WoRMS taxon details
Nephtyidae Grube, 1850
AphiaID: 956
AphiaID: 956
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Phyllodocida incertae sedis (Suborder) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Parent | Phyllodocida incertae sedis | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1865 Genus Aglaopheme Genus Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010 Genus Inermonephtys Fauchald, 1968 Genus Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939 Genus Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 Genus Portelia Genus Aonis Savigny, 1822 accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 Genus Dentinephtys Imajima, 1987 accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 Genus Nephthys [auctt.] accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Nephtyidae. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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