Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Annelida - (Class) Polychaeta - (Order) Phyllodocida - (Family) Nereididae

Original position

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Nereididae (Family) Johnston, 1865
Nereidinae (Subfamily) Johnston, 1865

Original entries

Nereis caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
Nereis gigantea Linnaeus, 1758
Nereis lacustris Linnaeus, 1758
Nereis noctiluca Linnaeus, 1758
Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Nereidinae (Subfamily) Johnston, 1865

Ref: G. Hartmann-Schröder, 1996: 196.

Alternative positions

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1085.
Nereididae (Family) Johnston, 1865	Ref: G. Bellan, 2001: 220.
Pharyngata (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 236. [rough position]

Historical positions

Nereididae (Family) Johnston, 1865	Ref: G. Bellan, 2001: 220.
Pharyngata (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 4 (p. 236). [rough position]
Nereididae (Family) Johnston, 1865	Ref: G.B. Read, 1996
Nereidinae (Subfamily) Johnston, 1865	Ref: G. Hartmann-Schröder, 1996: 196.
Polychaeta ([unranked])	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Nereidae (Family) Johnston, 1865	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Annelida (Phylum) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Annelida (Phylum) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 216. [rough position]
Nereididae (Family) Johnston, 1865	Ref: M.H. Pettibone, 1982: 11.
Nereidae (Family) Johnston, 1865	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Vagantia (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 445. [rough position]
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1072, 1085.
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 644, 654. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	48s;3ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]