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Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866

1371532 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1371532)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Eunicida (Order)
  7. Eunicidae (Family)
  8. Marphysa (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Eunicidae Berthold, 1827
Amphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (misspelling (of Aphelothrix))
Amphiro Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Amphiron Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling (of Amphiro))
Aphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Lysibranchia Cantone, 1983 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Macduffia McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Morphysa Grube, 1869 · unaccepted
Nauphante Carus, 1884 · unaccepted
Nausicaa Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Marphysa adenensis Gravier, 1900
  2. Species Marphysa aenea (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
  3. Species Marphysa amadae Fauchald, 1977
  4. Species Marphysa angelensis Fauchald, 1970
  5. Species Marphysa angeli Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 1998
  6. Species Marphysa antipathum Pourtalès, 1869
  7. Species Marphysa aransensis Treadwell, 1939
  8. Species Marphysa atlantica (Kinberg, 1865)
  9. Species Marphysa belli Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833
  10. Species Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833)
  11. Species Marphysa bernardi Rullier, 1972
  12. Species Marphysa bifurcata Kott, 1951
  13. Species Marphysa bonhardi (McIntosh, 1885)
  14. Species Marphysa borradailei Pillai, 1958
  15. Species Marphysa brasiliensis (Hansen, 1882)
  16. Species Marphysa brevitentaculata Treadwell, 1921
  17. Species Marphysa californica Moore, 1909
  18. Species Marphysa capensis (Schmarda, 1861)
  19. Species Marphysa chevalensis Willey, 1905
  20. Species Marphysa conferta Moore, 1911
  21. Species Marphysa corallina (Kinberg, 1865)
  22. Species Marphysa dartevellei Monro, 1936
  23. Species Marphysa depressa (Schmarda, 1861)
  24. Species Marphysa digitibranchia Hoagland, 1920
  25. Species Marphysa disjuncta Hartman, 1961
  26. Species Marphysa elityeni Lewis & Karageorgopoulos, 2008
  27. Species Marphysa escobarae Salazar-Vallejo & Carrera-Parra, 1997
  28. Species Marphysa fallax Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
  29. Species Marphysa fauchaldi Glasby & Hutchings, 2010
  30. Species Marphysa formosa Steiner & Amaral, 2000
  31. Species Marphysa furcellata Crossland, 1903
  32. Species Marphysa galluccii Orensanz, 1990
  33. Species Marphysa gayi Quatrefages, 1866
  34. Species Marphysa gemmata Mohammad, 1973
  35. Species Marphysa gravelyi Southern, 1921
  36. Species Marphysa grunwaldi (Risso, 1826)
  37. Species Marphysa hamata (Schmarda, 1861)
  38. Species Marphysa hemasoma Quatrefages, 1866
  39. Species Marphysa hentscheli Augener, 1931
  40. Species Marphysa januarii (Grube, 1881)
  41. Species Marphysa johnsoni (Langerhans, 1880)
  42. Species Marphysa kinbergi McIntosh, 1910
  43. Species Marphysa longula (Ehlers, 1887)
  44. Species Marphysa macintoshi Crossland, 1903
  45. Species Marphysa mangeri Augener, 1918
  46. Species Marphysa mauritanica Gillet, 1990
  47. Species Marphysa mcintoshi Crossland, 1903
  48. Species Marphysa minima (Hansen, 1882)
  49. Species Marphysa mixta Fauchald, 1970
  50. Species Marphysa mortenseni Monro, 1928
  51. Species Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854)
  52. Species Marphysa mullawa Hutchings & Karageorgopoulis, 2003
  53. Species Marphysa nobilis Treadwell, 1917
  54. Species Marphysa orensanzi Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 1998
  55. Species Marphysa orientalis Treadwell, 1936
  56. Species Marphysa peruviana Quatrefages, 1866
  57. Species Marphysa posteriobranchia Day, 1962
  58. Species Marphysa purcellana Willey, 1904
  59. Species Marphysa quadrioculata (Grube, 1856)
  60. Species Marphysa regalis Verrill, 1900
  61. Species Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815)
  62. Species Marphysa saxicola Langerhans, 1881
  63. Species Marphysa schmardai Gravier, 1907
  64. Species Marphysa sebastiana Steiner & Amaral, 2000
  65. Species Marphysa sessilobranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1984
  66. Species Marphysa simplex Crossland, 1903
  67. Species Marphysa simplex (Langerhans, 1884)
  68. Species Marphysa sinensis Monro, 1934
  69. Species Marphysa soembaensis Augener, 1933
  70. Species Marphysa striata (Kinberg, 1865)
  71. Species Marphysa stylobranchiata Moore, 1909
  72. Species Marphysa tamurai Okuda, 1934
  73. Species Marphysa teretiuscula (Schmarda, 1861)
  74. Species Marphysa totospinata Lu & Fauchald, 1998
  75. Species Marphysa triantennata (Risso, 1826)
  76. Species Marphysa unibranchiata Knox & Cameron, 1970
  77. Species Marphysa acicularum Webster, 1884 accepted as Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815)
  78. Species Marphysa belli [auctt.] accepted as Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833)
  79. Species Marphysa capensis Fauvel, 1950 accepted as Marphysa corallina (Kinberg, 1865)
  80. Species Marphysa corallina Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Marphysa aenea (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
  81. Species Marphysa durbanensis Day, 1934 accepted as Marphysa mcintoshi Crossland, 1903
  82. Species Marphysa floridana Pourtales, 1867 accepted as Eunice floridana (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Eunice norvegica (Linnaeus, 1767)
  83. Species Marphysa fragilis Treadwell, 1911 accepted as Marphysa regalis Verrill, 1900
  84. Species Marphysa goodsiri McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Eunice goodsiri (McIntosh, 1885)
  85. Species Marphysa haemasoma Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815)
  86. Species Marphysa iwamushi Izuka, 1907 accepted as Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815)
  87. Species Marphysa languida Treadwell, 1921 accepted as Marphysa minima (Hansen, 1882)
  88. Species Marphysa leidii Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815)
  89. Species Marphysa parishii Baird, 1869 accepted as Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815)
  90. Species Marphysa posterobranchiata Day, 1962 accepted as Marphysa posteriobranchia Day, 1962
  91. Species Marphysa simplex Treadwell, 1922 accepted as Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854)
  92. Species Marphysa tibiana Pourtales, 1867 accepted as Eunice tibiana (Pourtales, 1967)
  93. Species Marphysa viridis Treadwell, 1917 accepted as Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
in Quatrefages (Vaillant), Hist. Nat. Annel., 1, 1865
page(s): 331 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as de Quatrefages, 1865. Authority given in WoRMS as Quatrefages, 1865.  
Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as de Quatrefages, 1865. Authority given in WoRMS as Quatrefages, 1865. [details]
IRMNG (2026). Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371532 on 2026-09-04
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2006-12-12 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2012-02-16 23:00:00Z
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Wilson, Robin
2016-11-22 08:30:58Z
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original description in Quatrefages (Vaillant), Hist. Nat. Annel., 1, 1865
page(s): 331 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 [details] 

habitat flag source Wilson, R. S.; Hutchings, P. A.; Glasby, C. J. (2003). Polychaetes: an interactive identification guide. CD-ROM + booklet. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. [details] 

original description (of Lysibranchia Cantone, 1983) Animalia (Catania) 10 (1-3)
page(s): 81 [details] 

original description (of Marphya Pruvot & Racovitza, 1895) Arch. Zool. exp. gén. Paris, (3) 3
page(s): 406 [details] 

original description (of Marphisia Westwood in Blyth, 1840) in Blyth [etc.], Cuvier's An. Kingdom
page(s): 394 [details] 

original description (of Morphysa Grube, 1869) Jahresber. Schles. Ges., 1868-69, Abh.
page(s): 126 [details] 

original description (of Macduffia McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. (1885). The report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76, Zoology,.</em> 12(34): 1–554., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): xv, 303 [details] 

original description (of Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887) Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 15, 7
page(s): 99 [details] 

original description (of Aphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919) Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 48
page(s): 231 [details] 

original description (of Amphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919) Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 48
page(s): 495 [details] 

original description (of Amphiro Kinberg, 1865) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 21
page(s): 565 [details] 

original description (of Nausicaa Kinberg, 1865) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 21, 1864
page(s): 565 [details] 

original description (of Nauphanta Kinberg, 1865) Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 21, 1864
page(s): 564 [details] 

original description (of Nauphante Carus, 1884) Prodr. Faun. Medit., 1, fasc. 1
page(s): 212 [details] 
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as de Quatrefages, 1865. Authority given in WoRMS as Quatrefages, 1865. [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Lysibranchia Cantone, 1983)
To BioNames database (from synonym Macduffia McIntosh, 1885)
To BioNames database (from synonym Aphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919)
To BioNames database (from synonym Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Aphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Macduffia McIntosh, 1885)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Lysibranchia Cantone, 1983)
To WoRMS (from synonym Lysibranchia Cantone, 1983)
To WoRMS (from synonym Nauphanta Kinberg, 1865)
To WoRMS (from synonym Macduffia McIntosh, 1885)
To WoRMS (from synonym Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887)
To WoRMS (from synonym Aphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919)
To WoRMS (from synonym Amphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919)
To WoRMS (from synonym Amphiro Kinberg, 1865)
To WoRMS (from synonym Nausicaa Kinberg, 1865)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Amphiron Chamberlin, 1919)
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