''Naineris'' is a genus of polychaete
annelids
The annelids (), also known as the segmented worms, are animals that comprise the phylum Annelida (; ). The phylum contains over 22,000 extant species, including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to vario ...
belonging to the family
Orbiniidae
Orbiniidae is a family of polychaete worms. Orbiniids are mostly unselective deposit feeders on marine detritus. They can be found from the neritic zone to abyssal depths.
The family was revised in 1957 by Olga Hartman and some further revisi ...
.
It was first described by
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (; 12 September 1777 – 1 May 1850) was a French zoologist and anatomist.
Life
Blainville was born at Arques-la-Bataille, Arques, near Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Dieppe. As a young man, he went to Paris to study a ...
in 1828. The type species is ''Nais quadricuspida'' Fabricius, 1780, currently accepted as ''Naineris quadricuspida'' (Fabricius, 1780).
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
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.
Species found in
Australia
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according to the
Australian Faunal directory
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are'':''
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Naineris australis'' Hartman, 1957
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Naineris grubei'' (Gravier, 1908)
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Naineris laevigata'' (Grube, 1855)
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Naineris victoriae'' Day, 1977
IRMNG
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) is a taxonomic database which attempts to cover published genus names for all domains of life (also including subgenera in zoology), from 1758 in zoology (1753 in botany) up to the pres ...
lists 23 species including that shown in the image and those above (with the exception of ''N. argentiniensis'').
Species
Accepted species as of October 2023 are:
[ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. ''Naineris'' Blainville, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129419 on 2023-10-27 ]
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Naineris antarctica'' Blake, 2017
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Naineris argentiniensis'' Blake, 2017
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Naineris aurantiaca'' (Müller, 1858)
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Naineris australis'' Hartman, 1957
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Naineris bicornis'' Hartman, 1951
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Naineris chilensis'' Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
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Naineris dendritica'' (Kinberg, 1867)
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Naineris furcillata'' Blake, 2017
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Naineris grubei'' (Gravier, 1908)
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Naineris jacutica'' Annenkova, 1931
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Naineris japonica'' Imajima, 2009
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Naineris kalkudaensis'' (De Silva, 1965)
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Naineris laevigata'' (Grube, 1855)
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Naineris mutilata'' Treadwell, 1931
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Naineris quadraticeps'' Day, 1965
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Naineris quadricuspida'' (Fabricius, 1780)
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Naineris retusiceps'' Chamberlin, 1919
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Naineris setosa'' (Verrill, 1900)
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Naineris uncinata'' Hartman, 1957
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Naineris victoriae'' Day, 1977
References
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Annelids