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Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

130359  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130359)

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Species
Nephthys ehlersi Czerniavsky, 1882 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nephthys hombergi [auct. misspellings] · unaccepted (subsequent 'misspelling' of genus...)  
subsequent 'misspelling' of genus Nephtys and of hombergii
Nephthys langerhansi Czerniavsky, 1882 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nephthys macandrewi Baird, 1871 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nephthys scolopendroides (Delle Chiaje, 1828) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Nereis clava Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nereis splendida [auct. attributed to Blainville, 1825] · unaccepted (error for Blainville's intended...)  
error for Blainville's intended Nereis clava

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Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 314 [details]   
Holotype , geounit France  
Holotype, geounit France [details]
Description Large (up to 200 mm) robust free-living bristle worms with a flattened body. The small head features
an eversible...  
Description Large (up to 200 mm) robust free-living bristle worms with a flattened body. The small head features
an eversible proboscis with papillae, horny jaws and four short antennae. The dorsal parapodial flaps have a clearly visible papilla-like projection. It is pink to flesh-coloured; the gills are red. [details]

Distribution The species is common near the coast, in the Wadden Sea and almost the entire Delta area, with high densities in the...  
Distribution The species is common near the coast, in the Wadden Sea and almost the entire Delta area, with high densities in the Oosterschelde. N. hombergii is furthermore abundant in the southern part of the Dogger Bank. [details]

Distribution Although Nephtys hombergii can be found across the entire Belgian part of the North Sea, the species chiefly occurs in the...  
Distribution Although Nephtys hombergii can be found across the entire Belgian part of the North Sea, the species chiefly occurs in the near-coastal zone. In the 1976-1986 period the densities did not exceed 100 ind./m2 whereas densities of more than 300 ind./m2 were observed in the 1994-2001 period. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130359 on 2024-04-10
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original description Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 314 [details]   

original description  (of Nephthys ehlersi Czerniavsky, 1882) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1882). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes. [third part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 57(1): 146-198., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34267696 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nephthys ehlersi Czerniavsky, 1882) Heinen, Adolf. (1911). Die Nephthydeen und Lycorideen der Nord- und Ostsee, einschliesslich der verbindenden Meeresteile. <em>Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen (Abteilung Kiel), Neue Folge.</em> 13: 1-87, plate I, 5 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15510040 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nephthys langerhansi Czerniavsky, 1882) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1882). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes. [third part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 57(1): 146-198., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34267696 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nephthys macandrewi Baird, 1871) Baird, William. (1871). Description of some new species of Annelida and Gephyrea in the collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 11(50): 94–97., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32049406
page(s): 94; note: A Coruña, Spain [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nephthys maeotica Czerniavsky, 1882) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1882). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes. [third part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 57(1): 146-198., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34267696 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nephthys neapolitana Grube, 1840) Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 71 [details]   

original description  (of Nereis scolopendroides Delle Chiaje, 1827) Delle Chiaje, Stefano 1825 [-1827]. [POLYCHAETA context. Vol.2] Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli: Volume 2. 185-444. Stamperia delle Societa Tipografica, Napoli., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40280#7
page(s): 401, 424, plate 28, figure 8; note: Naples. Figure shows an unusual headstructure without antennae or cirri, but with possibly a projecting proboscis. Indeterminable to family but not Nereididae. [details]   

original description  (of Nereis clava Blainville, 1825) Blainville, Henri M. D. de. (1825). NERÉIDE <i>Nereis</i> (Chétopodes ), [alphabetical dictionary entry]. <em>[multi-volume book] Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'apres l'état actuel de nos connaisance, soit relativement a l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 34, pp. 408-455. Strasbourg and Paris, FG Levrault., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25303363
page(s): 439, also plates as Nephtys hombergii [details]   

original description  (of Nephthys hombergi vasculosa McIntosh, 1908) McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. <em>Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae.</em> 2: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA [details]  OpenAccess publication 

taxonomy source Kuş, Sevgi; Kurt, Güley; Çinar, Melih Ertan. (2021). Nephtyidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Sea of Marmara and Black Sea, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5060(2): 33-64., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5060.2.2
page(s): 195, figure 6; note: description from new records from the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]   

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS[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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]   

additional source Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 34-35 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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 [sections separate authorship not recognised here]. [details]   

redescription Ravara, Ascensão ; Cunha, Marina R. ; Pleijel, Fredrik 2010: Nephtyidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from southern Europe. Zootaxa 2682: 1-68. , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02682p068.pdf
page(s): 45 [details]   

redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype, geounit France [details]
From other sources
Biology The sexes are separate and individuals breed several times over a number of years. Generally, the females breed once each year, beginning in their second year. Breeding takes place between April and June and the larvae are planktonic.


N. hombergii is potentially a long-lived species, viz. up to 5 years, as determined from the annual rings in its jaws.


N. hombergii is a burrowing predator of juvenile molluscs, crustaceans and other polychaetes. lt also feeds on carrion, diatoms and detritus. Studies in the Wadden Sea have shown this species to be sensitive to low winter temperatures. After cold winters the reduced population showed an increase in production (Clark, 1962; Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Kirkegaard, 1978; Beukema, 1979; Fauchald & Jumars, 1979; Beukema & Essink, 1986; Sips, 1988; Fish & Fish, 1989; Mathivat-lailier & Cazaux, 1991; Olive & Morgan, 1991; Rainer, 1991). [details]


Description Large (up to 200 mm) robust free-living bristle worms with a flattened body. The small head features
an eversible proboscis with papillae, horny jaws and four short antennae. The dorsal parapodial flaps have a clearly visible papilla-like projection. It is pink to flesh-coloured; the gills are red. [details]

Distribution The species is common near the coast, in the Wadden Sea and almost the entire Delta area, with high densities in the Oosterschelde. N. hombergii is furthermore abundant in the southern part of the Dogger Bank. [details]

Distribution Although Nephtys hombergii can be found across the entire Belgian part of the North Sea, the species chiefly occurs in the near-coastal zone. In the 1976-1986 period the densities did not exceed 100 ind./m2 whereas densities of more than 300 ind./m2 were observed in the 1994-2001 period. [details]

Habitat It is not found in the clean sandy substrates in the Southern Bight, in contrast to N. cirrosa and N. longosetosa. Other studies, however, have reported it from sand, muddy sand, mud and gravel. The species seems to dominate at locations with regularly or permanente low oxygen concentrations (Fallesen & Jorgensen, 1991). [details]

Habitat Nephtys hombergii prefers fine sediments: in sediments with a median grain size less than 50 μm the
species reaches a relative occurrence of > 90%. The higher the median grain size, the lower the relative occurrence. Nephtys hombergii is no longer found in sediments with a median grain size exceeding 500 μm. Although N. hombergii can be found in sediments with both high and low mud content, the general trend is that the relative occurrence increases as the mud content increases. [details]

Morphology A robust nephtyid that is markedly rectangular in cross section. Differences with other the Nephtys species are the combination of lacking dorsal cirri, incised parapodial lobes and distinctly curved gills. The body is maximally 150 mm long with 200 segments. lt is pink to flesh-coloured, with a pearly sheen and red gills (Fish & Fish, 1989; Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Sips, 1988; Hayward & Ryland, 1990; Rainer, 1991). [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch zandzager  [details]
English catworm  [details]
French nephtyscarput  [details]
German Opalwurm  [details]