| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nereis abbreviata Holly, 1935 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Nereis acuminata unspecified |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis acutifolia Ehlers, 1901 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis aibuhitensis (Grube, 1878) |
Sand worm | Northwest Pacific | |
| Nereis alatopalpis Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis angelensis Fauchald, 1972 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis anoculopsis Fauchald, 1972 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis anomala (Gravier, 1902) |
Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis baolingi de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2000 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis callaona (Grube, 1857) |
Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic | ||
| Nereis casoae de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2001 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis caymanensis Fauchald, 1977 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis corallina Kinberg, 1866 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Nereis coutieri Gravier, 1899 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Nereis dayana Sun & Shen, 1978 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis denhamensis Augener, 1913 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Nereis deplanata Mohammad, 1971 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis dorsolobata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Nereis eakini Hartman, 1936 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis egregicirrata Treadwell, 1924 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis ehrenbergi Grube, 1868 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis elitoralis Eliason, 1962 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Nereis ethiopiae Day, 1965 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis eugeniae (Kinberg, 1866) |
Southeast Pacific | ||
| Nereis falcaria (Wiley, 1905) |
Indo-West Pacific and Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis fallax Quatrefages, 1865 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Nereis falsa Quatrefages, 1865 |
Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis filicaudata Fauvel, 1951 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis ghardaqae Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis gilchristi unspecified |
Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis goajirana Augener, 1933 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis grayi Pettibone, 1956 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis grubei (Kinberg, 1866) |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis guangdongensis Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis heterocirrata Treadwell, 1931 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis heteromorpha (Horst, 1924) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis homogompha Rullier, 1972 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Nereis inflata de León-González & Solís-Weiss, 2001 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis jacksoni Kinberg, 1866 |
Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic | ||
| Nereis kobiensis McIntosh, 1885 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis lamellosa Ehlers, 1868 |
Western Central Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis latescens Chamberlin, 1919 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis longilingulis Monro, 1937 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis longior Chlebovitsch & Wu, 1962 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis longisetis McIntosh, 1885 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
| Nereis maculata Kinberg, 1866 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Nereis mancorae Berkeley & Berkeley, 1961 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis mariae Holly, 1935 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Nereis mediator Chamberlin, 1919 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis micromma unspecified |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis mirabilis (Kinberg, 1866) |
Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis moroccensis Amoureux, 1976 |
Eastern Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis multignatha Imajima & Hartman, 1964 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis myersi Holly, 1935 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Nereis neogracilis Mohammad, 1970 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis neoneathes unspecified |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis nichollsi Kott, 1951 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis panamensis Fauchald, 1977 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis paucidentata (Moore, 1903) |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1761 |
Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea | 20.32 | |
| Nereis perivisceralis Claparède, 1868 |
Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911 |
Indo-West Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Nereis piscesae Blake & Hilbig, 1990 |
Northeast Pacific | ||
| Nereis procera Ehlers, 1868 |
Little pileworm sea-nymph | Eastern Pacific | |
| Nereis pseudonereis Hartman, 1940 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis pulsatoria (Savigny, 1822) |
Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis rava Ehlers, 1868 |
Eastern Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis reducta Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis rigida Grube, 1857 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis riisei Grube, 1857 |
Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis sandersi Blake, 1985 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis sarsoensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Nereis sinica Wu & Sun, 1979 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis splendida Grube, 1840 |
Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis surugaense Imajima, 1972 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis tentaculata Kinberg, 1866 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis trifasciata Grube, 1878 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Nereis uncia Holly, 1935 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Nereis usticensis Cantone, Catalono & Badalamenti, 2003 |
Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Nereis veleronis Hartman, 1940 |
Eastern Pacific | ||
| Nereis vexillosa Grube, 1851 |
Pile worm | Eastern Pacific | |
| Nereis victoriana Augener, 1918 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Nereis zhongshaensis Shen & Sun, 1978 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Nereis zonata Malmgren, 1867 |
Indo-Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Arctic |