Nephtys

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

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

Species

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

References

ERMS: The European Register of Marine Species [1]
MarLIN: The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland [2]

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