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Nephtyidae

Nephtyidae

Opalwürmer(+2)·Grube, 1850

GBIF:154984757

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PROFILE

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Habitat

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 3 languages.

deuOpalwürmerdeuengcatwormsengjpnシロガネゴカイ科jpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 3 languages.

deuOpalwürmer
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engcatworms
eng
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
jpnシロガネゴカイ科
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

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IDENTIFIERS

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NCBI:txid36119

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References(9)

  • 1

    Alalykina, Inna L.; Dnestrovskaya, Nataliya Yu; Jirkov, Igor A. (2017). Identification key to Nephtyidae (Annelida) of the Sea of Okhotsk. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 684: 1-18.

    identification resourceDOI: 10.3897/zookeys.684.12180
  • 2

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

    identification resourceDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.5
  • 3

    Dnestrovskaya, N.Yu. and Jirkov, I.A. (2011). Identification key for Nephtyidae (Polychaeta) of the Eastern Atlantic and the North Polar Basin. <i>NMBAQC 2008 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory</i>. 7pp.

    identification resource
  • 4

    Dnestrovskaya, Nataliya Yu. (2020). Identification key to Nephtyidae (Annelida) of the Black Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 908: 1-17.

    identification resourceDOI: 10.3897/zookeys.908.38203
  • 5

    Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188.

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  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    154984757
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2316797
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026