305 Species in Family Nereididae
Nominal species list for Nereididae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Alitta brandti Malmgren, 1865 Giant piling worm
Alitta succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847)
Alitta virens (Sars, 1835) King ragworm
Ceratocephale abyssorum unspecified
Ceratocephale crosslandi (Monro, 1933)
Ceratocephale hartmanae Banse, 1977
Ceratocephale loveni Malmgren, 1867
Ceratocephale oculata Banse, 1977
Ceratocephale orientalis (Hartman, 1974)
Ceratocephale pacifica Hartman, 1960
Ceratocephale papillata de León-González & Góngora-Garza, 1992
Ceratonereis anchylochaeta (Horts, 1924)
Ceratonereis articulata (Ehlers, 1887)
Ceratonereis costae (Grube, 1840)
Ceratonereis erythraeensis Fauvel, 1918 Estuarine nereid
Ceratonereis excisa (Grube, 1874)
Ceratonereis gorbunovi unspecified
Ceratonereis hemprichii Grube, 1874
Ceratonereis hircinicola (Eisig, 1870)
Ceratonereis irritabilis (Webster, 1879)
Ceratonereis japonica unspecified
Ceratonereis longicirrata Perkins, 1980
Ceratonereis marmorata Horst, 1924
Ceratonereis maya Conde-Vela, 2021
Ceratonereis monroni Westheide, 1977
Ceratonereis nancyae Conde-Vela, 2021
Ceratonereis obockensis Gravier, 1900
Ceratonereis obocki Gravier, 1899
Ceratonereis pachychaeta Fauvel, 1918
Ceratonereis paucidentata (Moore, 1903)
Ceratonereis pietschmanni Holly, 1935
Ceratonereis scotiae unspecified
Ceratonereis singularis Treadwell, 1929
Ceratonereis tentaculata Kinberg, 1866
Ceratonereis tripartita Horst, 1918
Ceratonereis tunicatae Hartman, 1936
Ceratonereis versipedata Ehlers, 1866
Ceratonereis vulgata Kinberg, 1866
Cheilonereis cyclurus (Harrington, 1897) Red-and-white-banded sea-nymph
Cirronereis gracilis Kinberg, 1866
Composetia costae (Grube, 1840)
Composetia kumensis Sato, 2020
Composetia tokashikiensis Sato, 2020
Composetia vittata (Langerhans, 1884)
Dendronereides heteropoda Southern, 1921
Dendronereis pinnaticirris Grube, 1878
Eunereis eugeniae de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2000
Eunereis longipes Hartman, 1936
Eunereis longissima (Johnston, 1840)
Eunereis wailesi Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954
Gymnonereis crosslandi (Monro, 1933)
Gymnonereis phuketensis Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1988
Hediste diversicolor (Müller, 1776) Ragworm
Hediste japonica (Izuka, 1908)
Hediste kermadeca Kirkegaard, 1996
Hediste limnicola (Johnson, 1903)
Imajimanereis pacifica de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2000
Kinberginereis inermis unspecified
Laeonereis brunnea Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
Laeonereis culveri (Webster, 1879)
Laeonereis glauca unspecified
Laeonereis longula Conde-Vela, 2021
Leonnates crosnieri Leon-Gonzalez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Leonnates decipiens Fauvel, 1929
Leonnates indicus Kinberg, 1866
Leonnates nipponicus Imajima, 1972
Leonnates persicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
Leptonereis laevis Kinberg, 1866
Lycastoides alticola Johnson, 1903
Lycastopsis augeneri Okuda, 1973
Lycastopsis beumeri unspecified
Lycastopsis pontica (Bobretzky)
Micronereides capensis Day, 1963
Micronereis bansei (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
Micronereis nanaimoensis unspecified
Micronereis picola Paxton, 1983
Micronereis variegata Claparede, 1863
Namalycastis abiuma (Müller, 1871)
Namalycastis borealis Glasby, 1999
Namalycastis brevicornis Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833
Namalycastis rigida Pillai, 1965
Namanereis amboinensis (Pflugfelder, 1933)
Namanereis beaumeri (Augener, 1922)
Namanereis cavernicola (Solís-Weiss & Espinaza, 1991)
Namanereis hummelincki (Augener, 1933)
Namanereis littoralis (Grube, 1871)
Namanereis pontica (Bobretzky, 1872)
Namanereis quadraticeps unspecified
Namanereis riojai (Bastida-Zavala, 1991)
Neanthes acuminata Ehlers, 1868
Neanthes agulhana (Day, 1963)
Neanthes arenaceodentata Moore, 1903
Neanthes augeneri Gravier & Dantan, 1934
Neanthes bongcoi Pillai, 1965
Neanthes brandti unspecified
Neanthes caudata (Delle Chiaje, 1822)
Neanthes cortezi Kudenov, 1979
Neanthes cricognatha Ehlers, 1904
Neanthes dawydovi (Fauvel, 1937)
Neanthes diversicolor (Müller, 1776)
Neanthes flava Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Neanthes flavipes Ehlers, 1868
Neanthes fucata (Savigny, 1818)
Neanthes galetae Fauchald, 1977
Neanthes glandicincta (Southern, 1921)
Neanthes goodayi Drennan, Wiklund, Rabone, Georgieva, Dahlgren & Glover, 2021
Neanthes grayi Pettibone, 1956
Neanthes irrorata (Malmgren, 1867)
Neanthes kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) Spectacle worm
Neanthes maculata Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Neanthes manatensis Pillai, 1965
Neanthes micromma (Harper, 1979)
Neanthes nanhaiensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Neanthes nubila (Quatrefages, 1865)
Neanthes pleijeli Leon-Gonzalez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Neanthes pseudonoodti Fauchald, 1977
Neanthes roosevelti Harman, 1939
Neanthes rubicunda (Ehlers, 1868)
Neanthes seridentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
Neanthes succinea (Frey & Leuckart, 1847) Clam worm
Neanthes trifasciata (Ehlers, 1901)
Neanthes unifasciata (Wiley, 1905)
Neanthes willeyi (Day, 1934)
Nectoneanthes ijimai (Izuka, 1912)
Nectoneanthes multignatha Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Nectoneanthes oxypoda (Marenzeller, 1879)
Nereis abbreviata Holly, 1935
Nereis acuminata unspecified
Nereis acutifolia Ehlers, 1901
Nereis aibuhitensis (Grube, 1878) Sand worm
Nereis alatopalpis Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
Nereis angelensis Fauchald, 1972
Nereis anoculopsis Fauchald, 1972
Nereis anomala (Gravier, 1902)
Nereis baolingi de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2000
Nereis caecoides unspecified
Nereis callaona (Grube, 1857)
Nereis casoae de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2001
Nereis caymanensis Fauchald, 1977
Nereis corallina Kinberg, 1866
Nereis coutieri Gravier, 1899
Nereis dayana Sun & Shen, 1978
Nereis denhamensis Augener, 1913
Nereis deplanata Mohammad, 1971
Nereis dorsolobata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
Nereis eakini Hartman, 1936
Nereis egregicirrata Treadwell, 1924
Nereis ehrenbergi Grube, 1868
Nereis elitoralis Eliason, 1962
Nereis ethiopiae Day, 1965
Nereis eugeniae (Kinberg, 1866)
Nereis falcaria (Wiley, 1905)
Nereis fallax Quatrefages, 1865
Nereis falsa Quatrefages, 1865
Nereis filicaudata Fauvel, 1951
Nereis flexuosa unspecified
Nereis ghardaqae Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
Nereis gilchristi unspecified
Nereis goajirana Augener, 1933
Nereis grayi Pettibone, 1956
Nereis grubei (Kinberg, 1866)
Nereis guangdongensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Nereis heterocirrata Treadwell, 1931
Nereis heteromorpha (Horst, 1924)
Nereis heteropoda unspecified
Nereis homogompha Rullier, 1972
Nereis inflata de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2001
Nereis irrorata unspecified
Nereis jacksoni Kinberg, 1866
Nereis kobiensis McIntosh, 1885
Nereis lamellosa Ehlers, 1868
Nereis largoensis Treadwell, 1931
Nereis latescens Chamberlin, 1919
Nereis longilingulis Monro, 1937
Nereis longior Chlebovitsch & Wu, 1962
Nereis longisetis McIntosh, 1885
Nereis maculata Kinberg, 1866
Nereis mancorae Berkeley & Berkeley, 1961
Nereis mariae Holly, 1935
Nereis mediator Chamberlin, 1919
Nereis micromma unspecified
Nereis mirabilis (Kinberg, 1866)
Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976
Nereis multignatha Imajima & Hartman, 1964
Nereis myersi Holly, 1935
Nereis neogracilis Mohammad, 1970
Nereis neoneathes unspecified
Nereis nichollsi Kott, 1951
Nereis panamensis Fauchald, 1977
Nereis paucidentata (Moore, 1903)
Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1761
Nereis perivisceralis Claparède, 1868
Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911
Nereis piscesae Blake & Hilbig, 1990
Nereis procera Ehlers, 1868 Little pileworm sea-nymph
Nereis pseudonereis Hartman, 1940
Nereis pulsatoria (Savigny, 1822)
Nereis rava Ehlers, 1868
Nereis reducta Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
Nereis rigida Grube, 1857
Nereis riisei Grube, 1857
Nereis sandersi Blake, 1985
Nereis sarsoensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
Nereis sinica Wu & Sun, 1979
Nereis splendida Grube, 1840
Nereis surugaense Imajima, 1972
Nereis tentaculata Kinberg, 1866
Nereis tenuis unspecified
Nereis trifasciata Grube, 1878
Nereis uncia Holly, 1935
Nereis usticensis Cantone, Catalono & Badalamenti, 2003
Nereis veleronis Hartman, 1940
Nereis vexillosa Grube, 1851 Pile worm
Nereis victoriana Augener, 1918
Nereis viridis unspecified
Nereis zhongshaensis Shen & Sun, 1978
Nereis zonata Malmgren, 1867
Nicon aestuarensis Knox, 1951
Nicon ehlersi Hartman, 1953
Nicon japonicus Imajima, 1972
Nicon lackeyi unspecified
Nicon maculata Kinberg, 1866
Nicon moniloceras (Hartman, 1940)
Nicon peruviana Brekeley & Berkeley, 1964
Nicon pettiboneae Leon-Gonzalez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Paraleonnates quadalupensis Amoreux, 1985
Paraleonnates uschakovi Chlebovitsch & WU, 1962
Perinereis amblyodonta (Schmarda, 1861)
Perinereis anderssoni Kinberg, 1866
Perinereis arabica Mohammad, 1971
Perinereis bajacalifornica de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 1998
Perinereis barbara (Monro, 1926)
Perinereis caeruleis (Hoagland, 1920)
Perinereis camiguinoides (Augener, 1922)
Perinereis cariacoensis Liñero-Arana, 1983
Perinereis cavifrons (Ehlers, 1920)
Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840)
Perinereis curvata Holly, 1935
Perinereis elenacasoae Rioja, 1947
Perinereis falklandica (Ramsay, 1914)
Perinereis floridana (Ehlers, 1868)
Perinereis gualpensis Jeldes, 1963
Perinereis helleri Grube, 1878
Perinereis kuwaitensis Mohammad, 1970
Perinereis macropus (Claparède, 1870)
Perinereis maindroni Fauvel, 1943
Perinereis marionii (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1834)
Perinereis mochimaensis Linñero-Arana, 1983
Perinereis monterea (Chamberlin, 1918)
Perinereis neocaledonica Pruvot, 1930
Perinereis nigropunctata (Horst, 1889)
Perinereis nuntia (Savigny, 1818) Bar-toothed nereid
Perinereis obfuscata Grube, 1878
Perinereis oliveirae (Horst, 1889)
Perinereis perspicillata Grube, 1878
Perinereis pseudocamiguina (Augener, 1922)
Perinereis pseudocavifrons Fauvel, 1930
Perinereis quatrefagesi (Grube, 1878)
Perinereis rhombodonta Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Perinereis rullieri Pilato, 1974
Perinereis singaporiensis (Grube, 1878)
Perinereis striolata Grube, 1878
Perinereis suluana Horst, 1924
Perinereis tenuisetis (Fauvel, 1915)
Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857)
Perinereis vancaurica (Ehlers, 1868)
Perinereis villalobosi Rioja, 1947
Perinereis weijhouensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Platynereis abnormis Horst, 1924
Platynereis agassizi (Ehlers, 1868)
Platynereis australis unspecified Kelp worm
Platynereis bicanaliculata (Baird, 1863)
Platynereis coccinea (Chiaje, 1827)
Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833) Dumeril's clam worm
Platynereis fuscorubida Grube, 1878
Platynereis hugonis Rullier, 1972
Platynereis insolita Gravier, 1901
Platynereis magalhaensis Kinberg, 1866
Platynereis massiliensis (Moquin-tandon, 1869)
Platynereis nadiae Abbiati & Castelli, 1992
Platynereis pallida Gravier, 1899
Platynereis polyscalma Chamberlin, 1919
Platynereis pulchella Gravier, 1901
Platynereis sinica Sun & Shen, 1978
Pseudonereis gallapagensis Kinberg, 1866
Pseudonereis jihueiensis Hsueh, 2021
Pseudonereis kihawensis Hsueh, 2021
Pseudonereis rottnestiana Augener, 1913
Pseudonereis trimaculata (Horst, 1924)
Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857) Mussel worm 80553
Rullierinereis anoculata Cantone, 1983
Rullierinereis bahamensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1958)
Rullierinereis fauchaldi de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2000
Rullierinereis mexicana (Treadwell, 1942)
Rullierinereis misakiensis (Imajima & Hayashi, 1972)
Sinonereis heteropoda Wu & Sun, 1979
Stenoninereis martini Wesenberg-Lund, 1958
Tambalagamia fauveli Pillai, 1961
Tylonereis bogoyawlenskyi Fauvel, 1911
Tylonereis heterochaeta Tan & Chou, 1994
Tylorrhynchus heterochaetus (Quatrefages, 1866)
Websterinereis foli (Fauvel, 1930)
Websterinereis glauca (Claparede, 1870)
Websterinereis punctata (Wesenberg-Lund, 1949)
Websterinereis tridentata (Webster, 1879)
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