1. Genus Alitta Kinberg, 1865
2. Genus Ceratonereis Kinberg, 1865
3. Genus Cheilonereis Benham, 1916
4. Genus Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985
5. Genus Hediste Malmgren, 1867
6. Genus Leonnates Kinberg, 1865
7. Genus Neanthes Kinberg, 1865
8. Genus Nectoneanthes Imajima, 1972
9. Genus Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
10. Genus Nicon Kinberg, 1865
11. Genus Paraleonnates Chlebovitsch & Wu, 1962
12. Genus Perinereis Kinberg, 1865
13. Genus Platynereis Kinberg, 1865
14. Genus Pseudonereis Kinberg, 1865
15. Genus Simplisetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985
16. Genus Laevispinereis He & Wu, 1989 accepted as Leonnates Kinberg, 1865

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent only

Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. (1818). Mémoire sur la classe des Sétipodes, partie des Vers à sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1818: 78-85., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4146409
page(s): 82; note: (as Nereidae), also (Principle of Coordination) author of Nereidinae [details] 

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereidinae Blainville, 1818. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324346 on 2025-05-13

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Nereidinae Blainville, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324346 on 2025-05-13

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