Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 
AphiaID: 129370

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Aciculata > Phyllodocida > Phyllodocida incertae sedis > Nephtyidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Nephtyidae Grube, 1850
Source		additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Nephtys assimilis Örsted, 1843 Species Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780) Species Nephtys cirrosa (Ehlers, 1868) Species Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 Species Nephtys longosetosa Örsted, 1842
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Image		Nephtys sp. (polychaeta) added on 2007-10-17 - author: karl van ginderdeuren qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129370
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-07-16 08:06:51Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2012-10-25 00:07:53Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Nephtys Cuvier, 1817. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129370 on 2013-05-22