Nephtys

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 Nephtys longosetosa
This article is about the catworm genus. For the Ancient Egyptian goddess, see Nephthys.

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

Includes...

  • Nephtys hombergii

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Species
  • Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Nephtys ciliata (Müller, 1788) - typetaxon
  • Nephtys hombergii (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
  • Nephtys longosetosa (Örsted, 1842)

References


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