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

Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ceratonereis (Composetia)*	Hartmann-Schröder, 1985	synonym

Children

Ceratonereis (Composetia) anoculata (Amoureux, 1982)
Ceratonereis (Composetia) vittata Langerhans, 1884
Composetia costae (Grube, 1840)
Composetia hircinicola (Eisig, 1869)

Literature

original description	Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 82: 37-59.
redescription	Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta. 34(5): 507-547.
status source	Khlebovich, V. V. (1996). [Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. Polychaetous annelids. Volume III. Polychaetes of the family Nereididae of the Russian Seas and the adjacent waters] (In Russian). [Book]. 222 pp. Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St Petersburg, n.s. no. 140, Nauka Publishing House.
taxonomy source	Villalobos-Guerrero, T. F.; Conde-Vela, V. M.; Sato, M. (2022). Review of Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of two new similar genera. Journal of Natural History. 55(37-38): 2313-2397.
identification resource	Villalobos-Guerrero, T. F.; Conde-Vela, V. M.; Sato, M. (2022). Review of Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of two new similar genera. Journal of Natural History. 55(37-38): 2313-2397.
identification resource	Sato, Masanori. (2020). Two new species of Composetia (Annelida: Nereididae) from small estuaries in the Ryukyu Islands, Southern Japan, with a list of all species currently belonging to Composetia. Species Diversity. 25(1): 11-24.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985. 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:324848