Ehlers, 1868

Description:
Body long and slender.
Prostomium pentagonal with two antennae and two similar palps.
First segment with dorsal tentacular cirri reduced to small humps, ventral ones a little longer than palps.
Parapodia: postchaetal lamellae of notopodia simple and rounded, longer than the acicular lobes, of neuropodia oval to hart-shaped, likewise longer than the acicular lobes.
Acicular lobes of anterior and posterior parapodia simple and rounded, middle parapodia with unequally bilobed acicular lobes. Neuropodial postchaetal lamellae without vascular structures.
Gills start at segment 4 to the posterior end.
Pharynx with 22 longitudinal rows of 9 to 10 papillae (N. cirrosa-proboscis).

Size:
Up to 100 mm long for 95 segments.

Colour:
Yellow-whitish, gills red.

Habitat:
Typically marine, down to 170 m deep.

Distribution:
Widely distributed in the area.

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Nephtys cirrosa (Ehlers, 1868)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 1868
Nephtys ehlersi Heinen, 1911

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

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

Nelson-Smith, A., Knight-Jones, P. & E.W. Knight-Jones, 1990. Annelida. In: Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (eds.). The Marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe, vol I: 201-306.

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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