| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 |
| 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]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Feedingtypes | |
omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
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| Links | | BIOTIC
To Barcode of Life (67 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: Large (up to 200 mm) robust free-living bristle worms with a flattened body. The small head features
an eversible proboscis with papillae, horny jaws and four short antennae. The dorsal parapodial flaps have a clearly visible papilla-like projection. It is pink to flesh-coloured; the gills are red. [details]
Distribution: Although Nephtys hombergii can be found across the entire Belgian part of the North Sea, the species chiefly occurs in the near-coastal zone. In the 1976-1986 period the densities did not exceed 100 ind./m2 whereas densities of more than 300 ind./m2 were observed in the 1994-2001 period. [details]
Habitat: Nephtys hombergii prefers fine sediments: in sediments with a median grain size less than 50 µm the
species reaches a relative occurrence of > 90%. The higher the median grain size, the lower the relative occurrence. Nephtys hombergii is no longer found in sediments with a median grain size exceeding 500 µm. Although N. hombergii can be found in sediments with both high and low mud content, the general trend is that the relative occurrence increases as the mud content increases. [details]
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| Images | | 
Nephtys hombergii Savigny, 1818
added on 2006-06-07 - author: Hans Hillewaert
qualitystatus: not checked |
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Nephtys hombergii
added on 2007-05-10 - author: Decleer, Misjel
qualitystatus: not checked |
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Zandzager
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130359 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 1818. 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=130359 on 2013-05-22 |
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