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

Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hediste*	Malmgren, 1867	accepted genus name
*Nereis (Hediste)*	Malmgren, 1867	synonym

Species group names

*Nereis (Hediste) diversicolor*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Nereis diversicolor*	Müller, 1776	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: shumëketëshi i lagunave sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: veelkleurige zeeduizendpoot

English: estuary ragworm; harbour rag; harbour ragworm; ragworm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

German: Schillernder Seeringelwurm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Polish: nereida sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: serradela

Literature

additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Einfeldt, A. L.; Doucet, J. R.; Addison, J. A. (2014). Phylogeography and cryptic introduction of the ragworm Hediste diversicolor (Annelida, Nereididae) in the Northwest Atlantic. Invertebrate Biology. 133(3): 232-241.
additional source	Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.
additional source	Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp.
additional source	Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; De León-González, Jesús Angel; Conde-Vela, Victor M. (2021). Revision of the species confused with “Nereis falsa” de Quatrefages, 1866 (Annelida, Nereididae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 779: 1-70.
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.
redescription	Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta. 34(5): 507-547.
redescription	Teixeira, Marcos A. L.; Bakken, Torkild; Vieira, Pedro E.; Langeneck, Joachim; Sampieri, Bruno R.; Kasapidis, Panagiotis; Ravara, Ascensão; Nygren, Arne; Costa, Filipe O. (2022). The curious and intricate case of the European Hediste diversicolor (Annelida, Nereididae) species complex, with description of two new species. Systematics and Biodiversity. 20(1): 2116124: 1-40.
redescription	Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here].
new combination reference	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
taxonomy source	Virgilio, M.; Fauvelot, C.; Costantini, F.; Abbiati, M.; Backeljau, T. (2009). Phylogeography of the common ragworm Hediste diversicolor (Polychaeta: Nereididae) reveals cryptic diversity and multiple colonization events across its distribution. Molecular Ecology. 18(9): 1980-1994.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hediste diversicolor (O.F. Müller, 1776). 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:152302