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Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nereididae

Genus: Nereis

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91 species (see list below)
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Nereis abbreviata
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Nereis acuminata
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Nereis acutifolia
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Nereis aibuhitensis
[Sand worm]
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Nereis alatopalpis
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Nereis angelensis
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Nereis anoculopsis
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Nereis anomala
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Nereis baolingi
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Nereis caecoides
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Nereis callaona
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Nereis casoae
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Nereis caymanensis
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Nereis corallina
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Nereis coutieri
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Nereis dayana
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Nereis denhamensis
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Nereis deplanata
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Nereis dorsolobata
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Nereis eakini
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Nereis egregicirrata
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Nereis ehrenbergi
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Nereis elitoralis
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Nereis ethiopiae
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Nereis eugeniae
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Nereis falcaria
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Nereis fallax
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Nereis falsa
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Nereis filicaudata
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Nereis flexuosa
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Nereis ghardaqae
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Nereis gilchristi
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Nereis goajirana
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Nereis grayi
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Nereis grubei
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Nereis guangdongensis
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Nereis heterocirrata
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Nereis heteromorpha
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Nereis heteropoda
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Nereis homogompha
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Nereis inflata
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Nereis irrorata
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Nereis jacksoni
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Nereis kobiensis
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Nereis lamellosa
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Nereis largoensis
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Nereis latescens
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Nereis longilingulis
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Nereis longior
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Nereis longisetis
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Nereis maculata
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Nereis mancorae
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Nereis mariae
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Nereis mediator
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Nereis micromma
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Nereis mirabilis
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Nereis moroccensis
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Nereis multignatha
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Nereis myersi
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Nereis neogracilis
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Nereis neoneathes
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Nereis nichollsi
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Nereis panamensis
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Nereis paucidentata
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Max. Length 20.3 cm TL
 
Nereis pelagica
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Nereis perivisceralis
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Nereis persica
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Nereis piscesae
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Nereis procera
[Little pileworm sea-nymph]
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Nereis pseudonereis
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Nereis pulsatoria
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Nereis rava
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Nereis reducta
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Nereis rigida
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Nereis riisei
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Nereis sandersi
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Nereis sarsoensis
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Nereis sinica
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Nereis splendida
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Nereis surugaense
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Nereis tentaculata
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Nereis tenuis
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Nereis trifasciata
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Nereis uncia
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Nereis usticensis
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Nereis veleronis
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Nereis vexillosa
[Pile worm]
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Nereis victoriana
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Nereis viridis
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Nereis zhongshaensis
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Nereis zonata
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