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

Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Bipalponephtys Ravara, Wiklund, Cunha & Pleijel, 2010 generic synonym

Children

Micronephthys longicornis (Perejaslavtseva, 1891)
Micronephthys minuta (Théel, 1879)
Micronephthys neotena (Noyes, 1980)
Micronephthys sphaerocirrata (Wesenberg-Lund, 1949)

Literature

original description

Friedrich, Hermann. (1939). Polychaeten-Studien IV. Zur Polychaetenfauna der Barents-See. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 3(1): 122-132.

additional source

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: 214-231.

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.

taxonomy source

Dnestrovskaya, N.Yu. ; Jirkov, I. A. 2010: Micronephthys (Polychaeta: Nephtyidae) of Northern Europe and Arctic. Invertebrate Zoology 7(2): 107-121.

identification resource

Dixon-Bridges, Kylie; Gladstone, William; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). One new species of Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939 and one new species of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: Nephtyidae) from eastern Australia with notes on Aglaophamus australiensis (Fauchald, 1965) and a key to all Australian species. Zootaxa. 3872(5): 513-540.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129368

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2021-07-04 by João Gil

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