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Family: Nereididae (See list of species below)

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275 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (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 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 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 monroni
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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 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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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 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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Eunereis longissima
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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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Laeonereis brunnea
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Laeonereis culveri
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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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Micronereides capensis
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Micronereis bansei
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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 grayi
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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 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 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 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 homogompha
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Nereis inflata
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Nereis jacksoni
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Nereis kobiensis
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Nereis lamellosa
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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 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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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 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 zhongshaensis
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Nereis zonata
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Nicon aestuarensis
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Nicon ehlersi
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Nicon japonicus
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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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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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Perinereis nigropunctata
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Perinereis nuntia
[Bar-toothed nereid]
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Perinereis obfuscata
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Perinereis oliveirae
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Perinereis perspicillata
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Perinereis pseudocamiguina
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Perinereis pseudocavifrons
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Perinereis quatrefagesi
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Perinereis rhombodonta
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Perinereis rullieri
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Perinereis singaporiensis
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Perinereis striolata
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Perinereis suluana
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Perinereis tenuisetis
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Perinereis vallata
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Perinereis vancaurica
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Perinereis villalobosi
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Perinereis weijhouensis
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Platynereis abnormis
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Platynereis agassizi
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Platynereis australis
[Kelp worm]
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Platynereis bicanaliculata
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Platynereis coccinea
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Platynereis dumerilii
[Dumeril's clam worm]
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Platynereis fuscorubida
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Platynereis hugonis
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Platynereis insolita
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Platynereis magalhaensis
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Platynereis massiliensis
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Platynereis nadiae
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Platynereis pallida
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Platynereis polyscalma
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Platynereis pulchella
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Platynereis sinica
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Pseudonereis gallapagensis
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Pseudonereis rottnestiana
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Pseudonereis trimaculata
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Pseudonereis variegata
[Mussel worm 80553]
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Rullierinereis anoculata
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Rullierinereis bahamensis
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Rullierinereis fauchaldi
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Rullierinereis mexicana
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Rullierinereis misakiensis
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Sinonereis heteropoda
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Stenoninereis martini
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Tambalagamia fauveli
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Tylonereis bogoyawlenskyi
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Tylonereis heterochaeta
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Tylorrhynchus heterochaetus
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Websterinereis foli
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Websterinereis glauca
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Websterinereis punctata
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Websterinereis tridentata
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275 Species of Family Nereididae
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Alitta brandti Giant piling worm Arctic and Eastern Pacifi
Alitta succinea Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Alitta virens King ragworm Northern Atlantic, Arctic
Ceratocephale crosslandi Eastern Pacific
Ceratocephale hartmanae Eastern Pacific
Ceratocephale loveni Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
Ceratocephale oculata Western Central Atlantic
Ceratocephale orientalis Western Indian Ocean
Ceratocephale pacifica Eastern Pacific
Ceratocephale papillata Eastern Pacific
Ceratonereis anchylochaeta Northwest Pacific
Ceratonereis articulata Southwest Pacific
Ceratonereis costae Circumglobal in tropical
Ceratonereis erythraeensis Estuarine nereid Indo-West Pacific.
Ceratonereis excisa Western Central Atlantic
Ceratonereis hemprichii Western Indian Ocean
Ceratonereis hircinicola Indo-West Pacific, Wester
Ceratonereis irritabilis Western Central Atlantic
Ceratonereis japonica Western Central Atlantic
Ceratonereis longicirrata Western Central Atlantic
Ceratonereis marmorata Indo-West Pacific
Ceratonereis monroni Eastern Pacific
Ceratonereis obockensis Western Indian Ocean
Ceratonereis obocki Western Indian Ocean
Ceratonereis pachychaeta Indo-West Pacific
Ceratonereis paucidentata Eastern Pacific
Ceratonereis singularis Western Central Atlantic
Ceratonereis tentaculata Eastern Pacific
Ceratonereis tripartita Indo-West Pacific
Ceratonereis tunicatae Eastern Pacific
Ceratonereis versipedata Western Central Atlantic
Cheilonereis cyclurus Red-and-white-banded sea-nymph Eastern Pacific.
Cirronereis gracilis Eastern Pacific
Composetia costae Mediterranean Sea.
Composetia vittata Mediterranean Sea.
Dendronereides heteropoda Indian Ocean
Dendronereis pinnaticirris Northwest and Western Pac
Eunereis eugeniae Eastern Pacific
Eunereis longipes Eastern Pacific
Eunereis longissima Arctic, Eastern Atlantic 50 TL
Gymnonereis crosslandi Western Central Atlantic
Gymnonereis phuketensis Indo-West Pacific
Hediste diversicolor Ragworm Atlantic Ocean, Arctic, M
Hediste japonica Northwest Pacific
Hediste kermadeca Southwest Pacific
Hediste limnicola Northeast Pacific
Imajimanereis pacifica Eastern Pacific
Laeonereis brunnea Eastern Pacific
Laeonereis culveri Western Central Atlantic
Leonnates crosnieri Western Central Pacific
Leonnates decipiens Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Leonnates indicus Indo-West Pacific and the
Leonnates nipponicus Western Pacific
Leonnates persicus Indo-West Pacific and the
Leptonereis laevis Eastern Pacific
Lycastoides alticola Eastern Pacific
Lycastopsis augeneri Eastern Pacific
Micronereides capensis Southeast Atlantic and We
Micronereis bansei Indian Ocean and the Medi
Micronereis picola Western Central Atlantic
Micronereis variegata Northeast Atlantic, Weste
Namalycastis abiuma Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Namalycastis borealis Western Central Atlantic
Namalycastis brevicornis Northeast Atlantic.
Namalycastis rigida Western Central Pacific
Namanereis amboinensis Western Central Atlantic
Namanereis beaumeri Western Central Atlantic
Namanereis cavernicola Eastern Pacific
Namanereis hummelincki Western Central Atlantic
Namanereis littoralis Mediterranean Sea.
Namanereis pontica Western Central Atlantic
Namanereis quadraticeps Southeast Pacific and Wes
Namanereis riojai Eastern Pacific
Neanthes acuminata Western Central Atlantic
Neanthes agulhana Mediterranean Sea.
Neanthes arenaceodentata Pacific Ocean.
Neanthes augeneri Indo-West Pacific
Neanthes bongcoi Western Central Pacific
Neanthes brandti Northeast Pacific
Neanthes caudata North Atlantic, Indo-Paci
Neanthes cortezi Eastern Pacific
Neanthes cricognatha Western Pacific
Neanthes dawydovi Western Central Pacific
Neanthes diversicolor Western Central Pacific
Neanthes flava Northwest Pacific
Neanthes flavipes Mediterranean Sea.
Neanthes fucata North Sea and the Mediter
Neanthes galetae Eastern Pacific
Neanthes glandicincta Northwest Pacific
Neanthes grayi Eastern Pacific
Neanthes kerguelensis Spectacle worm Southern Pacific, Atlanti
Neanthes maculata Northwest Pacific
Neanthes manatensis Western Central Pacific
Neanthes micromma Western Central Atlantic
Neanthes nanhaiensis Northwest Pacific
Neanthes nubila Mediterranean Sea.
Neanthes pleijeli Western Central Pacific
Neanthes pseudonoodti Eastern Pacific
Neanthes roosevelti Eastern Pacific
Neanthes rubicunda Mediterranean Sea.
Neanthes seridentata Eastern Pacific
Neanthes succinea Clam worm Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Neanthes unifasciata Indo-Pacific.
Neanthes willeyi Southeast Atlantic, Weste
Nectoneanthes ijimai Northwest Pacific
Nectoneanthes multignatha Northwest Pacific
Nectoneanthes oxypoda Northwest Pacific
Nereis abbreviata Eastern Central Pacific
Nereis acuminata Western Central Atlantic
Nereis acutifolia Eastern Pacific
Nereis aibuhitensis Sand worm Northwest Pacific
Nereis alatopalpis Northwest Pacific
Nereis angelensis Eastern Pacific
Nereis anoculopsis Eastern Pacific
Nereis anomala Indo-West Pacific and the
Nereis baolingi Eastern Pacific
Nereis callaona Eastern Pacific and Weste
Nereis casoae Eastern Pacific
Nereis caymanensis Western Central Atlantic
Nereis corallina Eastern Central Pacific
Nereis coutieri Indo-West Pacific.
Nereis dayana Northwest Pacific
Nereis denhamensis Indo-West Pacific.
Nereis deplanata Western Indian Ocean
Nereis dorsolobata Southeast Pacific
Nereis eakini Eastern Pacific
Nereis egregicirrata Western Central Atlantic
Nereis ehrenbergi Western Indian Ocean
Nereis elitoralis Northeast Atlantic
Nereis ethiopiae Western Indian Ocean
Nereis eugeniae Southeast Pacific
Nereis falcaria Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Nereis fallax Northeast Atlantic
Nereis falsa Western Central Atlantic
Nereis filicaudata Western Indian Ocean
Nereis ghardaqae Western Indian Ocean
Nereis gilchristi Mediterranean Sea.
Nereis goajirana Western Central Atlantic
Nereis grayi Western Central Atlantic
Nereis grubei Eastern Pacific
Nereis guangdongensis Northwest Pacific
Nereis heterocirrata Northwest Pacific
Nereis heteromorpha Northwest Pacific
Nereis homogompha Western Central Pacific
Nereis inflata Eastern Pacific
Nereis jacksoni Indo-Pacific and Western
Nereis kobiensis Eastern Pacific
Nereis lamellosa Western Central Atlantic,
Nereis latescens Eastern Pacific
Nereis longilingulis Western Indian Ocean
Nereis longior Northwest Pacific
Nereis longisetis Northeast Atlantic
Nereis maculata Western Pacific
Nereis mancorae Eastern Pacific
Nereis mariae Eastern Central Pacific
Nereis mediator Eastern Pacific
Nereis micromma Western Central Atlantic
Nereis mirabilis Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
Nereis multignatha Northwest Pacific
Nereis myersi Eastern Central Pacific
Nereis neogracilis Western Indian Ocean
Nereis neoneathes Northwest Pacific
Nereis nichollsi Northwest Pacific
Nereis panamensis Western Central Atlantic
Nereis paucidentata Eastern Pacific
Nereis pelagica Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atl 20.32 TL
Nereis perivisceralis Mediterranean Sea.
Nereis persica Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Nereis piscesae Northeast Pacific.
Nereis procera Little pileworm sea-nymph Eastern Pacific.
Nereis pseudonereis Eastern Pacific
Nereis pulsatoria Mediterranean Sea.
Nereis rava Eastern Pacific and the M
Nereis reducta Western Indian Ocean
Nereis rigida Western Central Atlantic
Nereis riisei Western Central Atlantic
Nereis sandersi Eastern Pacific
Nereis sarsoensis Western Indian Ocean
Nereis sinica Northwest Pacific
Nereis splendida Mediterranean Sea.
Nereis surugaense Northwest Pacific
Nereis tentaculata Eastern Pacific
Nereis trifasciata Indo-West Pacific.
Nereis uncia Eastern Central Pacific
Nereis usticensis Mediterranean Sea.
Nereis veleronis Eastern Pacific
Nereis vexillosa Pile worm Eastern Pacific.
Nereis victoriana Western Central Atlantic
Nereis zhongshaensis Northwest Pacific
Nereis zonata Indo-Pacific, Northeast A
Nicon aestuarensis Eastern Pacific
Nicon ehlersi Antarctic Atlantic.
Nicon japonicus Northwest Pacific
Nicon maculata Antarctic Indian Ocean
Nicon moniloceras Western Central Atlantic
Nicon peruviana Eastern Pacific
Nicon pettiboneae Western Central Pacific.
Paraleonnates quadalupensis Western Central Atlantic
Paraleonnates uschakovi Northwest Pacific
Perinereis amblyodonta Western Pacific. Tropica
Perinereis anderssoni Western Central Atlantic
Perinereis arabica Western Indian Ocean
Perinereis bajacalifornica Eastern Pacific
Perinereis barbara Western Central Pacific
Perinereis caeruleis Western Central Pacific
Perinereis camiguinoides Northwest and Southeast P
Perinereis cariacoensis Western Central Atlantic
Perinereis cavifrons Northwest Pacific
Perinereis cultrifera Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Perinereis curvata Eastern Central Pacific
Perinereis elenacasoae Eastern Pacific
Perinereis falklandica Southeast Pacific
Perinereis floridana Western Indian Ocean and
Perinereis gualpensis Southeast Pacific
Perinereis helleri Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Perinereis kuwaitensis Western Indian Ocean
Perinereis macropus Mediterranean Sea.
Perinereis maindroni Eastern Indian Ocean.
Perinereis marionii Northeast Atlantic and th
Perinereis mochimaensis Western Central Atlantic
Perinereis monterea Eastern Pacific
Perinereis neocaledonica Western Central Pacific
Perinereis nigropunctata Indo-West Pacific
Perinereis nuntia Bar-toothed nereid Indo-West Pacific and the
Perinereis obfuscata Indo-Pacific.
Perinereis oliveirae Mediterranean Sea.
Perinereis perspicillata Indo-West Pacific
Perinereis pseudocamiguina Southeast Pacific
Perinereis pseudocavifrons Western Central Pacific
Perinereis quatrefagesi Western Central Pacific
Perinereis rhombodonta Northwest Pacific
Perinereis rullieri Mediterranean Sea.
Perinereis singaporiensis Indo-Pacific.
Perinereis striolata Indo-West Pacific
Perinereis suluana Indo-West Pacific
Perinereis tenuisetis Mediterranean Sea.
Perinereis vallata Southeast Atlantic and In 9 BL
Perinereis vancaurica Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Perinereis villalobosi Eastern Pacific
Perinereis weijhouensis Northwest Pacific
Platynereis abnormis Indo-West Pacific
Platynereis agassizi Eastern Pacific
Platynereis australis Kelp worm Pacific Ocean, Southern A
Platynereis bicanaliculata Pacific Ocean.
Platynereis coccinea Mediterranean Sea.
Platynereis dumerilii Dumeril's clam worm Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Platynereis fuscorubida Indo-West Pacific
Platynereis hugonis Western Central Pacific
Platynereis insolita Indo-Pacific 2.5 BL
Platynereis magalhaensis Antarctic, Atlantic and I
Platynereis massiliensis Mediterranean Sea.
Platynereis nadiae Mediterranean Sea.
Platynereis pallida Western Indian Ocean
Platynereis polyscalma Indo-Pacific
Platynereis pulchella Indo-West Pacific
Platynereis sinica Northwest Pacific
Pseudonereis gallapagensis Indo-Pacific and Western
Pseudonereis rottnestiana Indian Ocean
Pseudonereis trimaculata Western Indian Ocean
Pseudonereis variegata Mussel worm 80553 Indo-Pacific and Western
Rullierinereis anoculata Mediterranean Sea.
Rullierinereis bahamensis Western Central Atlantic
Rullierinereis fauchaldi Eastern Pacific
Rullierinereis mexicana Western Central Atlantic
Rullierinereis misakiensis Northwest Pacific
Sinonereis heteropoda Northwest Pacific
Stenoninereis martini Western Central Atlantic
Tambalagamia fauveli Northwest Pacific
Tylonereis bogoyawlenskyi Indo-West Pacific
Tylonereis heterochaeta Western Central Pacific
Tylorrhynchus heterochaetus Northwest Pacific
Websterinereis foli Western Central Pacific
Websterinereis glauca Western Indian Ocean and
Websterinereis punctata Western Indian Ocean
Websterinereis tridentata Western Central Atlantic



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