Nereis pelagica
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Nereis pelagica   Linnaeus, 1761


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polychaeta | Phyllodocida | Nereididae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111270); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111269); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 111266)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Predominantly intertidal, occasionally found subtidally. Adults may be found in a mucous tube, under boulders or on holdfasts of algae (Ref. 111185). Omnivorous, feeding on plant detritus, algae, and sometimes on harpacticoid copepods and amphipods (Ref. 108780).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults (Ref. 833). The worms die after their breeding period (Ref. 111269). Also Ref. 111267.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. 1996 Lista de species y bibliografía de Poliquetos (Polychaeta) del Gran Caribe. Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. nac. Autón, México, Ser. Zool. 67(1):11-50. (Ref. 7866)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.4 - 18.7, mean 7.1 (based on 1980 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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