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

Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Neanthes caudata*	(sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827)	synonym
*Nereis acuminata*	Ehlers, 1868	synonym

Literature

additional source	Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
status source	Reish, Donald J.; Anderson, Frank E.; Horn, Kevin M.; Hardege, Jörg. (2014). Molecular phylogenetics of the Neanthes acuminata (Annelida: Nereididae) species complex. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 71, 271-278.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868). 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:157496