title: Nephtys
text: # 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
  