WoRMS name details

Nereis pectinata Dalyell, 1853

329718  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329718)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Nereididae (Family)
  9. Nereidinae (Subfamily)
  10. Nereis (Genus)
  11. Nereis pectinata (Species)
uncertain > nomen dubium (Not Polychaeta, perhaps Copepoda)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 259, plate XXXVI figs. 12-15 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Scotland  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Scotland [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis pectinata Dalyell, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329718 on 2024-11-21
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2016-10-20 20:19:28Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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original description Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 259, plate XXXVI figs. 12-15 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 266; note: Not a polychaete according to Hartman [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Editor's comment As noted by Hartman catalogue, Dalyell's Nereis pectinata is not a polychaete. The several figures show what might be a small copepod (Crustacea, hence the 'feathery' appendages mentioned by Dalyell. [details]

Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Scotland [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 

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