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Nephtyidae Grube, 1850 
AphiaID: 956

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Phyllodocida incertae sedis (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Phyllodocida incertae sedis
Sources  basis of record: 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]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English catworms  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1865
Genus Aglaopheme
Genus Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010
Genus Inermonephtys Fauchald, 1968
Genus Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939
Genus Nephtys Cuvier, 1817
Genus Portelia

Genus Aonis Savigny, 1822 accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817
Genus Dentinephtys Imajima, 1987 accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817
Genus Nephthys [auctt.] accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Nephtyidae. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956 on 2013-05-25
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