Nephtys

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Nephtys
Nephtys hombergii.jpg
Nephtys hombergii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Nephtyidae
Genus: Nephtys
Species

Includes...

Nephtys is a genus of marine catworms. Some species are halotolerant to a degree in that they can survive in estuaries and estuarine lagoons down to a salinity of 20 psu (Practical Salinity Units).

Parapod of

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Species[]

  • (Fabricius, 1780)
  • (Müller, 1788) - typetaxon
  • (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
  • (Örsted, 1842)

References[]

  • ERMS: The European Register of Marine Species [1]
  • MarLIN: The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland [2]


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