Malmgren, 1865

Description:
Body fragile.
Prostomium pentagonal with two antennae and two similar palps.
First segment with dorsal and ventral tentacular cirri as long as the antennae.
Parapodia: postchaetal lamellae rounded; anteriorly larger, and in the posterior shorter than the acicular lobes. Acicular lobes conical. Prechaetal lamellae rounded, as long as the acicular lobes. Neuropodial postchaetal lamellae without vascular structures.
Gills start at segment 9 or 10 (rarely from 8 or 11) to the posterior end; absent from the posterior 25 segments.
Pharynx with 20 longitudinal rows of 1 to 5 papillae.

Size:
Up to 60 mm long for 70 to 75 segments.

Colour:
In alcohol cream-coloured, medioventral region iridescent.

Habitat:
All kinds of sediments, from the sublittoral down to 1700 m deep.

Distribution:
Widely distributed in the area.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Phyllodocida
Superfamily Nephtyoidea
Family Nephtyidae
Genus Nephtys
Species Nephtys incisa

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Nephtys incisa Malmgren, 1865

Scientific synonyms and common names

Nephtys incisa Malmgren, 1865, non Fauvel, 1923; non Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; non Kirkegaard, 1992

Hartmann-Schröder, G., 1996. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 58: 1-648.

Kirkegaard, J.B., 1992. Havbørsteorme I. Danmarks Fauna, 83: 1-416.

Rainer, S.F., 1990. The genus Nephtys (Polychaeta, Phyllodocida) in northern Europe: redescription of N. Hystricis and N. incisa . J. Nat. Hist., 24: 361-372.

Rainer, S.F., 1991. The genus Nephtys of northern Europe: a review of species, including the description of N. pulchra sp. n. and a key to the Nephtyidae. Helgoländer Meeresunters., 45: 65-69.

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