WoRMS taxon details
Inermonephtys inermis (Ehlers, 1887)
130346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130346)
accepted
Species
Nephthys (Aglaophamus) inermis Ehlers, 1887 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nephtys (Aglaophamus) inermis Ehlers, 1887 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nephtys inermis Ehlers, 1887 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nephthys (Aglaophamus) inermis Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 125-128, plate 38 figs. 1-6 [details]
page(s): 125-128, plate 38 figs. 1-6 [details]
Type locality contained in South Florida
type locality contained in South Florida [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Inermonephtys inermis (Ehlers, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130346 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nephthys (Aglaophamus) inermis Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 125-128, plate 38 figs. 1-6 [details]
new combination reference Fauchald, K. (1968). Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) from the Bay of Nha Trang, South Viet Nam. <em>Naga Report.</em> 4(3): 1-33., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3443
page(s): 16-17, figs. 31-35; note: as Inermonephtys inermis [details]
page(s): 125-128, plate 38 figs. 1-6 [details]
new combination reference Fauchald, K. (1968). Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) from the Bay of Nha Trang, South Viet Nam. <em>Naga Report.</em> 4(3): 1-33., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3443
page(s): 16-17, figs. 31-35; note: as Inermonephtys inermis [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Franco, Natália Bizzo; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2016). Nephtyidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Campos Basin, including two new species and a new record. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4114(3): 291., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4114.3.5
page(s): 300; note: new record and description of Brazilian coast specimens [details] Available for editors
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redescription Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details]
page(s): 300; note: new record and description of Brazilian coast specimens [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details]
Other
additional source
Ravara, Ascensão; Carvalho, Susana. (2017). Nephtyidae (Polychaeta, Phyllodocida) from the Red Sea, with record of a new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 97(5): 843-856., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000649
page(s): 847-848, fig. 2A-G; note: possible records from Red Sea, as Inermonephtys aff. inermis, or suggested alternatively is an undescribed species. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 847-848, fig. 2A-G; note: possible records from Red Sea, as Inermonephtys aff. inermis, or suggested alternatively is an undescribed species. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nephtys inermis Ehlers, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (12 records) (from synonym Nephtys (Aglaophamus) inermis Ehlers, 1887)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nephtys inermis Ehlers, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (12 records) (from synonym Nephtys (Aglaophamus) inermis Ehlers, 1887)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
