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 catworm genus. For the Ancient Egyptian goddess, see Nephthys.

Nephtys
Nephtys hombergii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nephtyidae
Genus: Nephtys
Type species
Nephtys ciliata
Species
  • Nephtys caeca
  • Nephtys ciliata
  • Nephtys hombergii
  • Nephtys longosetosa

Species
  • Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Nephtys ciliata (Müller, 1788) - typetaxon
  • Nephtys hombergii (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
  • Nephtys longosetosa (Örsted, 1842)

References


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