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

Nereis octentaculata Montagu, 1804

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

NereisLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name
Lycoris Lamarck, 1818 generic synonym
Heteronereis Örsted, 1843 synonym
Nereis (Nereis) Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Literature

original description

Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society, London. 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7.

basis of record

Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis octentaculata Montagu, 1804. 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:329710

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-03-26 by Kristian Fauchald

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