Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758

Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL , new record

Material examined. Djod ( 25° 26' 33.00" N, 59° 31' 00.00" E), ZUTC 7061 , intertidal zone, rocky-stony, collected by Bonyadi-Naeini A., 2 December 2008 GoogleMaps . Jask ( 25° 38' 12.80" N, 57° 46' 25.15" E), ZUTC 7063 , intertidal zone, rocky-stony, collected by Bonyadi-Naeini A., 24 April 2007 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. The material studied is identified as Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 , based on a comparison with the description of Bakken & Wilson (2005); the species was originally described from Western Europe and has subsequently been reported worldwide ( Read & Fauchald 2024). Our material is similar to Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911 , Nereis cf. persica sensu Bonyadi-Naeini et al. and Nereis ( Nereis) neogracilis Mohammad, 1970 . It differs from Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911 in three features: more paragnaths in Area I (2–3 vs 0–1), fewer paragnaths in Area VI (4–5 vs 6–10), and shape of posterior notopodial homogomph falcigers (short, smooth blade vs with one to two blunt teeth). Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 differs from Nereis cf. persica sensu Bonyadi-Naeini et al. in three features: more paragnaths in Area I (2–3 vs 0), fewer paragnaths in Area VI (4–5 vs 11), and the shape of posterior notopodial homogomph falcigers (short, smooth blade vs with one to two blunt teeth). Also, Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 , differs from Nereis ( Nereis) neogracilis Mohammad, 1970 in three features: fewer paragnaths in Area I (2–3 vs 5), Area V (0 vs 14) and Area VI (4–5 vs 11–12).