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Every saltwater aquarist is familiar with bristle worms that come out of the live rock during feedings to secure a piece or two of frozen food or granulated food.
As long as the bristle worms do not grow to the length of an arm or longer and prey on the fish stock at night, the worms should remain in the tank as they consume detritus and carrion and thus ensure good water quality.
The following species of the genus Perinereis are known:
Perinereis akuna Wilson & Glasby, 1993,
Perinereis caeruleis (Hoagland, 1920),
Perinereis gualpensis Jeldes, 1963,
Perinereis latipalpa (Schmarda, 1861) - früher Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Perinereis maindroni Fauvel, 1943,
Perinereis majungaensis Fauvel, 1921,
Perinereis matthaii Aziz, 1938,
Perinereis nuntia Fauvel, 1919,
Perinereis ponuiensis (Augener, 1924),
Perinereis rhombodonta Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981,
Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857),
and newly described in 2024: Perinereis mictodonta (Marenzeller, 1879)
Anyone who has fished for flatfish in the North and Baltic Seas will be familiar with the common lugworms, also known as pierworms or prielworms, which are often used as fishing bait in their respective habitats and are also fed in mariculture.
Synonym: Nereis mictodonta Marenzeller, 1879
As long as the bristle worms do not grow to the length of an arm or longer and prey on the fish stock at night, the worms should remain in the tank as they consume detritus and carrion and thus ensure good water quality.
The following species of the genus Perinereis are known:
Perinereis akuna Wilson & Glasby, 1993,
Perinereis caeruleis (Hoagland, 1920),
Perinereis gualpensis Jeldes, 1963,
Perinereis latipalpa (Schmarda, 1861) - früher Perinereis namibia Wilson & Glasby, 1993
Perinereis maindroni Fauvel, 1943,
Perinereis majungaensis Fauvel, 1921,
Perinereis matthaii Aziz, 1938,
Perinereis nuntia Fauvel, 1919,
Perinereis ponuiensis (Augener, 1924),
Perinereis rhombodonta Wu, Sun & Yang, 1981,
Perinereis vallata (Grube, 1857),
and newly described in 2024: Perinereis mictodonta (Marenzeller, 1879)
Anyone who has fished for flatfish in the North and Baltic Seas will be familiar with the common lugworms, also known as pierworms or prielworms, which are often used as fishing bait in their respective habitats and are also fed in mariculture.
Synonym: Nereis mictodonta Marenzeller, 1879
