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Macrobel taxon details
Nephtys cirrosa (Ehlers, 1868) AphiaID: 130357
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 |
| Source | |
additional source: Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Feedingtypes | |
carnivore [details]
predator [details]
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| Links | | BIOTIC
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: Medium-sized (up to 100 mm) free-living bristle worms with a flattened body. The small head bears an eversible proboscis with papillae, horny jaws and four short antennae. The species distinguishes itself from other Nephtys species by typical parapodial flaps and a branchial cirrus that, on the last parapodia, is as long as the gill. [details]
Distribution: In both periods Nephtys cirrosa was widely spread on the Belgian part of the North Sea, where the species was observed from the coastal zone to the open sea in rather large quantities and with a high frequency of occurrence. Maximum density of N. cirrosa in the 1976-1986 period was 100 ind./m2 whereas densities up to 1,000 ind./m2 were recorded in the 1994-2001 period. [details]
Habitat: Nephtys cirrosa is found in sediments with a median grain size of 250 to 550 µm and reaches a very high relative occurrence (> 80%). However, N. cirrosa can also be found in finer and coarser sediments. The species is observed in mud-poor sediments as well as in mud-rich sediments, but nevertheless displays a slight preference for low mud content levels (< 10%). [details]
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Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 1868
added on 2006-06-07 - author: Hans Hillewaert
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Zandzagers
added on 2009-05-05 - author: Vandepitte, Leen
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130357 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Nephtys cirrosa (Ehlers, 1868). 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=130357 on 2013-05-20 |
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