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Family: Nereididae



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305 species (see list below)
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Alitta brandti
[Giant piling worm]
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Alitta succinea
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Alitta virens
[King ragworm]
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Ceratocephale abyssorum
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Ceratocephale crosslandi
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Ceratocephale hartmanae
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Ceratocephale loveni
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Ceratocephale oculata
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Ceratocephale orientalis
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Ceratocephale pacifica
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Ceratocephale papillata
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Ceratonereis anchylochaeta
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Ceratonereis articulata
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Ceratonereis costae
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Ceratonereis erythraeensis
[Estuarine nereid]
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Ceratonereis excisa
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Ceratonereis gorbunovi
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Ceratonereis hemprichii
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Ceratonereis hircinicola
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Ceratonereis irritabilis
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Ceratonereis japonica
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Ceratonereis longicirrata
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Ceratonereis marmorata
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Ceratonereis maya
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Ceratonereis monroni
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Ceratonereis nancyae
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Ceratonereis obockensis
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Ceratonereis obocki
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Ceratonereis pachychaeta
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Ceratonereis paucidentata
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Ceratonereis pietschmanni
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Ceratonereis scotiae
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Ceratonereis singularis
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Ceratonereis tentaculata
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Ceratonereis tripartita
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Ceratonereis tunicatae
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Ceratonereis versipedata
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Ceratonereis vulgata
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Cheilonereis cyclurus
[Red-and-white-banded sea-nymph]
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Cirronereis gracilis
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Composetia costae
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Composetia kumensis
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Composetia tokashikiensis
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Composetia vittata
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Dendronereides heteropoda
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Dendronereis pinnaticirris
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Eunereis eugeniae
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Eunereis longipes
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Max. Length 50 cm TL
 
Eunereis longissima
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Eunereis wailesi
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Gymnonereis crosslandi
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Gymnonereis phuketensis
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Hediste diversicolor
[Ragworm]
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Hediste japonica
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Hediste kermadeca
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Hediste limnicola
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Imajimanereis pacifica
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Kinberginereis inermis
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Laeonereis brunnea
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Laeonereis culveri
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Laeonereis glauca
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Laeonereis longula
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Leonnates crosnieri
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Leonnates decipiens
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Leonnates indicus
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Leonnates nipponicus
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Leonnates persicus
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Leptonereis laevis
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Lycastoides alticola
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Lycastopsis augeneri
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Lycastopsis beumeri
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Lycastopsis pontica
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Micronereides capensis
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Micronereis bansei
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Micronereis nanaimoensis
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Micronereis picola
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Micronereis variegata
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Namalycastis abiuma
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Namalycastis borealis
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Namalycastis brevicornis
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Namalycastis rigida
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Namanereis amboinensis
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Namanereis beaumeri
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Namanereis cavernicola
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Namanereis hummelincki
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Namanereis littoralis
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Namanereis pontica
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Namanereis quadraticeps
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Namanereis riojai
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Neanthes acuminata
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Neanthes agulhana
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Neanthes arenaceodentata
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Neanthes augeneri
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Neanthes bongcoi
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Neanthes brandti
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Neanthes caudata
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Neanthes cortezi
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Neanthes cricognatha
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Neanthes dawydovi
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Neanthes diversicolor
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Neanthes flava
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Neanthes flavipes
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Neanthes fucata
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Neanthes galetae
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Neanthes glandicincta
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Neanthes goodayi
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Neanthes grayi
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Neanthes irrorata
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Neanthes kerguelensis
[Spectacle worm]
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Neanthes maculata
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Neanthes manatensis
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Neanthes micromma
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Neanthes nanhaiensis
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Neanthes nubila
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Neanthes pleijeli
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Neanthes pseudonoodti
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Neanthes roosevelti
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Neanthes rubicunda
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Neanthes seridentata
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Neanthes succinea
[Clam worm]
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Neanthes trifasciata
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Neanthes unifasciata
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Neanthes willeyi
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Nectoneanthes ijimai
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Nectoneanthes multignatha
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Nectoneanthes oxypoda
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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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Nicon aestuarensis
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic.

Nicon ehlersiHartman, 1953

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Nicon ehlersi
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Nicon japonicus
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Nicon lackeyi
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Nicon maculata
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Nicon moniloceras
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Nicon peruviana
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Nicon pettiboneae
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Paraleonnates quadalupensis
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Paraleonnates uschakovi
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Perinereis amblyodonta
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Perinereis anderssoni
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Perinereis arabica
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Perinereis bajacalifornica
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Perinereis barbara
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Perinereis caeruleis
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Perinereis camiguinoides
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Perinereis cariacoensis
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Perinereis cavifrons
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Perinereis cultrifera
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Perinereis curvata
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Perinereis elenacasoae
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Tejada-Pérez et al.

Southeast Pacific and Sou

Perinereis falklandica(Ramsay, 1914)

Photo by Tejada-Pérez et al.
 
Perinereis falklandica
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Perinereis floridana
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Perinereis gualpensis
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Perinereis helleri
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Perinereis kuwaitensis
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Perinereis macropus
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Perinereis maindroni
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Perinereis marionii
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Perinereis mochimaensis
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Perinereis monterea
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Perinereis neocaledonica
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