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Nephtys ciliata

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Nephtys ciliata is a species in the family Nephtyidae, order Phyllodocida.

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Quick facts about Nephtys ciliata

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Nephtys ciliata live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Nephtys ciliata as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Türkiye
  2. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Nephtys ciliata endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Nephtys ciliata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderPhyllodocida
  5. familyNephtyidae
  6. genusNephtys
  7. SpeciesNephtys ciliata (Müller, 1788)

Synonyms Diplobranchus ciliatus, Nephthys ciliata, Nephtys borealis, Nephtys ciliata, Nereis ciliata

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • シロガネゴカイJapanese
  • hårkrokgälingSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Nephtys ciliata

Other species in the same genus Nephtys.

Catworm

Nephtys hombergii

NephtyidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Nephtys ciliata an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Nephtys ciliata as introduced in 2 countries: Türkiye and Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Nephtys ciliata?

Nephtys ciliata (Nephtys ciliata) belongs to the family Nephtyidae in the order Phyllodocida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Nephtys ciliata (Nephtys ciliata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/nephtys-ciliata

MLA

“Nephtys ciliata (Nephtys ciliata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/nephtys-ciliata.

BibTeX
@misc{nephtys_ciliata_2026,
  title = {Nephtys ciliata (Nephtys ciliata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nephtys-ciliata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}