Polychaeta taxon details
Holotype SWIMS SWIMS-ANN-18-012, geounit Hong Kong [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: "The specific epithet hongkongensa refers to the type locality of Hong Kong' [Editor: should be hongkongensis] [details]
Spelling Incorrect Latinisation. Marphysa is feminine, therefore the suffix to indicate place should have been -ensis, which is the correct adjectival ending used for both masculine and feminine genera. The suffix for a neuter genus would be -ense. The suffix -ensa does not exist as a correct Latinisation. [details]
Type locality Ting Kok West, Plover Cove, Hong Kong (22 28'18"N, 114 12' 56" E), intertidal [details]
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