Nephtys

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).

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Nephtys:

• Nephtys abranchiata
• Nephtys acrochaeta
• Nephtys assignis
• Nephtys assimilis
• Nephtys bangladeshi
• Nephtys bilobatus
• Nephtys brachycephala
• Nephtys brevibranchis
• Nephtys bruuni
• Nephtys bucera
• Nephtys caeca <small>(Fabricius, 1780)</small>
• Nephtys caecoides
• Nephtys californiensis
• Nephtys capensis
• Nephtys chemulpoensis
• Nephtys ciliata <small>(Müller, 1788)</small> - typetaxon
• Nephtys cirrosa
• Nephtys cryptomma
• Nephtys cuvieri
• Nephtys discors
• Nephtys dussumieri
• Nephtys ectopa
• Nephtys ferruginea
• Nephtys fluviatilis
• Nephtys furcifera
• Nephtys glabra
• Nephtys glossophylla
• Nephtys gravieri
• Nephtys hombergii <small>(Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)</small>
• Nephtys hudsonica
• Nephtys hystricis
• Nephtys imbricata
• Nephtys impressa
• Nephtys incisa
• Nephtys inornata
• Nephtys kersivalensis
• Nephtys longipes
• Nephtys longosetosa <small>(Örsted, 1842)</small>
• Nephtys magellanica
• Nephtys mesobranchia
• Nephtys monilibranchiata
• Nephtys monroi
• Nephtys multicirrata
• Nephtys neopolybranchia
• Nephtys oculata
• Nephtys panamensis
• Nephtys paradoxa
• Nephtys pente
• Nephtys phasuki
• Nephtys phyllocirra
• Nephtys picta
• Nephtys polybranchia
• Nephtys punctata
• Nephtys quatrefagesi
• Nephtys rickettsi
• Nephtys sachalinensis
• Nephtys schmitti
• Nephtys semiverrucosa
• Nephtys serrata
• Nephtys simoni
• Nephtys singularis
• Nephtys sinopensis
• Nephtys spiribranchis
• Nephtys squamosa
• Nephtys sukumoensis
• Nephtys triangula
• Nephtys tulearensis
• Nephtys yuryi

References

• ERMS: The European Register of Marine Species http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129370
• http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/adult_distrib_Nephtyshombergii.htm