Nereites
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Nereites is an ichnogenus of trace fossil. Modern tracemakers of incipient Nereites include worm-like organisms,[1] horseshoe crabs[2] and hermit crabs.[3] Traditionally, two models have been proposed for Nereites:
- in the ‘worm model’, Nereites is a feeding burrow produced by wormlike organisms, probing and backfilling laterally[1]
- in the ‘arthropod model’, the characteristic lobes are pressure-release structures made by arthropod legs. According to this interpretation, Nereites is a locomotion trail[2]