Document of bibliographic reference 396408

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

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AS

Title

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 format matrices are provided for all 45 genera and 158 Nereididae species, representing all genera, scored for 146 multistate characters from the same character list to facilitate future phylogenetic studies.

Bibliographic citation

Wilson, R.S.; Glasby, C.J.; Bakken, T. (2023). The Nereididae (Annelida) – diagnoses, descriptions, and a key to the genera. ZooKeys 1182: 35-134. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1182.104258

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true

Access rights

open access

Is accessible for free

true