WoRMS name details
Nephtys cornuta franciscana Clark & Jones, 1955
335544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335544)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Clark, Robert B.; Jones, Meredith L. (1955). Two new <i>Nephtys</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta) from San Francisco Bay. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 45(5): 143-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39746997
page(s): 146, fig. 2A-F [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 146, fig. 2A-F [details] Available for editors

Note Pacific Ocean, central California
Type locality Pacific Ocean, central California [details]
Nomenclature Parent has moved to Bipalponephtys, and as both Hilbig (1994) and Lovell (1997) synonymised the subspecies with the parent,...
Nomenclature Parent has moved to Bipalponephtys, and as both Hilbig (1994) and Lovell (1997) synonymised the subspecies with the parent, it too is re-assigned. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nephtys cornuta franciscana Clark & Jones, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335544 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, Robert B.; Jones, Meredith L. (1955). Two new <i>Nephtys</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta) from San Francisco Bay. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 45(5): 143-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39746997
page(s): 146, fig. 2A-F [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 146, fig. 2A-F [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Ellis, D. V. and Ronaldson, L. D. 1988. Nephtys cornuta (Polychaeta: Nephtyidae) and its subspecies, and use of the trinomials in pollution monitoring. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(8): 1898-1900. [details]
Other
additional source
Lovell, Lawrence L. 1997. A review of six species of Nephtys (Cuvier, 1817) (Nephtyidae: Polychaeta) described from the eastern Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(2): 350-363., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00015
page(s): 356 [details]
additional source Hilbig, B. (1994). Family Nephtyidae Grube, 1850. pages 329-362. IN: Blake, J.A. and Hilbig, Brigitte. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 4 - The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae). <em>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.</em>
page(s): 348 [details]
page(s): 356 [details]
additional source Hilbig, B. (1994). Family Nephtyidae Grube, 1850. pages 329-362. IN: Blake, J.A. and Hilbig, Brigitte. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 4 - The Annelida Part 1. Oligochaeta and Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Phyllodocidae to Paralacydoniidae). <em>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.</em>
page(s): 348 [details]




