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Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 AphiaID: 129370
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Parent | | Nephtyidae Grube, 1850 |
Synonymised
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Nephthys [auctt.] (variant spelling)
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original description: Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709
page(s): Additions & Corrections p.173 [details]
basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in RoR) [details]
basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details]
additional source: 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, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]
from synonym: Savigny, Jules Cesar 1822. Système des annelides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. Description.de l'Egypte.Histoire.Naturelle, Paris 1(3): 1-128.
page(s): 34 [details] [view taxon]
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[show all] | | Species Nephtys assimilis Örsted, 1843
Species Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nephtys ciliata (Müller, 1788)
Species Nephtys cirrosa (Ehlers, 1868)
Species Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Nephtys hystricis McIntosh, 1900
Species Nephtys incisa Malmgren, 1865
Species Nephtys kersivalensis McIntosh, 1908
Species Nephtys longosetosa Örsted, 1842
Species Nephtys paradoxa Malm, 1874
Species Nephtys pente Rainer, 1984
Species Nephtys pulchra Rainer, 1991 accepted as Aglaophamus pulcher (Rainer, 1991)
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | Banc d'Arguin [details]
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omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
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| Links | | To GenBank
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Etymology: If Cuvier and Lamarck derived 'Nephtys' from the mythological 'Nephthys', the spelling used by some taxonomists, influentially including Savigny in "Description de l'Égypte ..." (finally published 1822, but as MS plundered for names by Savigny's colleagues), then they used a variant spelling of the name adopted in Greek for an Egyptian goddess, transliterated from heiroglyphs as Nebet-het, sister of Isis and Osiris, and companion of Set (see e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephthys ). [details]
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Spelling: Cuvier first edition "Le Règne Animal ..." (1817 vol.4, p.173) introduces Nephtys, and Lamarck (1818:314) follows that spelling, whether or not it is the same as in Savigny's MS, whereas subsequent 1830 and 1836 editions of Cuvier use the spelling Nephthys as in the Greek form of the name. As finally published Savigny's "Description de l'Égypte ..." (1822) has the Nephthys form. The spelling Nephtys as first published must be followed, and for example Quatrefages (1866:420) adheres to that spelling. But others did not. Prevailing usage today follows the original spelling. [details]
Type species: Type species generally said to be Nephtys hombergii Savigny MS in Lamarck (1818). Savigny (1822) as finally published refers to "Nephthys Hombergii. Cuv. Collect. et Règn; anim. tom. IV, pag. 173". However, N. hombergii is not mentioned at all by Cuvier (1817). Cuvier (1817) introduced in "especes de Nephtys" the following six species listed as their original names in Nereis. (Nereis ciliata [Muller, 1776 = Nephtys], Nereis stellifera [Muller, 1788 = Sigalion], Nereis alba [Muller 1776 = Glycera], Nereis maculata [Linnaeus, 1767 = Phyllodoce], Nereis crassa [Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 = Nereis], and 'peut-etre aussi' Nereis punctata [Müller, 1788 = Nereimyra]). Thus N. hombergii was not originally included and cannot be the type species (ICZN Art.67.2) unless it is a synonym of one of the originally included species. Only Nephtys ciliata seems eligible for type species status.
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| | | Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Nephtys Cuvier, 1817. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2013) European Register of Marine Species at http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129370 on 2013-05-22 |
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