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Nereid, or Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of all known moons in the Solar System . [ 4 ] It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered, by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.
'the dweller in the green sea') [1] was the "fond of laughter" Nereid, [2] sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [ 3 ] Notes
In Greek mythology, Pontoporeia, Pontoporea or Pontopereia (Ancient Greek: Ποντοπόρεια means 'the seafarer' [1]) was the Nereid of sea-crossing [2] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [3]
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Pectinereis is a genus of nereid worm that contains only the species Pectinereis strickrotti. The genus name is a combination of the Latin words pectinis (comb) and Nereis (the type genus of the family). [1] The species is named for Bruce Strickrott, lead pilot of the deep-submergence vehicle Alvin. [2]
In Greek mythology, Amatheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάθεια means 'rears, nurses' or 'she is sparkling water') [1] was the "fair-tressed" Nereid [2] and was described to have "azure locks luxuriant" or as some translations put it "long, heavy hair". [1]
Lycorias was mentioned by Virgil as one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene [5] "But from her chamber in the river depth the mother heard his cry. Around her the Nymphs carded Milesian fleeces stained with rich sea-dyes, Drymo and Xantho, Ligea and Phyllodoce, their bright tresses falling loose over their snowy necks; and Cydippe and golden-haired Lycorias, the one a maiden, the other even ...
Nesaea was one of the Nereids who gathered round Thetis in her sympathetic grief for Achilles' loss of Patroclus. [5]In some accounts, Nesaea, together with her sisters Thalia, Cymodoce and Spio, was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene [6] Later on, these four together with their other sisters Thetis, Melite and Panopea, were able to help the hero Aeneas and his crew during a storm.