WoRMS name details
Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903
339131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339131)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior primary homonym of O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 428-429, plate XXIV figs. 25-27 [details]
page(s): 428-429, plate XXIV figs. 25-27 [details]
Holotype USNM 15734, geounit Suruga Bay
, Note Ose Zaki, Suruga Bay, Honshu Island, Japan,...
Holotype USNM 15734, geounit Suruga Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Ose Zaki, Suruga Bay, Honshu Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 35.033º, 138.783º), 115-137 m, volcanic sand and ash and gravel. [details]
Depth range 63-75 fathoms (= 115-137 m).
Distribution NW Pacific Ocean: Japan (Suruga Bay).
Etymology The specific epithet pusilla (masculine: pusillus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'very little' or 'very small', and...
Homonymy Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903 is a junior primary homonym of Nereis pusilla O.F. Müller, 1776, and was replaced by the name...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Depth range 63-75 fathoms (= 115-137 m). [details]
Distribution NW Pacific Ocean: Japan (Suruga Bay).
Distribution NW Pacific Ocean: Japan (Suruga Bay). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pusilla (masculine: pusillus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'very little' or 'very small', and...
Etymology The specific epithet pusilla (masculine: pusillus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'very little' or 'very small', and presumably refers to the small size of the specimens, referred as being immature, with the type specimen being described as ''consisting of 50 somites, [and] measures 20 mm. long and 2.2 mm. between the tips of the parapodia at the widest part'' (Moore, 1903: 428). [details]
Homonymy Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903 is a junior primary homonym of Nereis pusilla O.F. Müller, 1776, and was replaced by the name...
Homonymy Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903 is a junior primary homonym of Nereis pusilla O.F. Müller, 1776, and was replaced by the name Ceratonereis moorei Imajima, 1972. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339131 on 2024-11-21
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Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 428-429, plate XXIV figs. 25-27 [details]
source of synonymy 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. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Imajima, M. (1972). Review of the annelid worms of the family Nereidae of Japan, with descriptions of five new species or subspecies. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 15(1): 37-153.
page(s): 72; note: new name designation [details]
page(s): 428-429, plate XXIV figs. 25-27 [details]
source of synonymy 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. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Imajima, M. (1972). Review of the annelid worms of the family Nereidae of Japan, with descriptions of five new species or subspecies. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 15(1): 37-153.
page(s): 72; note: new name designation [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 15734, geounit Suruga Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 63-75 fathoms (= 115-137 m). [details]Distribution NW Pacific Ocean: Japan (Suruga Bay). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pusilla (masculine: pusillus), is a Latin adjective meaning 'very little' or 'very small', and presumably refers to the small size of the specimens, referred as being immature, with the type specimen being described as ''consisting of 50 somites, [and] measures 20 mm. long and 2.2 mm. between the tips of the parapodia at the widest part'' (Moore, 1903: 428). [details]
Habitat Volcanic sand and ash and gravel, at shelf depths. [details]
Homonymy Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903 is a junior primary homonym of Nereis pusilla O.F. Müller, 1776, and was replaced by the name Ceratonereis moorei Imajima, 1972. [details]
Type locality Ose Zaki, Suruga Bay, Honshu Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 35.033º, 138.783º), 115-137 m, volcanic sand and ash and gravel. [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM); Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia [details]Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
