Nephtys Cuvier, 1817

Murray, Anna, Wong, Eunice & Hutchings, Pat, 2015, Nephtyidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Zootaxa 4019 (1), pp. 414-436 : 431

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.16

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3513597

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scientific name

Nephtys Cuvier, 1817
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Genus Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 View in CoL (sensu Hartman, 1959)

Nephtys Cuvier, 1817: 173 View in CoL .

Nephtys View in CoL .— Hartman 1950: 89; 1959: 282; Ravara et al. 2010b: 30 View Cited Treatment ; Dixon-Bridges et al. 2014: 521 View Cited Treatment . Dentinephtys Imajima & Takeda, 1987: 43 .— Ravara et al. 2010a: 402 View Cited Treatment .

Type-species. Nephtys hombergii Savigny View in CoL in Lamarck, 1818, subsequent designation by Hartman (1959).

Diagnosis. The genus Nephtys currently includes species with conical, rounded or bilobed acicular lobes and well developed parapodial lobes. Pair of antennae and palps present. Pharynx usually with rows of less than 10 subterminal papillae (usually up to 5–7); elongate middorsal papilla present or absent; proximal region smooth or covered with small verrucae. Branchiae recurved. Lyrate chaetae absent. Aciculae of median and posterior parapodia with curved tips. Jaws conical, hook-like. Nuchal organs round.

Remarks. Dixon-Bridges et al. (2014) modified the generic diagnosis to include the presence of lyrate chaetae, but this is now ascertained to be an error (Hutchings, pers. obs.). The conical shape of the acicular lobes appears to be the only morphological character that now distinguishes Nephtys from Aglaophamus , which has acutely pointed acicular lobes, and as this character would seem to be subject to interpretation, and may even depend on the state or type of preservation, it is obvious that a revision of the characters used to define nephtyid genera is required. However, this is beyond the scope of the present study.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Phyllodocida

Family

Nephtyidae

Loc

Nephtys Cuvier, 1817

Murray, Anna, Wong, Eunice & Hutchings, Pat 2015
2015
Loc

Nephtys

Dixon-Bridges 2014: 521
Ravara 2010: 30
Ravara 2010: 402
Imajima 1987: 43
Hartman 1950: 89
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