WoRMS name details
Nereis (Nephtys) Cuvier, 1817
326121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326121)
unaccepted (superseded incorrect recombination as subgenus, as Nephtys is not in Nereididae)
Subgenus
- Species Nereis (Nephtys) hirsuta Dalyell, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable, and a missclassification into Nereis)
- Species Nereis (Nephtys) lineata Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709
page(s): Additions & Corrections p.173 [details]
page(s): Additions & Corrections p.173 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis (Nephtys) Cuvier, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326121 on 2026-10-16
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(of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709
page(s): Additions & Corrections p.173 [details]
basis of record Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 145; note: Nephtys subgenus status in Nereis used by Dalyell, but a misclassification [details]
page(s): Additions & Corrections p.173 [details]
basis of record Dalyell, J. G. (1853). The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation: or, Observations on Life Amidst the Various Forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature: with Practical Comments and Illustrations. Volume II. xiii + 359 pp., 46 pls. John van Voorst. London., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18804951
page(s): 145; note: Nephtys subgenus status in Nereis used by Dalyell, but a misclassification [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Dalyell moved Nephtys to a subgenus status in Nereis, but this is a misclassification. They are not the same family. [details]
