIntosh, W.C. 1885. Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 12: 1-554 [225-227].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (Dredged off Kerguelen Islands, in 10 to 100 fathoms (~18 to 180 metres)), Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocea.
• Nereis kerguelensis oligodonta Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65-304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5. [164-166] [as Nereis kerguelensis var. oligodonta].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean Sea.

IMCRA

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands
  • Kerguélen Island

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
• New Zealand
  • North Island
  • South Island

Neotropical Region

• Falkland Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with encrusting fauna, intertidal to 115 m depth.

Citations

Nereis (Neanthes) kerguelensis.
—Ehlers, E. 1897. Polychetaen. Hamburg : Hamburger Magalhaenischen Sammelreise 1–148 pp. [65, pl., figs 81–93].
—Ehlers, E. 1901. Die Anneliden der Sammlung Plate. Fauna Chilens. Zool. Jahrb. Jena, Suppl. 5: 251–272 [260].
—Ehlers, E. 1901. Die Polychaeten des magellanischen und chilenischen Strandes. Ein faunisticher Versuch. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 1901: 1–232 [105].
—Ehlers, E. 1907. Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 5: 1–31 [11].
—Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65–304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 4 [164].
—Fauvel, P. 1914. Annélides polychètes non pélagiques provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice (1885–1910). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Iere Prince souverain de Monaco 46: 1–432 [167, pl. 12, figs 1–4].
—Fauvel, P. 1917. Annélides polychètes de l'Australie meridionale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 56: 159–278 [203–204].
—Augener, H. 1924. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 18. Polychaeta II. Polychäten von Neuseeland I: Errantia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 75: 241–441 [330].
—Augener, H. 1927. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 38. Polychaeten von Südost und Süd-Australien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 83: 71–275 [134–137].
—Augener, H. 1927. Die Polychaeten der Sammlung Thilenius von Neuseeland und Samoa. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 13: 338–363 [346].

Neanthes kerguelensis.
—Hartman, O. 1967. Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antaractic seas. Allan Hancock Foundation Monographs in Marine Biology 2: 1–327 [64].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [113].
—Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209–226 [216–218, fig. 3].

Misidentifications

as Platynereis australis.
—Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 21–41 [28] (in part).

History of changes

• Neanthes negomboinensis de Silva, P.H.D.H. 1965. New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 144: 537-563.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sri Lanka.

Distribution

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
  • Java
• Sri Lanka

History of changes

• Ceratonereis pachychaeta Fauvel, P. 1918. Annélides polychètes nouvelles de l'Afrique orientale. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 23: 503-509 [506-508, fig 3a-h].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP POLY TYPE 184, Madagascar. Sarodrano, to the south of Tuléar (= Toliara) [23°31.0’S, 43°43.1’E].
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP POLY TYPE 1511, Madagascar. Sarodrano, to the south of Tuléar (= Toliara) [23°31.0’S, 43°43.1’E]; MNHP POLY TYPE 182, Madagascar. Sarodrano, to the south of Tuléar (= Toliara) [23°31.0’S, 43°43.1’E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Glasby, C.J., Wilson, R.S. & Bakken, T. 2011. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific polychaete Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918) n. comb. (Annelida, Phyllodocida, Nereididae) and its synonyms. Zoosystema 33(3): 359-373 [361-372].
• Nereis (Ceratonereis) ramosa Horst, R. 1919. Three new Nereis-species from the Dutch East Indies. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 5(2): 59-64 [62-64, fig. 3].
• Nereis (Lycoris) anchylochaeta Horst, R 1924. Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Nereidae and Hesionidae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 99: 145-198 [155-157, pl. 30, figs 8, 9a-c].
• Ceratonereis longicauda Treadwell, A.L. 1943. Polychaetous annelids from the Philippine Islands in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 1220: 1-4 [1-3, figs 1-7].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Glasby, C.J., Wilson, R.S. & Bakken, T. 2011. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific polychaete Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918) n. comb. (Annelida, Phyllodocida, Nereididae) and its synonyms. Zoosystema 33(3): 359-373 [361-362]

Generic Combinations

• Nereis anchylochaeta (Horst, 1924). —
  Fauvel, P. 1953. The Fauna of India, including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya. Annelida Polychaeta. Allahabad : The Indian Press 507 pp. [177]
• Ceratonereis anchylochaeta (Horst, 1924). —
  Hartman, O. 1956. Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. American Museum Journal 109: 239-310, 1 pl. [280-281]
• Nereis (Ceratonereis) pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918). —
  Fauvel, P. 1933. Mission Robert Ph. Dollfus en Égypte. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Egypte 21: 31-83 [57]
• Nereis pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918). —
  Amoureux, L., Rullier, F. & Fishelson, L. 1978. Systématique et écologie d'annelides polychètes de la presqu'île du Sinaï. Israel Journal of Zoology 27: 57-163 [85]
• Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918). —
  Glasby, C.J., Wilson, R.S. & Bakken, T. 2011. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific polychaete Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918) n. comb. (Annelida, Phyllodocida, Nereididae) and its synonyms. Zoosystema 33(3): 359-373 [359]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Simplisetia pachychaeta Fauvel, 1918. —
  Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 37-59 [48] (listing only)
• Simplisetia anchylochaeta Horst, 1924. —
  Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 82: 37-59 [48] (listing only)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to French Polynesia in the Pacific and north to Japan

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Coral rubble and encrusting fauna of tropical and sub-tropical coralline environments

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [220, fig. 2E]

Glasby, C.J., Wilson, R.S. & Bakken, T. 2011. Redescription of the Indo-Pacific polychaete Neanthes pachychaeta (Fauvel, 1918) n. comb. (Annelida, Phyllodocida, Nereididae) and its synonyms. Zoosystema 33(3): 359-373

History of changes

• Nereis (Lycoris) semperiana Grube, A.-E. 1878. Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur kenntniss der annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten sammlungen. Mémoires de l'Academie Imperial de la Société des Sciences, Saint Pétersburg 7 25: ix 1-300 pls 1-15.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided, Bohol, Philippines [Not provided].

Generic Combinations

• Neanthes semperiana (Grube, 1878).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal.

General References

Augener, H. 1922. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–13. Polychaeten. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 63: 1-49

Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203

Hutchings, P., Glasby, C., Capa, M. & Sampey, A. 2014. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: polychaetes (Annelida). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 84: 133–159

History of changes

• Neanthes tasmani Bakken, T. 2002. A new species of Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(2): 327-331 [327].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F50018, 100 km off North Point, Flinders Island, eastern Bass Strait, 130 [31°51.8'S, 148°26.5'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F50019-21 3 specimens, 100 km off North Point, Flinders Island, eastern Bass Strait, 140; AM W27491 2 specimens, east of Maria Island, Tas, 75 [42°36.0'S, 148°10.0'E].

Distribution

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

75–140m depth.

History of changes

• Neanthes uncinula Russell, E. 1962. Some nereid polychaetes from Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology 2: 1-12 [8-10].

  Type data:

   Neotype QM 3957 (Holotype not at QM as stated by Russell, 1962), Dunwich, Moreton Bay, Queensland.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, seagrass.

Citations

Neanthes uncinula.
—Rullier, F. 1965. Contribution à la faune des Annélides Polychètes de l'Australie. Papers, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland Papers 2(9): 163–201 [178–181, fig. 6].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [39–40, figs 13–14].

History of changes

• Nereis (Neanthes) unifasciata Willey, A. 1905. Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman at Ceylon in 1902. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. Suppl. 4. 243-324 pp. [271-277].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, South-east Cheval Paar, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka (Ceylon).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, subtidal.

Citations

Nereis unifasciata.
—Monro, C.C.A. 1931. Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Echiuroidea and Sipunculoidea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 1–37 [13–14].

Neanthes unifasciata.
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa. 5239 (2): 151–203.
—Hutchings, P., Glasby, C., Capa, M. & Sampey, A. 2014. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: polychaetes (Annelida). Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement. 84: 133–159.

General References

Horst, R 1924. Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Nereidae and Hesionidae. Siboga-Expéditie Report 99: 145-198 [153, pl. 31, figs 3-4] (as Nereis unifasciata)

History of changes

• Neanthes uniseriata Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [113-116].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18430 (72 chaetigers), Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E].
  Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1353 8 specimens, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; BMNH ZB 1982.17-24 8 specimens, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; USNM 071533 8 specimens, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; AM W18438 2 specimens, Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E]; AM W18436 4 specimens, Elliston, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; AM W18435 14 specimens, Victor Harbour, SA [35°33'S, 138°38'E]; AM W18437 4 specimens, Snellings Beach, mouth of Middle River, Kangaroo Island [35°42'S, 137°06'E]; AM W18432 50 specimens, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; AM W18433 12 specimens, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; AM W18431 62 specimens, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; AM W18434 1 specimen, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; AM W18439 6 specimens, west side of Cape Northumberland, SA [38°04'S, 140°40'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Algal holdfasts, coralline algae, in sand and crevice fauna.

Citations

Neanthes uniseriata.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [113–116, fig. 8].
—Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209–226 [221–222].

History of changes

• Neanthes vaalii Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype NRS Typsmal 455, Port Jackson, New South Wales.
• Nereis albanyensis Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65-304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5. [149-153].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Albany, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with seagrass, sand, mud and intertidal clumps of mussels, intertidal to 4 m depth.

Citations

Neanthes vaalii.
—Augener, H. 1922. Revision der Australischen Polychaeten-typen von Kinberg. Arkiv för Zoologi 14: 1–42 [20–22, fig. 6].
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [27–28, figs 22–25].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Recher, H.F. 1974. The fauna of Careel Bay with comments on the eceology of mangrove and seagrass communities. Australian Zoologist 18(2): 99–128 [104].
—Hutchings, P. & Rainer, S.F. 1979. The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Natural History 13: 745–796 [754–755].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [116].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [40–41].
—Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209–226 [221–222].

Nereis (Neanthes) vaalii.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1981. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-asubtropischen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Süden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 19–96 pp. [42, figs 88–93].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1983. Teil 9. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südwestküste Australiens (zwischen Dunsborough im Norden und Denmark im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 123–167 pp. [139].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 7–62 pp. [27].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Teil 11. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Port Lincoln im Westen und Port Augusta im Osten). 61–99 in Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 82 [74].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [48].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Teil 13. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Westen und Port Welshpool im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 27–66 pp. [47].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5239 (2): 151–203 [188].

Nereis vaali.
—Monro, C.C.A. 1936. Polychaete worms II. Discovery Reports 12: 59–198 [116].

Nereis albanyensis.
—Monro, C.C.A. 1926. Polychaeta of the "Alert" Expedition 1881–1882. Families Hesionidae and Nereidae. Journal of the Linnaean Society of London. Zoology 36: 311–323 [322].
—Thomson, J.M. 1946. The fauna of the algal zone of the Swan River estuary. A preliminary survey of Freshwater Bay with notes on the chief species. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 30: 55–73 [59].

General References

Augener, H. 1922. Revision der Australischen Polychaeten-typen von Kinberg. Arkiv för Zoologi 14: 1-42 [20-21] (as Nereis vaali)

Day, J.H. 1975. On a collection of Polychaeta from intertidal and shallow reefs near Perth, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 167-208 [192] (as Nereis (Neanthes) vaalii)

Fauvel, P. 1917. Annélides polychètes de l'Australie meridionale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 56: 159-278 [206-207, fig. 16] (Nereis albanyensis as Neanthes albanyensis)

Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85-130 (Nereis albanyensis as Nereis (Neanthes) albanyensis)

History of changes

• Neanthes visicete Georgieva, M.N., Wiklund, H., Ramos, D.A., Neal, L., Glasby, C.J. & Gunton, L.M. 2023. The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 75(3): 167–213.
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:18CD5A8D-DFB6-4E46-9694-FA3EC5D5E51E

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W.53704 (Beam trawl; 999–1013m depth), off Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia [28.05°S, 154.08°E–28.10°S, 154.08°E].
  Paratype(s) AM W.52209, same data as Holotype.

Introduction

Neanthes visicete was reported as Neanthes sp. 1 by Gunton et al. (2021).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12)

General References

Gunton, L.M., Kupriyanova, E.K., Alvestad, T., Avery, L., Blake, J.A., Biriukova, O., Böggemann, M., Borisova, P., Budaeva, N., Burghardt, I., Capa, M., Georgieva, M.N., Glasby, C.J., Hsueh, P-W., Hutchings, P., Jimi, N., Kongsrud, J.A., Langeneck, J., Meißner, K., Murray, A., Nikolic, M., Paxton, H., Ramos, D., Schulze, A., Sobczyk, R., Watson, C., Wiklund, H., Wilson, R.S., Zhadan, A. & Zhang, J. 2021. Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV 'Investigator' voyage. ZooKeys 1020: 1–198

History of changes

• Nectoneanthes Imajima, M. 1972. Review of the annelid worms of the family Nereidae of Japan, with description of five new species or subspecies. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 15: 37-153.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Nereis (Alitta) oxypoda Marenzeller, E. von 1879. Südjapanische Anneliden I. (Amphinomea, Aphroditea, Lycoridea, Phyllodocea, Hesionea, Syllidea, Eunicea, Glycerea, Sternaspidea, Chaetopterea, Cirratulea, Amphictenea). Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 41: 109-154.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMV 2140, near Yokohama, Japan.

Generic Combinations

• Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879). —
  Imajima, M. 1972. Review of the annelid worms of the family Nereidae of Japan, with description of five new species or subspecies. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 15: 37-153

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, intertidal, subtidal.

General References

Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203

Monro, C.C.A. 1938. On a small collection of Polychaeta from Swan River, Western Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 2: 614-624

Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 96: 209-226

History of changes

• Nereis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [644].

  Type species:

   Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Heteronereis Ørsted, A.S. 1843. Grønlands Annulata Dorsibranchiata. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 10: 153-216 [174].
• Lycoris Savigny, J.-C. in Lamarck, J.P. de 1818. Histoire Naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, presentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédes d'une I. Paris : Déterville Vol. 5 pp. 1-612. [311].
• Praxithea Malmgren, A.J. 1867. Annulata polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Grönlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 24: 127-255 [167].
• Thoosa Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [172].

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

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].

General References

Georgieva, M.N., Wiklund, H., Ramos, D.A., Neal, L., Glasby, C.J. & Gunton, L.M. 2023. The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 75(3): 167–213

History of changes

• Nereis angusticollis Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179.

  Type data:

   Holotype NRMS No details provided (9 fathoms (~16.5m) depth), near the town of Papeete (="Papieti"), Island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

General References

Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65-304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5.

Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203

History of changes

• Nereis apalie Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129-138 [129-130].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F50298 (posteriorly incomplete, 90 chaetigers), 9 km north of Wynyard, Bass Strait, Tas, 75 [40°10.9'S, 145°44.3'S].
  Paratype(s) AM W199449-50 2 specimens, 9 km north of Wynyard, Bass Strait, Tas, 75 [40°10.9'S, 145°44.3'S]; NMV F50300 1 specimen, 150 kn north of Devonport, Bass Strait, Vic, 82 [39°48.6'S, 146°18.8'E]; NMV F50299 1 specimen, 9 km north of Wynyard, Bass Strait, Tas, 75 [40°10.9'S, 145°44.3'S].

Distribution

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

75–82 m depth.

History of changes

• Nereis bifida Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [116-119].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18533 (79 chaetigers), Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E].
  Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1351 3 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; BMNH ZB 1982:25-27 3 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; USNM 071534 3 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18358 5 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18359 5 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18360, Venus Bay, SA [33°14'S, 134°40'E]; AM W18356 2 specimens, Elliston Reef, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; AM W18357 16 specimens, Elliston Reef, SA [33°39'S, 134°53'E]; AM W18362 3 specimens, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18369 10 specimens, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; AM W18370 6 specimens, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E]; AM W18373 4 specimens, 3 km south west of Cape Rouge, Kangaroo Island, SA; AM W18366 1 specimen, Snellings Beach, mouth of Middle River, Kangaroo Island [35°42'S, 137°06'E]; AM W18372 1 specimen, Penneshaw jetty, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°43'S, 137°56'E]; AM W18371 2 specimens, Western River Cove, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°43'S, 136°56'E]; AM W18365 72 specimens, Maston Point, American River, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°47'S, 137°46'E]; AM W18364 1 specimen, Maston Point, American River, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°47'S, 137°46'E]; AM W18367 2 specimens, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; AM W18368 4 specimens, Cape du Couedic, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°03'S, 136°41'E]; AM W18363 2 specimens, Hanson Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [36°02'S, 136°51'E].
• Nereis parabifida Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [132-133].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18511 (53 chaetigers), off Sydney, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) AM W4804, W6284, W18512; AHF N6450.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, rock bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with algae and seagrass beds.

Misidentifications

as Nereis jacksoni.
—Kinberg, J.G.H. 1866. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 22: 167–179.
—Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85–130 [95–98, fig. 3] (in part).
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [31, figs 26–29] (in part).

as Nereis heirissonensis.
—Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65–304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 4 [159–163, pl. 3] (in part).

Citations

Nereis bifida.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [41].
—Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129–138 [130–132, fig. 2].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 7–62 pp. [27].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1990. Teil 15. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen und tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) im Süden und Gladstone (Queensland) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 41–87 pp. [60].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia.Zootaxa. 5239 (2): 151–203.

History of changes

• Nereis (Nereis) brisbanensis Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1990. Teil 15. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen und tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) im Süden und Gladstone (Queensland) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 41-87 pp. [61-62].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH P-19972 (42 chaetigers), Redcliffe Point, Brisbane, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) ZMH P-19973, Redcliffe Point, Brisbane, Queensland; ZMH P-19974, Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Queensland.

Distribution

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

History of changes

• Nereis cirriseta Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [119-121].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18528 (79 chaetigers), Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA.
  Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1355 1 specimen, Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA; BMNH ZB 1982:28 1 specimen, Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA; USNM 071535 1 specimen, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18529 2 specimens, Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA; AHF 7644 (in part) 2 specimens, Spencer Bay, SA; AM W18532 6 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18530 3 specimens, Point Peron & Rottnest Island, WA; AM W18531 1 specimen, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°37'S, 137°12'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Rocky intertidal shores and subtidally to 10 m depth.

Misidentifications

as Nereis denhamensis.
—Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85–130 [99–101] (in part).

as Nereis jacksoni.
—Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85–130 [95–98] (in part).

Citations

Nereis cirriseta.
—Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129–138 [135].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [48–49, figs 36–39].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1989. Teil 14. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen und subtropisch-tropischen Küste Südost-Australiens zwischen Lakes Entrance (Victoria) im Süden und Maclean (New South Wales) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 11–63 pp. [37].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1991. Teil 16. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Groß Barriere-Riff). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 17–71 pp. [44].

History of changes

• Nereis cockburnensis Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65-304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5. [153-156].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Cockburn Sound, Western Australia.
• Nereis (Neanthes) thompsoni Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85-130 [103-105].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Rottnest, Point Peron & Aldritch's Cove, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, rock bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with algae and encrusting fauna down to 79 m depth.

Citations

Nereis cockburnensis.
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [33, figs 30–32].
—Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 21–41 [28].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1981. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-asubtropischen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Süden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 19–96 pp. [40–41, figs 80–85].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1982. Teil 8. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-antiborealen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Cervantes im Norden und Cape Naturaliste im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 51–118 pp. [78].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1983. Teil 9. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südwestküste Australiens (zwischen Dunsborough im Norden und Denmark im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 123–167 pp. [138].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [121–124, fig. 4b].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 7–62 pp. [27].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [41].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Teil 11. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Port Lincoln im Westen und Port Augusta im Osten). 61–99 in Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 82 [74–75].
—Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129–138 [132–133].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [49].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Teil 13. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Westen und Port Welshpool im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 27–66 pp. [47].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1989. Teil 14. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen und subtropisch-tropischen Küste Südost-Australiens zwischen Lakes Entrance (Victoria) im Süden und Maclean (New South Wales) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 11–63 pp. [37].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1990. Teil 15. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen und tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) im Süden und Gladstone (Queensland) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 41–87 pp. [61].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia.Zootaxa. 5239 (2): 151–203.

History of changes

• Nereis coutieri Gravier, C. 1901. Contribution à l'étude des Annélides polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4 3: 147-268 [167-172].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Red Sea.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Suez Canal, Red Sea, Indian Ocean.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Mozambique
• Somalia
• South Africa

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast, SW coast

Oriental Region

• Andaman Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

Citations

Nereis coutieri.
—Fauvel, P. 1953. The Fauna of India, including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya. Annelida Polychaeta. Allahabad : The Indian Press 1–507 pp. [187, fig. 95].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1981. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-asubtropischen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Süden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 19–96 pp. [41].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1982. Teil 8. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-antiborealen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Cervantes im Norden und Cape Naturaliste im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 51–118 pp. [78].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1983. Teil 9. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südwestküste Australiens (zwischen Dunsborough im Norden und Denmark im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 123–167 pp. [138].

History of changes

• Nereis denhamensis Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65-304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5. [156-159].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) HZM V7911 36 specimens, Shark Bay, Western Australia; HZM V10117 2 specimens, Shark Bay, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Hutchings & Turvey (1982) record species from South Australia, but records require verification against new characters reported in Glasby, Wei & Gibb (2013)

IMCRA

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)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, rock bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Amongst algae, seagrass, sponges and rocks, down to 80 m depth.

Misidentifications

as Nereis jacksoni.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1979. Teil 2. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 75–218 pp. [114–115].

Citations

Nereis denhamensis.
—Fauvel, P. 1917. Annélides polychètes de l'Australie meridionale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 56: 159–278 [204–206, pl. 6, figs 45–46].
—Fauvel, P. 1922. Annélides polychètes de l'Archipel Houtman Abrolhos (Australie occidentale) recueilles par M. le Professeur W.G. Dakin, F.L.S. Journal of the Linnaean Society of London. Zoology 34: 487–500 [494].
—Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85–130 [99, figs 3–4.]
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [30–31].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1980. Teil 4. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 41–110 pp. [58–59, figs 47–55].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1981. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-asubtropischen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Süden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 19–96 pp. [41].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [124–125, fig. 11].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 7–62 pp. [27–28].
—Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129–138 [133–134].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia.Zootaxa. 5239 (2): 151–203.

General References

Glasby, C.J., Wei, N.V. & Gibb, K.S. 2013. Cryptic species of Nereididae (Annelida : Polychaeta) on Australian coral reefs. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 245–264 [250, 253] (as Nereis denhamensis Augener, 1913)

History of changes

• Nereis edentata Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203 [168].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM V11651 1 specimen, Port Denison, Western Australia [29°16′33.59″S, 114°54′45.68″E,].
  Paratype(s) WAM V11652 2 specimens, Kalbarri, Western Australia [27°43′17.09″S, 114°09′11.39″E]; WAM V11653 2 specimens, Horrock, Western Australia [28°23′23.32″S, 114°25′48.98″E]; WAM V11654 2 specimens, Glenfield Beach, Western Australia [28°41′01.32″S, 114°36′21.65″E]; WAM V11655 2 specimens, Dynamite Bay, Green Head, Western Australia [30°04′15.62″S, 114°57′44.93″E]; WAM V11656 3 specimens, Yanchep Beach, Western Australia [31°33′02.36″S, 115°37′24.86″E]; WAM V11657 1 specimen, Beaumaris Beach, Western Australia [44′23.57″S, 115°43′17.82″E]; WAM V11658 1 specimen, Cape Peron, Western Australia [32°15′59.14″S, 115°41′06.74″E]; WAM V11659 1 specimen, Hunters Beach, Green Head, Western Australia [30°04′27.54″S, 114°58′11.46″E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rocky shore.

History of changes

• Nereis heirissonensis Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65-304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Band 4, Lieferung 5. [159-163].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH V7912 (62 chaetigers), Shark Bay, Western Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMH V7912.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

Citations

Nereis heirissonensis.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [125–129, fig. 12].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1983. Teil 9. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südwestküste Australiens (zwischen Dunsborough im Norden und Denmark im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 123–167 pp. [138, figs 27–31].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1984. Teil 10. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 7–62 pp. [28].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia.Zootaxa. 5239 (2): 151–203.

History of changes

• Nereis heronensis Glasby, C.J., Wei, N.V. & Gibb, K.S. 2013. Cryptic species of Nereididae (Annelida : Polychaeta) on Australian coral reefs. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 245–264 [255].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM W23640 (CReefs Heron 2009 collection), Lamont Reef, Heron Island, QLD, 30 m [23°35'56"S 152°03'02E].
  Paratype(s) NTM W23636 (CReefs Heron 2009 collection), Sykes Reef, Heron Island, QLD [23°25'57"S, 152°02'01"E]; NTM W23637 (CReefs Heron 2009 collection), Lamont Reef, Heron Island, QLD [23°35'56"S, 152°03'02E]; NTM W23638 (CReefs Heron 2010 collection), Masthead Reef, QLD [23°31'55"S, 151°43'08E]; NTM W23639 (CReefs Heron 2010 collection), lagoon, Heron Island, QLD [23°26'37"S, 151°56'59"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, QLD; Philippines

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Coral rubble

History of changes

• Nereis jacksoni Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [169].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM 468, Port Jackson, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Rocky intertidal (Port Jackson) and soft sediments to 26 m (Bass Strait).

Citations

Nereis jacksoni.
—Augener, H. 1922. Revision der Australischen Polychaeten-typen von Kinberg. Arkiv för Zoologi 14: 1–42 [27–30].
—Augener, H. 1927. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 38. Polychaeten von Südost und Süd-Australien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 83: 71–275 [130–133].
—Pruvot, G 1930. Annélides polychètes de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 70(1): 1–93 [44].
—Fauvel, P. 1932. Annelida Polychaeta of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 12: 1–262 [97].
—Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85–130 [92].
—Fauvel, P. 1953. The Fauna of India, including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya. Annelida Polychaeta. Allahabad : The Indian Press 1–507 pp. [189, fig. 95].
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [31, figs 26–29].
—Rullier, F. 1965. Contribution à la faune des Annélides Polychètes de l'Australie. Papers, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland Papers 2(9): 163–201 [177–178].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93–144 [129–130, fig. 13].
—Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129–138 [134–135, fig. 3].

History of changes

• Nereis lizardensis Glasby, C.J., Wei, N.V. & Gibb, K.S. 2013. Cryptic species of Nereididae (Annelida : Polychaeta) on Australian coral reefs. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 245–264 [255, figs 4B, 5C, D].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM W24779 (CReefs Lizard 2010 collection), Turtle Beach, Lizard Island, QLD [14°39'08"S, 145°27'04"E].
  Paratype(s) NTM W23935, W23644, W23645, W23646 (CReefs Lizard 2010), Turtle Beach, Lizard Island, QLD [14°39'08"S, 145°27'04"E].]; NTM W23969 (CReefs Lizard 2010 collection), North Direction Island, QLD [14°44'43"S, 145°30'18"E]; NTM W22520, entrance to lagoon, QLD [14°41'13"S, 145°27'56"E]; NTM W23899 (CReefs Lizard 2009 collection), north end of Mrs Watsons Bay, Lizard Island, QLD [14°39'19"S, 145°26'47"E]; NTM W23933 (CReefs Lizard 2010 collection), Day Reef, QLD [14°28'20"S, 145°31'25"E]; NTM W22612, W22619, Day Reef, QLD [14°28'16"S, 145°37'47"E]; NTM W22500, off Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island, QLD [14°40'49"S, 145°26'40"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Scott Reef, WA and Lizard Island, QLD; Philippines

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To ~15 m

General References

Glasby, C.J. 2015. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 207-239 [221, fig. 3D-G]

History of changes

• Nereis maxillodentata Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [130-132].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18527 (77 chaetigers), La Perouse, NSW.
  Paratype(s) HZM V9535 2 specimens, Westernport Bay, Vic; AHF N6293 2 specimens, Cronulla, NSW; BMNH ZB 1982:29 1 specimen, North Head, Sydney, NSW, 20; USNM 07156 1 specimen, North Head, Sydney, NSW, 20; AM W4790 1 specimen, La Perouse, NSW; AM W4800 2 specimens, Hungry Bay; AM W4802 2 specimens, Port Jackson, NSW; AM W4803 3 specimens, Port Jackson, NSW; AM W6282 1 specimen, Malabar, Sydney, NSW, 28; AM W6283 2 specimens, Long Reef, Collaroy, NSW, 38; AM W6285 2 specimens, North Head, Sydney, NSW, 20; AM W6287 2 specimens, North Head, Sydney, NSW, 20; AM W6290 1 specimen, North Head, Sydney, NSW, 20; AM W6288 2 specimens, North Head, Sydney, NSW, 20; AM W6286 1 specimen, North Head, Sydney, NSW, 20.
• Ceratonereis (Composetia) maxillodentata Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1989. Teil 14. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen und subtropisch-tropischen Küste Südost-Australiens zwischen Lakes Entrance (Victoria) im Süden und Maclean (New South Wales) im Norden. In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 11-63 pp. [35].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, intertidal, rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In amongst algae, mussels, rocks and sediment, down to 115 m depth.

Citations

Nereis maxillodentata.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [41].
—Wilson, R.S. 1985. Nereis and Platynereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with description of a new species of Nereis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97: 129–138 [135–136, fig. 1f].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1986. Teil 12. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 31–70 pp. [49].
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Teil 13. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Westen und Port Welshpool im Osten). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 27–66 pp. [47].

Ceratonereis (Composetia) maxillodentata.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1991. Teil 16. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Groß Barriere-Riff). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 17–71 pp. [44].

Misidentifications

as Nereis jacksoni.
—Augener, H. 1927. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 38. Polychaeten von Südost und Süd-Australien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 83: 71–275 [130–133].
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [31, figs 26–29] (in part).

as Nereis denhamensis.
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [30–31] (in part).
—Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65–304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 4.

as Ceratonereis costae.
—Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 21–41 [27].

History of changes

• Nereis onychophora Horst, R 1918. On a species of Lycastis and three aberrant forms of Nereidae from the Dutch East Indies. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 4: 246-250.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided, off Gisser, Ceram Laut Islands, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

General References

Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203 (Reference for the species listed as OBIS - data retrieved from OBIS indicates that Australian specimens of Nereis onychophora are held at the National Museum Victoria.)

History of changes

• Nereis calloana peroniensis Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85-130 [101-102].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Point Peron, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

Citations

Nereis calloana peroniensis.
—Hartman, O. 1954. Australian Nereidae including descriptions of three new species and one genus, together with summaries of previous records and keys to species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77: 1–41 [32–33].
—Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5239 (2): 151–203

History of changes

• Nereis posidoniae Hutchings, P. & Rainer, S.F. 1979. The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Natural History 13: 745-796 [755-757].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W11669 (58 segments, gravid), Careel Bay, Pittwater, NSW.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ZB 1977:103-104; AHF Poly 1242; USNM 55203; AM W11670-7 (All paratypes from same locality as the holotype).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Pittwater.

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, seagrass.

Extra Ecological Information

Found on blades of the seagrass Posidonia australis.

History of changes

• Nereis spinigera Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [133-136].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18408 (68 chaetigers), Maston, American River inlet, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°47'S, 137°46'E].
  Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1356 1 specimen, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; BMNH ZB 1982:30 1 specimen, Porter Bay, Port Lincoln, SA [34°44'S, 135°53'E]; USNM 073014 1 specimen, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18416 3 specimens, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18411 7 specimens, Speeds Point, Streaky Bay, SA [32°48'S, 134°13'E]; AM W18412 5 specimens, Porter Bay, Port Lincoln, SA [34°44'S, 135°53'E]; AM W18361 3 specimens, Fliinders Cairn., SA [34°49'S, 135°47'E]; AM W18414 15 specimens, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18413 1 specimen, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°35'S, 137°31'E]; AM W18415 2 specimens, Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°38'S, 137°37'E]; AM W18410 1 specimen, 3 kn south west of Cape Rouge, Kangaroo Island, SA; AM W18409 2 specimens, Maston Point, American River inlet, Kangaroo Island, SA [35°47'S, 137°46'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Rock reef, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with seagrass, algae, coralline algae, crevice fauna and mussels.

History of changes

• Nereis triangularis Hutchings, P.A. & Turvey, S.P. 1982. The Nereididae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 106: 93-144 [136-138].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W18536 (70 chaetigers), Port Augusta, SA [35°44'S, 137°43'E].
  Paratype(s) AHF Poly 1357 1 specimen; BMNH ZB 1982:31 1 specimen; USNM 071537 1 specimen; AM W18378 11 specimens.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Mud flats with many mussels.

Citations

Nereis triangularis.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Teil 11. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Port Lincoln im Westen und Port Augusta im Osten). 61–99 in Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 82 [75, fig. 31].

History of changes

• Nereis yuedensis Hadiyanto, H. & Glasby, C.J. 2023. Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from intertidal macroalgae in Western Australia. Zootaxa 5329(2): 151–203.

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM V11661 1 specimen, Dynamite Bay, Green Head, Western Australia [30°04′15.62″S, 114°57′44.93″E].
  Paratype(s) WAM V11662; V11663 9 specimens; 1 specimen, Both with same data as Holotype.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, rocky shore.

History of changes

• Nicon Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(2): 167-179 [178].

  Type species:

   Nicon maculata Kinberg, 1866 by subsequent designation, see Pettibone, M.H. 1971. Revision of some species referred to Leptonereis, Nicon and Laeonereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 104: 1-53.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast, N coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Nearctic Region

• Mexico
• United States of America
  • California

Neotropical Region

• Argentina

Oriental Region

• China (People's Republic)

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Citations

Nicon.
—Pettibone, M.H. 1971. Revision of some species referred to Leptonereis, Nicon and Laeonereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 104: 1–53 [7].
—Hutchings, P. & Reid, A. 1990. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia — Gymnonereidinae sensu Fitzhugh, 1987: Australonereis, Ceratocephale, Dendronereides, Gymnonereis, Nicon, Olganereis and Websterinereis. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 69–100 [73].

History of changes