World Polychaeta Database - Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939

WoRMS taxon details

Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939

AphiaID

129368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129368)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Nephthys minuta Théel, 1879 accepted as Micronephthys minuta (Théel, 1879)

Parent

Nephtyidae Grube, 1850

Original name

Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939

Synonymised names

Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Species Micronephthys abranchiata (Ehlers, 1913)
Species Micronephthys ambrizettana (Augener, 1918)
Species Micronephthys cornuta (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1945)
Species Micronephthys danida (Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1986)
Species Micronephthys derupeli Dixon-Bridges, Gladstone & Hutchings, 2014
Species Micronephthys hartmannschroederae Jirkov & Dnestrovskaja in Jirkov, 2001
Species Micronephthys longicornis (Perejaslavtseva, 1891)
Species Micronephthys minusculus (Hartman, 1965)
Species Micronephthys minuta (Théel, 1879)
Species Micronephthys neotena (Noyes, 1980)
Species Micronephthys oculifera Mackie, 2000
Species Micronephthys oligobranchia (Southern, 1921)
Species Micronephthys palatii (Gravier, 1904)
Species Micronephthys platycephala Murray, Wong & Hutchings, 2015
Species Micronephthys sphaerocirrata (Wesenberg-Lund, 1949)
Species Micronephthys maryae San Martín, 1982 accepted as Micronephthys longicornis (Perejaslavtseva, 1891) (subjective synonym)
Species Micronephthys stammeri (Augener, 1932) accepted as Micronephthys longicornis (Perejaslavtseva, 1891) (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Friedrich, Hermann. (1939). Polychaeten-Studien IV. Zur Polychaetenfauna der Barents-See. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 3(1): 122-132.
page(s): 124-125 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Nomenclature In Friedrich (1939) Micronephthys minuta (Theel), formerly Nephthys minuta, is redescribed and the genus is indicated as...

Nomenclature In Friedrich (1939) Micronephthys minuta (Theel), formerly Nephthys minuta, is redescribed and the genus is indicated as new "with the characteristics indicated above" at the end of the species description on p.125. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129368 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2010-08-10 22:38:14Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2021-07-04 21:57:45Z

changed

Gil, João

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Friedrich, Hermann. (1939). Polychaeten-Studien IV. Zur Polychaetenfauna der Barents-See. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 3(1): 122-132.
page(s): 124-125 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010) Ravara, Ascensão; Wiklund, Helena; Cunha, Marina R. ; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2010: Phylogenetic relationships within Nephtyidae (Polychaeta, Annelida). Zoologica Scripta 39(4): 394-405.
page(s): 402 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Dnestrovskaya, N.Yu. ; Jirkov, I. A. 2010: Micronephthys (Polychaeta: Nephtyidae) of Northern Europe and Arctic. Invertebrate Zoology 7(2): 107-121. , available online at http://www.nature.air.ru/invertebrates/abstracts.htm#Volume 7, Number 2
note: list of then combinations in Micronephthys including valid taxa, synonyms, and new combinations [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Dixon-Bridges, Kylie; Gladstone, William; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). One new species of Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939 and one new species of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: Nephtyidae) from eastern Australia with notes on Aglaophamus australiensis (Fauchald, 1965) and a key to all Australian species. Zootaxa. 3872(5): 513-540., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.5
page(s): 527 [tabulation of all Micronephthys species] [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source 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 Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bipalponephtys) (from synonym Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micronephthys)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010)
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits) (from synonym Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010)
To ITIS