Savigny, 1818

Description:
Body long and slender.
Prostomium pentagonal with two antennae and two similar palps.
First segment with reduced leaf- or hump-shaped dorsal tentacular cirri; ventral ones a little longer than the palps.
Parapodia: postchaetal lamellae of notopodia simple, rounded, a little longer than the acicular lobe; those of the neuropodia oval, broadly rounded and much longer than the acicular lobe, without vascular structures. Acicular lobes simple, rounded. Parapodia dorsally and ventrally with a small medial bulb or papilla near the tip of the acicula. Prechaetal lamellae in notopodium longer than acicular lobe, bilobed (N. hombergii-parapodium).
Gills start at segment 4, 5 or 6 to the posterior end.
Pharynx with 22 longitudinal rows of 3 to 6 papillae and one additional large mediodorsal papilla.

Size:
Up to 200 mm long for 135 segments.

Colour:
Body pink, shining like mother-of-pearl, gills red, prostomium often with one dark pigmented spot.

Habitat:
Mixed substrata, occurs from the middle eulittoral to 400 m deep. Also in muddy substrata and oyster banks.

Distribution:
Widely distributed in the area.

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

Scientific synonyms and common names

Nephtys hombergii Savigny, 1818

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

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

Kirkegaard, J.B., 1996. Havbørsteorme II. Danmarks Fauna, 86: 1-451.

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.

Stresemann, E., 1970. Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland. Wirbellose I. Volk und Wissen volkseigener Verlag, Berlin.

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