WoRMS taxon details
Euniphysa Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
324704 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324704)
accepted
Genus
Euniphysa aculeata Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 (type by monotypy)
Species Euniphysa aculeata Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
Species Euniphysa auriculata (Treadwell, 1900)
Species Euniphysa falciseta (Shen & Wu, 1991)
Species Euniphysa filibranchia Lu & Fauchald, 2000
Species Euniphysa italica Cantone & Gravina, 1991
Species Euniphysa jeffreysii (McIntosh, 1903)
Species Euniphysa quadridentata Lu & Fauchald, 2000
Species Euniphysa spinea (Miura, 1977)
Species Euniphysa taiwanensis (Wu & He, 1988)
Species Euniphysa tridontesa (Shen & Wu, 1991)
Species Euniphysa megalodus (Grube, 1878) (taxon inquirendum, indeterminable fide Lu & Fauchald, 2000)
Species Euniphysa misakiensis Miura, 1987 accepted as Eunice misakiensis (Miura, 1987)
Species Euniphysa oculata Wu & Sun, 1979 accepted as Euniphysa spinea (Miura, 1977)
Species Euniphysa tubicola (Treadwell, 1922) accepted as Eunice tubicola (Treadwell, 1922) (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Euniphysa tubifex (Crossland, 1904) accepted as Eunice tubifex Crossland, 1904
Species Euniphysa unicusa Shen & Wu, 1991 accepted as Euniphysa aculeata Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
Species Euniphysa auriculata (Treadwell, 1900)
Species Euniphysa falciseta (Shen & Wu, 1991)
Species Euniphysa filibranchia Lu & Fauchald, 2000
Species Euniphysa italica Cantone & Gravina, 1991
Species Euniphysa jeffreysii (McIntosh, 1903)
Species Euniphysa quadridentata Lu & Fauchald, 2000
Species Euniphysa spinea (Miura, 1977)
Species Euniphysa taiwanensis (Wu & He, 1988)
Species Euniphysa tridontesa (Shen & Wu, 1991)
Species Euniphysa megalodus (Grube, 1878) (taxon inquirendum, indeterminable fide Lu & Fauchald, 2000)
Species Euniphysa misakiensis Miura, 1987 accepted as Eunice misakiensis (Miura, 1987)
Species Euniphysa oculata Wu & Sun, 1979 accepted as Euniphysa spinea (Miura, 1977)
Species Euniphysa tubicola (Treadwell, 1922) accepted as Eunice tubicola (Treadwell, 1922) (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Euniphysa tubifex (Crossland, 1904) accepted as Eunice tubifex Crossland, 1904
Species Euniphysa unicusa Shen & Wu, 1991 accepted as Euniphysa aculeata Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1949). Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. <em>Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran.</em> 4: 247-400.
page(s): 305; note: a joint genus plus species description for Euniphysa aculeata [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 305; note: a joint genus plus species description for Euniphysa aculeata [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Not directly stated but a combination of Eunice and Marphysa, both feminine names. Wesenberg-Lund (1949: 310) wrote: "The...
Etymology Not directly stated but a combination of Eunice and Marphysa, both feminine names. Wesenberg-Lund (1949: 310) wrote: "The presence of nuchal cirri points towards Eunice, but the shape of the compound setae towards Marphysa; on account of this the new generic name Euniphysa was established." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Euniphysa Wesenberg-Lund, 1949. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324704 on 2021-01-22
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original description
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1949). Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. <em>Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran.</em> 4: 247-400.
page(s): 305; note: a joint genus plus species description for Euniphysa aculeata [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Heterophysa Shen & Wu, 1991) Shen, Shoupeng; Wu, Bao Ling. (1991 [1990 in Chinese?]). A new family of Polychaeta- Euniphysidae. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 10(1): 129-140., available online at http://www.hyxb.org.cn/aosen/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=19910110&flag=1 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Paraeuniphysa Wu & He, 1988) Wu, Qiquan and He, Minghai 1988. [A new genus and new species of Eunicidae from Taiwan Strait.]. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 13(2): 123-126. [details]
taxonomy source Lu, Hua; Fauchald, Kristian. (2000). A phylogenetic and biogeographic study of <i>Euniphysa</i> (Eunicidae, Polychaeta). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 34(7): 997-1044., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930050020113 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 305; note: a joint genus plus species description for Euniphysa aculeata [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Heterophysa Shen & Wu, 1991) Shen, Shoupeng; Wu, Bao Ling. (1991 [1990 in Chinese?]). A new family of Polychaeta- Euniphysidae. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 10(1): 129-140., available online at http://www.hyxb.org.cn/aosen/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=19910110&flag=1 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Paraeuniphysa Wu & He, 1988) Wu, Qiquan and He, Minghai 1988. [A new genus and new species of Eunicidae from Taiwan Strait.]. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 13(2): 123-126. [details]
taxonomy source Lu, Hua; Fauchald, Kristian. (2000). A phylogenetic and biogeographic study of <i>Euniphysa</i> (Eunicidae, Polychaeta). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 34(7): 997-1044., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930050020113 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis (from Lu & Fauchald 2000) "Eunicids with a pair of palps and three antennae, all slender and tapering without distinct articulations. Peristomial cirri present. Anterior jaw elements (Mx-III, IV and V) fang-like with slender, pointed tips, number of teeth in each piece is low (two to four). Branchiae present. Notopodia with a narrow cirrophore and a tapering cirrostyle; base of cirrostyles distinctly enlarged and glandular at least in some median chaetigers, sometimes forming distinct pendant lobes. A small, fleshy knob present dorsal to aciculae on the acicular lobe. Limbate chaetae, pectinate chaetae, aciculae, subacicular hooks and compound spinigers always present; pseudocompound spinigers and compound falcigers present in some species." [details]Etymology Not directly stated but a combination of Eunice and Marphysa, both feminine names. Wesenberg-Lund (1949: 310) wrote: "The presence of nuchal cirri points towards Eunice, but the shape of the compound setae towards Marphysa; on account of this the new generic name Euniphysa was established." [details]
Grammatical gender feminine, indicated by treatment by original author [details]
From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
