WoRMS taxon details
Nephtys caecoides Hartman, 1938
334136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334136)
accepted
Species
Nephthys caecoides [auct. genus misspelling] · unaccepted (subsequent genus misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, O. 1938. Review of the annelid worms of the family Nephtyidae from the northeast Pacific, with descriptions of five new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 85(3034): 143-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7721321
page(s): 148, figure 63; note: Tomales Bay, California as type locality [details]
page(s): 148, figure 63; note: Tomales Bay, California as type locality [details]
Note Holotype USNM 20319, Tomales Bay, California,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Holotype USNM 20319, Tomales Bay, California, N. America Pacific coast, approx 38.1486, -122.8979 [details]
Etymology Not stated. However, Nephtys caecoides appears to be named in reference to similarity to the European Nephtys caeca...
Etymology Not stated. However, Nephtys caecoides appears to be named in reference to similarity to the European Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780) which (as Hartman recorded in her synonymy) Johnson and also Treadwell had recorded previously as that species (spelling as coeca/caeca) from California. An '-oides' Latin suffix indicates similarity, so here a Californian species was named as similar to but distinct from a European one. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nephtys caecoides Hartman, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334136 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, O. 1938. Review of the annelid worms of the family Nephtyidae from the northeast Pacific, with descriptions of five new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 85(3034): 143-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7721321
page(s): 148, figure 63; note: Tomales Bay, California as type locality [details]
basis of record Hartman, O. (1950). Polychaetous annelids. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 15(1): 1-181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160103 [details]
page(s): 148, figure 63; note: Tomales Bay, California as type locality [details]
basis of record Hartman, O. (1950). Polychaetous annelids. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 15(1): 1-181., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4160103 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Hilbig, B. (1994). Family Nephtyidae Grube, 1850. pages 329-362. IN: Blake, J.A. and Hilbig, Brigitte. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 4 - The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae). <em>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.</em> [details]
redescription Lovell, Lawrence L. 1997. A review of six species of Nephtys (Cuvier, 1817) (Nephtyidae: Polychaeta) described from the eastern Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(2): 350-363., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00015
page(s): 352 [details]
redescription Lovell, Lawrence L. 1997. A review of six species of Nephtys (Cuvier, 1817) (Nephtyidae: Polychaeta) described from the eastern Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(2): 350-363., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00015
page(s): 352 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. However, Nephtys caecoides appears to be named in reference to similarity to the European Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780) which (as Hartman recorded in her synonymy) Johnson and also Treadwell had recorded previously as that species (spelling as coeca/caeca) from California. An '-oides' Latin suffix indicates similarity, so here a Californian species was named as similar to but distinct from a European one. [details]Type locality Holotype USNM 20319, Tomales Bay, California, N. America Pacific coast, approx 38.1486, -122.8979 [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nephtys caecoides)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (41 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 20319)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nephtys caecoides)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (41 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 20319)
To ITIS
