Dendronereis aestuarina

Glasby, Christopher J., Timm, Tarmo, Muir, Alexander I. & Gil, João, 2009, Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World, Zootaxa 2070, pp. 1-52 : 7

Dendronereis aestuarina Southern

Dendronereis aestuarina Southern, 1921

Ecology: FT

Distribution: OL

Habitat: ES

Comments: Although Southern’s (1921) record of this species from Chilka Lake suggests freshwater tolerance, Misra (1999) reported a narrower salinity range of 8–12‰ in the Munda River, India; the latter author also reported a second species in the genus, D. dayi Misra from estuaries in NE India, but this second species has yet to be found in freshwater.

Additional references: Wesenberg-Lund (1958)