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

Leptonereis Kinberg, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nereis (Leptonereis)*	Kinberg, 1865	synonym

Literature

original description	Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179.
basis of record	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	Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Revision of some species referred to Leptonereis, Nicon, and Laeonereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 104: 1-53.
additional source	Kinberg, J.G.H. [Johan Gustaf Hjalmar]. (1910). Annulater [Eugenies Resa]. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befal af C.A. Virgin aren 1851-1853. Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser pa Konung Oscar den Forstes befallningutgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. Zoologi I & VII. pp. 1-78, plates I to XXIX. Uppsala & Stockholm, Almquist and Wicksells Boktryckeri A/B.
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	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.
redescription	Hartman, Olga. (1945). The marine annelids of North Carolina. Duke University Marine Station Bulletin. 2: 1-54.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leptonereis 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:152401