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Nephtyidae Grube, 1850

956  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Phyllodocida incertae sedis (Suborder)
  8. Nephtyidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1866
  2. Genus Inermonephtys Fauchald, 1968
  3. Genus Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939
  4. Genus Nephtys Cuvier, 1817
  5. Genus Aglaopheme Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
  6. Genus Aonis Savigny, 1822 accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (subjective synonym)
  7. Genus Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010 accepted as Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939 (subjective synonym)
  8. Genus Dentinephtys Imajima & Takeda, 1987 accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (subjective synonym)
  9. Genus Diplobranchus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (objective synonym)
  10. Genus Nephthys [variant spelling of Nephtys] accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (subsequent misspelling for original Nephtys)
  11. Genus Portelia Quatrefages, 1850 accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 300 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nephtyidae Grube, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956 on 2024-11-21
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original description Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 300 [details] 

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

identification resource Ravara, Ascensão ; Cunha, Marina R. ; Pleijel, Fredrik 2010: Nephtyidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from southern Europe. Zootaxa 2682: 1-68. , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02682p068.pdf [details] 

identification resource Rainer, S. F. (1991). The genus Nephtys (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) of northern Europe: A review of species, including the description of N. pulchra sp. n. and a key to the Nephtyidae. <em>Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 45(1-2): 65-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02365637 [details] 

identification resource Dnestrovskaya, N.Yu. and Jirkov, I.A. (2011). Identification key for Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) of the Eastern Atlantic and the North Polar Basin. <i>NMBAQC 2008 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory</i>. 7pp., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys/id-key-for-nephtyidae-(polychaeta).aspx [details] 

identification resource Dixon-Bridges, Kylie; Gladstone, William; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). One new species of <em>Micronephthys</em> Friedrich, 1939 and one new species of <em>Nephtys</em> Cuvier, 1817 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: Nephtyidae) from eastern Australia with notes on <em>Aglaophamus</em> <em>australiensis</em> (Fauchald, 1965) and a key to all Australian species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3872(5): 513-540., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.5
page(s): [key to Australian species] [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Alalykina, Inna L.; Dnestrovskaya, Nataliya Yu; Jirkov, Igor A. (2017). Identification key to Nephtyidae (Annelida) of the Sea of Okhotsk. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 684: 1-18., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12180/list/9/
note: includes key, diagrams showing terminology, comments on validity of certain Nephtys species names [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Dnestrovskaya, Nataliya Yu. (2020). Identification key to Nephtyidae (Annelida) of the Black Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 908: 1-17., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/38203/list/9/ [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Kuş, Sevgi; Kurt, Güley; Çinar, Melih Ertan. (2021). Nephtyidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Sea of Marmara and Black Sea, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5060(2): 33-64., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5060.2.2
note: includes key to species of the region [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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