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

Perinereis Kinberg, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lipephile*	Malmgren, 1867	generic synonym
*Nereis (Lipephile)*	Malmgren, 1867	generic synonym

Children

Perinereis (Arete)
Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840)
Perinereis macropus (Claparède, 1870)
Perinereis marionii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818)
Perinereis oliveirae (Horst, 1889)
Perinereis rullieri Pilato, 1974
Perinereis taorica Langerhans, 1881
Perinereis tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915

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.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
taxonomy source	Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Langeneck, Joachim; Grosse, Maël; Vieira, Pedro E.; Hernández, José Carlos; Sampieri, Bruno R.; Kasapidis, Panagiotis; Bakken, Torkild; Carvalho, Susana; Ravara, Ascensão; Nygren, Arne; Costa, Filipe O. (2025). A sea of worms: the striking cases of the European Perinereis cultrifera and P. rullieri (Annelida: Nereididae) species complexes, with description of 13 new species. Invertebrate Systematics. 39(2): 1-82.
identification resource	Prajapat, Vaishal; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh D. (2024). Two new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the rocky shore of Maharashtra, India, including notes and an identification key to Group 1. European Journal of Taxonomy. 935(1): 256–282.
identification resource	Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs; Sempere-Valverde, Juan; Carvalho, Susana. (2024). Two new records and description of a new Perinereis (Annelida, Nereididae) species for the Saudi Arabian Red Sea region. ZooKeys. 1196: 331-354.
identification resource	Rezzag Mahcene, Hiba; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tuliio F; Kurt, Güley; Denis, Francoise; Daas, Tarek. (2023). A new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea revealed by morphological and molecular approaches. Mediterranean Marine Science. 24(2): 454-460.
identification resource	De Leon, J.; Goethel, C. (2013). A new species of Perinereis (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Florida, USA, with a key to all Perinereis from the American continent. ZooKeys. 312: 1-11.
identification resource	Prajapat, Vaishali; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tulio F.; Vachhrajani, Kauresh. (2023). A new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) and invalidation of two congeners from Western India. Zootaxa. 5330(3): 398-412.
subsequent type designation	Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. Arkiv för Zoologi. 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Perinereis 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:129380