Nephtys

Nephtys is a genus of marine catworms. Some species are halotolerant to a degree in that they can survive in estuaries and estuarine lagoons down to a salinity of 20 psu (Practical Salinity Units).

Parapod of Nephtys longosetosa
This article is about the genus of catworms. For the Ancient Egyptian goddess, see Nephthys.

Nephtys
Nephtys hombergii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nephtyidae
Genus: Nephtys
Cuvier, 1817
Type species
Nephtys ciliata
Synonyms
List
  • Aonis Savigny, 1822
  • Dentinephtys Imajima & Takeda, 1987
  • Diplobranchus Quatrefages, 1866
  • Nephthys Cuvier, 1817
  • Nereis (Nephtys) Cuvier, 1817
  • Portelia Quatrefages, 1850

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Nephtys:[1]

  • Nephtys abranchiata Ehlers, 1913
  • Nephtys acrochaeta Hartman, 1950
  • Nephtys assignis Hartman, 1950
  • Nephtys assimilis Örsted, 1843
  • Nephtys bangladeshi Hossain & Hutchings, 2016
  • Nephtys bilobatus Kudenov, 1975
  • Nephtys brachycephala Moore, 1903
  • Nephtys brevibranchis Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
  • Nephtys bruuni Kirkegaard, 1995
  • Nephtys bucera Ehlers, 1868
  • Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Nephtys caecoides Hartman, 1938
  • Nephtys californiensis Hartman, 1938
  • Nephtys capensis Day, 1953
  • Nephtys chemulpoensis Jung & Hong, 1997
  • Nephtys ciliata (Müller, 1788) - typetaxon
  • Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 1868
  • Nephtys cryptomma Harper, 1986
  • Nephtys cuvieri Quatrefages, 1866
  • Nephtys discors Ehlers, 1868
  • Nephtys dussumieri Quatrefages, 1866
  • Nephtys ectopa Chamberlin, 1919
  • Nephtys ferruginea Hartman, 1940
  • Nephtys fluviatilis Monro, 1937
  • Nephtys furcifera Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
  • Nephtys glabra Hartman, 1950
  • Nephtys glossophylla Schmarda, 1861
  • Nephtys gravieri Augener, 1913
  • Nephtys hombergii (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
  • Nephtys hudsonica Chamberlin, 1920
  • Nephtys hystricis McIntosh, 1900
  • Nephtys imbricata Grube, 1857
  • Nephtys impressa Baird, 1871
  • Nephtys incisa Malmgren, 1865
  • Nephtys inornata Rainer & Hutchings, 1977
  • Nephtys kersivalensis McIntosh, 1908
  • Nephtys longipes Stimpson, 1856
  • Nephtys longosetosa (Örsted, 1842)
  • Nephtys magellanica Augener, 1912
  • Nephtys mesobranchia Rainer & Hutchings, 1977
  • Nephtys monilibranchiata Rozbaczylo & Castilla, 1974
  • Nephtys monroi Hartman, 1950
  • Nephtys multicirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
  • Nephtys neopolybranchia Imajima & Takeda, 1987
  • Nephtys oculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
  • Nephtys panamensis Monro, 1928
  • Nephtys paradoxa Malm, 1874
  • Nephtys pente Rainer, 1984
  • Nephtys phasuki Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1986
  • Nephtys phyllocirra Ehlers, 1887
  • Nephtys picta Ehlers, 1868
  • Nephtys polybranchia Southern, 1921
  • Nephtys punctata Hartman, 1938
  • Nephtys quatrefagesi (Kinberg, 1866)
  • Nephtys rickettsi Hartman, 1938
  • Nephtys sachalinensis Alalykina & Dnestrovskaya, 2015
  • Nephtys schmitti Hartman, 1938
  • Nephtys semiverrucosa Rainer & Hutchings, 1977
  • Nephtys serrata Imajima & Takeda, 1987
  • Nephtys simoni Perkins, 1980
  • Nephtys singularis Hartman, 1950
  • Nephtys sinopensis Kuş, Kurt & Çinar, 2021
  • Nephtys spiribranchis Ehlers, 1918
  • Nephtys squamosa Ehlers, 1887
  • Nephtys sukumoensis Kitamori, 1960
  • Nephtys triangula Dixon-Bridges, Gladstone & Hutchings, 2014
  • Nephtys tulearensis Fauvel, 1919
  • Nephtys yuryi Dnestrovskaya, 2017

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nephtys Cuvier, 1817". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-22.


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