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

Nereis Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lycoris*	Lamarck, 1818	generic synonym
*Heteronereis*	Örsted, 1843	synonym
*Nereis (Nereis)*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Children

Nereis (Nephthys)
Nereis (Nereis) gilchristi Day, 1967
Nereis bifrons O.F. Müller, 1786
Nereis contorta Dalyell, 1853
Nereis corniculata O.F. Müller, 1788
Nereis cylindraria Pallas, 1766
Nereis elitoralis Eliason, 1962
Nereis falcaria (Willey, 1905)
Nereis funchalensis (Langerhans, 1880)
Nereis icosiensis Gravier & Dantan, 1928
Nereis jacksoni Kinberg, 1865
Nereis lamellosa Ehlers, 1868
Nereis litoralis Leach in Johnston, 1865
Nereis margarita Montagu, 1804
Nereis monoceros Dalyell, 1853
Nereis octentaculata Montagu, 1804
Nereis pectinata Dalyell, 1853
Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758
Nereis perivisceralis Claparède, 1868
Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911
Nereis pulsatoria (Savigny, 1822)
Nereis punctata Dalyell, 1853
Nereis rava Ehlers, 1868
Nereis rufa Pennant, 1812
Nereis splendida Grube, 1840
Nereis teres Dalyell, 1853
Nereis zonata Malmgren, 1867

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	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	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	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 75(3): 167-213.
taxonomy source	Gravina, Maria Flavia; Lezzi, Marco; Bonifazi, Andrea; Giangrande, Adriana. (2015). The genus Nereis L., 1758 (Polychaeta, Nereididae); state of the art for identification of Mediterranean species. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie. (serie B) 122, 147- 164.
identification resource	Ramírez-Hernández, Adriana; Hernández-Alcántara, Pablo; Solís-Weiss, Vivianne. (2015). Nereis alacranensis, a new species of polychaete (Annelida, Nereididae) from Alacranes Reef, southern Gulf of Mexico, with a key to Nereis from the Grand Caribbean. Zootaxa. 4012(1): 156-166.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis Linnaeus, 1758. 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:129379