The Nereididae (Annelida) - diagnoses, descriptions, and a key to the genera.

ABSTRACT: Nereididae is among the most familiar of marine annelid families, common and well-studied in most marine environments but paradoxically no recent key or identification guide exists to the world's genera. Here updated generic descriptions, a list of characters, a linear key to genera, and minimal diagnoses that distinguish each genus from all others in the family are provided. This information is generated from a Delta database of 186 morphological characters and a link is provided to downloadable software allowing the same data to be interrogated using the open-source Delta program Intkey - a nonlinear multiple entry point computerised interactive key. For each genus the recent literature is also summarised, comments on taxonomic status provided, and published keys to species cited. Nexus

SUBMITTER: Wilson RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10585372 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature