| 1. | It is named after Laomedeia, one of the 50 Nereids.
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| 2. | It was named after Eukrate, a Nereid in Greek mythology.
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| 3. | More often, however, she is called a Nereid.
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| 4. | The minor planet 74 Galatea is named after this Nereid.
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| 5. | There are also dolphins serving as waterspouts and Nereids serving as caryatids.
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| 6. | Finally, Nereid also has the lowest inclination of any known irregular satellite.
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| 7. | Doris joined Nereus and daughters were known as Nereids.
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| 8. | Chariklo, suggesting that Nereid formed around Neptune rather than being a captured body.
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| 9. | Neso is named after one of the Nereids.
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| 10. | The name derives from Dynamene, one of the fifty Nereids in Greek mythology.
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