WoRMS source details
The nereid worms of Japan have been studied by Marenzeller (1879), McIntosh (1885), Moore (1903), Izuka (1903, 1908, 1912), Monro (1926), Treadwell (1931), Okuda (1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1950), Fauvel (1936), Okuda & Yamada (1954), Imajima & Hartman (1964), Imajima (1967, 1968), Imajima & Hayashi (1969) and Imajima & Gamô (1970), and by these studies 25 species or subspecies in ten genera have been named.
In the present study the Nereidae occurring in Japanese coastal areas are recognized for 41 species, subspecies and variety in 13 genera; they include one new genus, four new species and one new subspecies. Two genera, Leonnates and Tambalagamia are added to the Japanese fauna.
Most of the descriptions are based on collections obtained from intertidal zones, along algal overgrown rocky shores or from among attaching organisms: Nereis surugaense comes from Suruga Bay, in 910 to 1430 m.
The author is indebted to the staffs of the Marine Laboratories of Universities for their valuable contributions to the author's collection, and to other persons who gave some specimens. All specimens were collected by the author unless otherwise stated, under Material examined. The author wishes to thank Dr. Olga Hartman of the Allan Hancock Foundation of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California for reading the manuscript.
Holotype and paratype specimens are deposited in the National Science Museum, Tokyo.
Ceratonereis moorei Imajima, 1972 accepted as Composetia moorei (Imajima, 1972) (original description)
Cheilonereis cyclurus (Harrington, 1897) (additional source)
Leonnates nipponicus Imajima, 1972 (original description)
Lycastopsis augeneri Okuda, 1937 accepted as Namanereis augeneri (Okuda, 1937) (additional source)
Neanthes japonica (Izuka, 1908) accepted as Hediste japonica (Izuka, 1908) (additional source)
Nectoneanthes Imajima, 1972 (original description)
Nectoneanthes ijimai (Izuka, 1912) accepted as Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) (basis of record)
Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) (source of synonymy)
Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) (basis of record)
Nereis (Alitta) oxypoda Marenzeller, 1879 accepted as Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) (new combination reference)
Nereis acuminata Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868) (source of synonymy)
Nereis caudata (sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827) accepted as Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868) (additional source)
Nereis ijimai Izuka, 1912 accepted as Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879) (new combination reference)
Nereis multignatha Imajima & Hartman, 1964 (basis of record)
Nereis pelagica multignatha Imajima & Hartman, 1964 accepted as Nereis multignatha Imajima & Hartman, 1964 (source of synonymy)
Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903 accepted as Composetia moorei (Imajima, 1972) (source of synonymy)
Nereis pusilla Müller in Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Nereimyra aphroditoides (O. Fabricius, 1780) (source of synonymy)
Nereis surugaense Imajima, 1972 (original description)
Nicon japonicus Imajima, 1972 (original description)
Perinereis linea (Treadwell, 1936) (source of synonymy)
Perinereis vancaurica tetradentata Imajima, 1972 (original description)
Spio caudatus Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (additional source)
Spio caudatus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827 accepted as Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868) (status source)
Tambalagamia fauveli Pillai, 1961 (redescription)
Tylorrhynchus heterochetus (Quatrefages, 1866) (additional source)
Nontype NSM, geounit Japan, identified as Tambalagamia fauveli Pillai, 1961
Paratype NSMT Pol P75, geounit Amami-Oshima Island, identified as Leonnates nipponicus Imajima, 1972
Holotype NSMT Pol. H 70, geounit Amami-Oshima Island, identified as Ceratonereis japonica Imajima, 1972
Holotype NSMT Pol. H 72, geounit Ariake Sea, identified as Nicon japonicus Imajima, 1972
Holotype NSMT Pol. H 74, geounit Amami-Oshima Island, identified as Leonnates nipponicus Imajima, 1972
Holotype NSMT pol. H 78, geounit Tokyo, identified as Perinereis vancaurica tetradentata Imajima, 1972
Holotype NSMT Pol. H-076, geounit Suruga Bay, identified as Nereis surugaense Imajima, 1972
Paratype NSMT Pol. P 71, geounit Amami-Oshima Island, identified as Ceratonereis japonica Imajima, 1972
Paratype NSMT Pol. P.73, geounit Ariake Sea, identified as Nicon japonicus Imajima, 1972
Paratype NSMT Pol. P-077, geounit Suruga Bay, identified as Nereis surugaense Imajima, 1972
Not stated, unknown. Probably intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Original diagnosis by Kinberg (1865: 170): ''Papillae pharyngis ordinum 5, 6, 7, 8 desunt; appendices lobi ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Imajima (1972: 113): ''The body is long and attains to about 300 mm long. The prostomium is ... [details]
Pacific Ocean: Amami-Oshima (Southern Japan). [details]
NW Pacific Ocean: Japan (Suruga Bay; Sagami Bay); Kurile Islands. [details]
North Pacific Ocean: Washington; Gulf of Alaska; off Vancouver Island and coast of California; southern Kuril ... [details]
Pacific Ocean: Amami-Oshima (Southern Japan). [details]
Pacific Ocean: Oshoro Bay, Shirikishinai, Hokkaido Island, Japan; Aniwa Bay, south Sakhalin; Peter the Great Bay; ... [details]
Pacific Ocean: Japan; South Sakhalin; Yellow Sea. [details]
Pacific Ocean: Japan (central to southern regions); Yellow Sea; Amoy; western Australia. [details]
Pacific Ocean: Ariake Sea (East China Sea, Japan). [details]
NW Pacific Ocean: Sumida River, Tokyo (Japan); Taiwan. [details]
Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Lake (Sri Lanka). Andaman Sea (Thailand). South China Sea: Nha Trang Bay (Vietnam). ... [details]
Not stated. The generic name Ceratonereis if composed by the New Latin prefix from Greek origin cerato-, meaning ... [details]
The specific epithet japonica (masculine: japonicus) is a New Latin adjective meaning 'of or relating to Japan', ... [details]
The specific epithet nipponicus is a Latin adjective meaning 'Nipponese' or 'from Nippon', and refers to the type ... [details]
The name Nectoneanthes seems to be composed by the prefix of Greek origin necto-, meaning 'swimming', followed by ... [details]
The specific epithet suruganese refers to the type locality of the species, Suruga Bay (Japan). [details]
The specific epithet japonicus (feminine: japonica) is a New Latin adjective meaning 'of or relating to Japan', and ... [details]
Not stated. The subspecific epithet tetradentata (masculine: tetradentatus) is a New latin adjective meaning ... [details]
From corals, at intertidal to shallow depths. [details]
Brackish and euryhaline areas, in tidelands and sandy mud. Epitokous found in the water column, at salinities of ... [details]
Type of sediment not stated, probably soft sediments, at subtidal depths. [details]
Not stated, unknown. Probably in intertidal mud or sand, in marine and brackish waters. [details]
At type locality found in ramifying burrows in fine black mud which collects between the halves of dead windowpane ... [details]
Ceratonereis moorei Imajima, 1972 is a new name for Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903, preoccupied by O.F. Müller, 1776. [details]
Nereis pusilla Moore, 1903 is a junior primary homonym of Nereis pusilla O.F. Müller, 1776, and was replaced by ... [details]
Spio caudatus Lamarck, 1818 may appear to be simply the senior homonym to "Spio caudatus Delle Chiaje, 1827", a ... [details]
Usually treated as a junior homonym, arising from a long standing treatment as the original name of a nereidid (eg ... [details]
Imajima placed the Taiwan record of Perinereis linea by Wu (1967) into his new subspecies, but still apparently ... [details]
Koniya, Amami-Oshima, Southern Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetter estimate 28.144º, 129.311º), intertidal zone, from ... [details]
Koniya, Amami-Oshima, Southern Japan (gazetter estimate 28.144º, 129.311º), intertidal, from corals. [details]
Suruga Bay, Honshu Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean (34º59.3'N, 138º38.3'E), 1430 m. [details]
Ariake Sea, Kyushu, East China Sea, Japan (gazetteer estimate 33.02º, 130.28º), 10-30 m. [details]
Sumida River, Tokyo, Japan, possibly fresh or brackish water? [details]
