WoRMS taxon details
Nephtys brachycephala Moore, 1903
334135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334135)
accepted
Species
Nephthys brachycephala Moore, 1903 · unaccepted (superseded original combination,...)
superseded original combination, misspelled genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nephthys brachycephala Moore, 1903) Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 431-432; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 431-432; note: no figures [details]
Type locality contained in Sagami Bay
type locality contained in Sagami Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nephtys brachycephala Moore, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334135 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nephthys brachycephala Moore, 1903) Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 431-432; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 431-432; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
taxonomy source
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., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12180/list/9/
page(s): 5; note: treated as valid. Remarks on holotype [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 5; note: treated as valid. Remarks on holotype [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Deepsea)
Levenstein, R. Ya. (1961). Polychaeta from deep water in the Bering Sea. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologia, Akademia nauk SSSR.</em> 46: 147-178. [details]




