Genus Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939

Museums

Regional Maps

• Micronephthys Friedrich, H. 1939. Polychaeten-Studien. IV. Zur Polychaetenfauna der Barents-See. Kieler Meeresforschung 3 1: 122-132 [123].

  Type species:

   Nephthys minuta Théel, 1879 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, NE coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NW oceanic

Palaearctic Region

• Iran
• Spain
  • Balearic Islands

General References

Dixon-Bridges, K., Gladstone, W. & Hutchings, P. 2014. One new species of Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939 and one new species of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: Nephtyidae) from eastern Australia with notes on Aglaophamus australiensis (Fauchald, 1965) and a key to all Australian species. Zootaxa 3872(5): 513-540 [516]

Hartman, O. 1950. Goniadidae, Glyceridae and Nephtyidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 15: 1-181 [130]

Paxton, H. 1974. Contribution to the study of Australian Nephtyidae (Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 29(7): 197-208 [204]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	NEPHTYIDAE	17-Oct-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
17-Oct-2023		27-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)