Synonymy

• Nereis nanciae Day, 1949

Type locality: St Helena; Dockyard, Crown Point, Jamestown, St. Helena

Syntype: BMNH 1950.1.5.72-95

Primary references

• Day, J.H. 1949. On the Polychaeta collected by Mr. J. Colman at St. Helena. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 41(281): 434–451. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1940.tb02416.x Reference page.  [original description of Nereis nanciae p. 445, fig. 4]
• Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar. 22(2): 167-179. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Neanthes helenae p. BHL]
• Villalobos-Guerrero, T.F., Kara, J., Idris, I. 2021. Redescriptions of Neanthes Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Errantia: Nereididae) species from worldwide regions. European Journal of Taxonomy. 760(1): 101–135. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.760.1443 Reference page.  [redescription of Neanthes helenae p. 114–123, figs. 3–4]

Additional references

• Hartman, O. 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation No. 23: 1-628. Reference page. 
• Wilson, R.S. 1984. Neanthes (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Victoria with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New series. 96(4): 209–226. BHL Reference page.  [source of synonymy in species list p. 225]

Links

• Natural History Museum (2022). Natural History Museum (London) Collection Specimens. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.5519/0002965 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-06-27. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1056942787
• Telenius A, Shah M (2019). Invertebrates (Type Specimens) of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Version 2.2. GBIF-Sweden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uadgyw accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-06-27. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1099349673