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Nereis

genus of polychaete worms
Taxon taxon Q135309
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Summary

Nereis is a taxon[1]. Nereis ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month, #1,571 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nereis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Nereis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Nereids is named after Nereis[5].
  • Nereis belongs to the parent taxon Nereididae[6].
  • Nereis's scientific name is Nereis[7].
  • Nereis's Commons category is recorded as Nereis[8].
  • Nereis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nereis[9].
  • Nereis's this zoological name is coordinate with is recorded as Nereis[10].
  • Nereis's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758[11].
  • Nereis's homonymous taxon is recorded as Nereis[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Nereis is Nereis[7]. Nereis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Nereis belongs to the parent taxon Nereididae[6].

Discovery and Description

Nereids is named after Nereis[5].

Identifiers

Nereis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 81791[13]. Nereis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6351[14]. Nereis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 50748[15]. Nereis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2308106[16]. Nereis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 65902[17].

Why It Matters

Nereis ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month, #1,571 of 195,241).[2] Nereis has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Nereis is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Parent taxon → Nereididae
    Taxon rank → genus
    This zoological name is coordinate with → Nereis
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Heteronereis"
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