Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Nereididae > Subfamily Nereidinae

Neanthes Kinberg, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Praxithea*	Malmgren, 1867	junior homonym
*Nereis (Neanthes)*	Kinberg, 1865	synonym

Children

Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868)
Neanthes agulhana (Day, 1963)
Neanthes bioculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1975)
Neanthes flavipes Ehlers, 1868
Neanthes fucata (Savigny, 1822)
Neanthes heteroculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981)
Neanthes kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885)
Neanthes nubila (Savigny, 1822)
Neanthes rubicunda (Ehlers, 1868)
Neanthes willeyi (Day, 1934)

Literature

original description	Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Neanthes Kinberg, 1865. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129378