WoRMS name details
Dentinephtys Imajima & Takeda, 1987
324841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324841)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Nephtys glabra Hartman, 1950 (type by original designation)
- Species Dentinephtys glabra (Hartman, 1950) accepted as Nephtys glabra Hartman, 1950 (superseded recombination (original combination revalidated))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Imajima, Minoru; Takeda, Yasuyo. (1987). Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) from Japan. II. The genera Dentinephtys and Nephtys. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser. A (Zoology).</em> 13(2): 41-77., available online at https://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/research/publication/zoology/v13_2.html, https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/13-2/BNSM130202.pdf
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page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Not stated, but named for jaw structure as the Dentinephtys type species is reported to have a pair of pharyngeal trepans...
Etymology Not stated, but named for jaw structure as the Dentinephtys type species is reported to have a pair of pharyngeal trepans each with eight teeth arranged in one row [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Dentinephtys Imajima & Takeda, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324841 on 2026-09-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Imajima, Minoru; Takeda, Yasuyo. (1987). Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) from Japan. II. The genera Dentinephtys and Nephtys. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser. A (Zoology).</em> 13(2): 41-77., available online at https://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/research/publication/zoology/v13_2.html, https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/13-2/BNSM130202.pdf
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ravara, Ascensão; Wiklund, Helena; Cunha, Marina R. ; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2010: Phylogenetic relationships within Nephtyidae (Polychaeta, Annelida). Zoologica Scripta 39(4): 394-405.
, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00424.x
page(s): 63 [details]
page(s): 63 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but named for jaw structure as the Dentinephtys type species is reported to have a pair of pharyngeal trepans each with eight teeth arranged in one row [details]
