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  Genus Neanthes

Species N. succinea

Taxon Information

The Species N. succinea has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Nereis succinea, "Cosmopolitan east and west coasts brackish to fresh water" [North America] (Foster, 1972).
• Neanthes succinea, "cosmopolitan... Salton Sea in California, which sometimes receives much fresh water from the Colorado River. The same species is found along temperate shores of eastern and western North America, especially in brackish to nearly fresh water" (Hartman, 1959).

Bibliography

• Foster, N. 1972. Freshwater polychaetes (Annelida) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 4. 15 pp. [Available online]
• Hartman, O. 1959. Polychaeta. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 538-541.