Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Phyllodocida incertae sedis

Nephtyidae Grube, 1850

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1865
Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010
Inermonephtys Fauchald, 1968
Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939
Nephtys Cuvier, 1817

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: catworms sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: catworms

Literature

original description	Grube, A.E. 1850. Die Familien der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 16(1): 249-364.
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
identification resource	Rainer, Sebastian F. 1991: The genus Nephtys (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) of northern Europe: A review of species, including the description of N. pulchra new species and a key to the Nephtyidae. Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen 45(1-2): 65-96.
identification resource	Ravara, Ascensão ; Cunha, Marina R. ; Pleijel, Fredrik 2010: Nephtyidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from southern Europe. Zootaxa 2682: 1-68.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Nephtyidae Grube, 1850. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956