Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780) 
AphiaID: 130355

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Aciculata > Phyllodocida > Phyllodocida incertae sedis > Nephtyidae > Nephtys

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Nephtys Cuvier, 1817
Sources		original description: Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica: systematice sistens animalia Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quod nomen specificium. Hafniae et Lipsiae: Copenhagen, Denmark. XVI, 452, [2] f. pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details] basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: McIntosh, W.C. 1908. A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] redescription: Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632, available online at http://hydro.bio.msu.ru/Personal/Jirkov.htm [details] 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 [details] context source: Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   German Blindwurm  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Baie de la Seine [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Cobscook Bay [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Golfe Normanno-Breton [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Manicouagan [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Plymouth [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Roscoff [details] Saint Lawrence River [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes		carnivore [details] predator [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
Images		Nephtys caeca (small and large) added on 2011-04-19 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères () qualitystatus: not checked Nephtys caeca (conserved) added on 2011-04-19 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130355
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130355 on 2013-05-25
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