Misplaced Pages

Nephtys

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Dentinephtys) Genus of annelids 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

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

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Nephtys:

References

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


Stub icon

This annelid-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: