Deep-Sea taxon details
Nephtyidae Grube, 1850
956 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956)
accepted
Family
- Genus Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1866
- Genus Inermonephtys Fauchald, 1968
- Genus Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939
- Genus Nephtys Cuvier, 1817
- Genus Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010 accepted as Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Nephthys [variant spelling of Nephtys] accepted as Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (subsequent misspelling for original Nephtys)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 300 [details]
page(s): 300 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nephtyidae Grube, 1850. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956 on 2025-11-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nephtyidae Grube, 1850. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956 on 2025-11-15
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
db_admin
original description
Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 300 [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]
identification resource 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 [details]
identification resource Rainer, S. F. (1991). The genus Nephtys (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) of northern Europe: A review of species, including the description of N. pulchra sp. n. and a key to the Nephtyidae. <em>Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 45(1-2): 65-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02365637 [details]
identification resource Dnestrovskaya, N.Yu. and Jirkov, I.A. (2011). Identification key for Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) of the Eastern Atlantic and the North Polar Basin. <i>NMBAQC 2008 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory</i>. 7pp., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys/id-key-for-nephtyidae-(polychaeta).aspx [details]
identification resource Dixon-Bridges, Kylie; Gladstone, William; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). One new species of <em>Micronephthys</em> Friedrich, 1939 and one new species of <em>Nephtys</em> Cuvier, 1817 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: Nephtyidae) from eastern Australia with notes on <em>Aglaophamus</em> <em>australiensis</em> (Fauchald, 1965) and a key to all Australian species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3872(5): 513-540., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.5
page(s): [key to Australian species] [details] Available for editors
identification resource Alalykina, Inna L.; Dnestrovskaya, Nataliya Yu; Jirkov, Igor A. (2017). Identification key to Nephtyidae (Annelida) of the Sea of Okhotsk. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 684: 1-18., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12180/list/9/
note: includes key, diagrams showing terminology, comments on validity of certain Nephtys species names [details] Available for editors
identification resource Dnestrovskaya, Nataliya Yu. (2020). Identification key to Nephtyidae (Annelida) of the Black Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 908: 1-17., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/38203/list/9/ [details] Available for editors
identification resource 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
note: includes key to species of the region [details] Available for editors
page(s): 300 [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]
identification resource 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 [details]
identification resource Rainer, S. F. (1991). The genus Nephtys (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) of northern Europe: A review of species, including the description of N. pulchra sp. n. and a key to the Nephtyidae. <em>Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen.</em> 45(1-2): 65-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02365637 [details]
identification resource Dnestrovskaya, N.Yu. and Jirkov, I.A. (2011). Identification key for Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) of the Eastern Atlantic and the North Polar Basin. <i>NMBAQC 2008 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory</i>. 7pp., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys/id-key-for-nephtyidae-(polychaeta).aspx [details]
identification resource Dixon-Bridges, Kylie; Gladstone, William; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). One new species of <em>Micronephthys</em> Friedrich, 1939 and one new species of <em>Nephtys</em> Cuvier, 1817 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: Nephtyidae) from eastern Australia with notes on <em>Aglaophamus</em> <em>australiensis</em> (Fauchald, 1965) and a key to all Australian species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3872(5): 513-540., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.5
page(s): [key to Australian species] [details] Available for editors
identification resource Alalykina, Inna L.; Dnestrovskaya, Nataliya Yu; Jirkov, Igor A. (2017). Identification key to Nephtyidae (Annelida) of the Sea of Okhotsk. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 684: 1-18., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12180/list/9/
note: includes key, diagrams showing terminology, comments on validity of certain Nephtys species names [details] Available for editors
identification resource Dnestrovskaya, Nataliya Yu. (2020). Identification key to Nephtyidae (Annelida) of the Black Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 908: 1-17., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/38203/list/9/ [details] Available for editors
identification resource 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
note: includes key to species of the region [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
