Nephtys
# Nephtys

Nephtys is a genus of marine catworms. Some species are halotolerant to a degree in that they can survive in estuaries and estuarine lagoons down to a salinity of 20 psu (Practical Salinity Units).

## Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Nephtys:

* Nephtys abranchiata Ehlers, 1913
* Nephtys acrochaeta Hartman, 1950
* Nephtys assignis Hartman, 1950
* Nephtys assimilis Örsted, 1843
* Nephtys bangladeshi Hossain & Hutchings, 2016
* Nephtys bilobatus Kudenov, 1975
* Nephtys brachycephala Moore, 1903
* Nephtys brevibranchis Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
* Nephtys bruuni Kirkegaard, 1995
* Nephtys bucera Ehlers, 1868
* Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)
* Nephtys caecoides Hartman, 1938
* Nephtys californiensis Hartman, 1938
* Nephtys capensis Day, 1953
* Nephtys chemulpoensis Jung & Hong, 1997
* Nephtys ciliata (Müller, 1788) - typetaxon
* Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 1868
* Nephtys cryptomma Harper, 1986
* Nephtys cuvieri Quatrefages, 1866
* Nephtys discors Ehlers, 1868
* Nephtys dussumieri Quatrefages, 1866
* Nephtys ectopa Chamberlin, 1919
* Nephtys ferruginea Hartman, 1940
* Nephtys fluviatilis Monro, 1937
* Nephtys furcifera Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
* Nephtys glabra Hartman, 1950
* Nephtys glossophylla Schmarda, 1861
* Nephtys gravieri Augener, 1913
* Nephtys hombergii (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
* Nephtys hudsonica Chamberlin, 1920
* Nephtys hystricis McIntosh, 1900
* Nephtys imbricata Grube, 1857
* Nephtys impressa Baird, 1871
* Nephtys incisa Malmgren, 1865
* Nephtys inornata Rainer & Hutchings, 1977
* Nephtys kersivalensis McIntosh, 1908
* Nephtys longipes Stimpson, 1856
* Nephtys longosetosa (Örsted, 1842)
* Nephtys magellanica Augener, 1912
* Nephtys mesobranchia Rainer & Hutchings, 1977
* Nephtys monilibranchiata Rozbaczylo & Castilla, 1974
* Nephtys monroi Hartman, 1950
* Nephtys multicirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
* Nephtys neopolybranchia Imajima & Takeda, 1987
* Nephtys oculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
* Nephtys panamensis Monro, 1928
* Nephtys paradoxa Malm, 1874
* Nephtys pente Rainer, 1984
* Nephtys phasuki Nateewathana & Hylleberg, 1986
* Nephtys phyllocirra Ehlers, 1887
* Nephtys picta Ehlers, 1868
* Nephtys polybranchia Southern, 1921
* Nephtys punctata Hartman, 1938
* Nephtys quatrefagesi (Kinberg, 1866)
* Nephtys rickettsi Hartman, 1938
* Nephtys sachalinensis Alalykina & Dnestrovskaya, 2015
* Nephtys schmitti Hartman, 1938
* Nephtys semiverrucosa Rainer & Hutchings, 1977
* Nephtys serrata Imajima & Takeda, 1987
* Nephtys simoni Perkins, 1980
* Nephtys singularis Hartman, 1950
* Nephtys sinopensis Kuş, Kurt & Çinar, 2021
* Nephtys spiribranchis Ehlers, 1918
* Nephtys squamosa Ehlers, 1887
* Nephtys sukumoensis Kitamori, 1960
* Nephtys triangula Dixon-Bridges, Gladstone & Hutchings, 2014
* Nephtys tulearensis Fauvel, 1919
* Nephtys yuryi Dnestrovskaya, 2017
