Species under Perinereis
n= 41
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Perinereis amblyodonta
(Schmarda, 1861)
Western Pacific
Perinereis anderssoni
Kinberg, 1866
Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific
Perinereis arabica
Mohammad, 1971
Western Indian Ocean
Perinereis bajacalifornica
de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 1998
Eastern Pacific
Perinereis barbara
(Monro, 1926)
Western Central Pacific
Perinereis caeruleis
(Hoagland, 1920)
Western Central Pacific
Perinereis camiguinoides
(Augener, 1922)
Northwest and Southeast Pacific
Perinereis cariacoensis
Liñero-Arana, 1983
Western Central Atlantic
Perinereis cavifrons
(Ehlers, 1920)
Northwest Pacific
Perinereis cultrifera
(Grube, 1840)
Indo-West Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Perinereis curvata
Holly, 1935
Eastern Central Pacific
Perinereis elenacasoae
Rioja, 1947
Eastern Pacific
Perinereis falklandica
(Ramsay, 1914)
Southeast Pacific
Perinereis floridana
(Ehlers, 1868)
Western Indian Ocean and Western Atlantic
Perinereis gualpensis
Jeldes, 1963
Southeast Pacific
Perinereis helleri
Grube, 1878
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
Perinereis kuwaitensis
Mohammad, 1970
Western Indian Ocean
Perinereis macropus
(Claparède, 1870)
Mediterranean Sea
Perinereis maindroni
Fauvel, 1943
Eastern Indian Ocean
Perinereis marionii
(Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1834)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Perinereis mochimaensis
Linñero-Arana, 1983
Western Central Atlantic
Perinereis monterea
(Chamberlin, 1918)
Eastern Pacific
Perinereis neocaledonica
Pruvot, 1930
Western Central Pacific
Perinereis nigropunctata
(Horst, 1889)
Indo-West Pacific
Perinereis nuntia
(Savigny, 1818)
Bar-toothed nereid Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Perinereis obfuscata
Grube, 1878
Indo-Pacific
Perinereis oliveirae
(Horst, 1889)
Mediterranean Sea
Perinereis perspicillata
Grube, 1878
Indo-West Pacific
Perinereis pseudocamiguina
(Augener, 1922)
Southeast Pacific
Perinereis pseudocavifrons
Fauvel, 1930
Western Central Pacific
Perinereis quatrefagesi
(Grube, 1878)
Western Central Pacific
Perinereis rhombodonta
Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Northwest Pacific
Perinereis rullieri
Pilato, 1974
Mediterranean Sea
Perinereis singaporiensis
(Grube, 1878)
Indo-Pacific
Perinereis striolata
Grube, 1878
Indo-West Pacific
Perinereis suluana
Horst, 1924
Indo-West Pacific
Perinereis tenuisetis
(Fauvel, 1915)
Mediterranean Sea
Perinereis vallata
(Grube, 1857)
Southeast Atlantic and Indo-Pacific 9
Perinereis vancaurica
(Ehlers, 1868)
Indo-West Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Perinereis villalobosi
Rioja, 1947
Eastern Pacific
Perinereis weijhouensis
Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981
Northwest Pacific
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