Deep-Sea name details
Marphysa conferta Moore, 1911
329238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329238)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, J.Percy. (1911). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of Southern California in 1904. III. Euphrosynidae to Goniadidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 63: 234-318, plates XV-XXI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26283655
page(s): 252-254, plate XVI figs. 29-34 [details]
page(s): 252-254, plate XVI figs. 29-34 [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, off Santa Rosa Island, California
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, off Santa Rosa Island, California [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa conferta Moore, 1911. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329238 on 2026-09-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Marphysa conferta Moore, 1911. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329238 on 2026-09-10
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original description
Moore, J.Percy. (1911). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of Southern California in 1904. III. Euphrosynidae to Goniadidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 63: 234-318, plates XV-XXI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26283655
page(s): 252-254, plate XVI figs. 29-34 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1979). Eunicid polychaetous annelids from Japan — III. <em>La Mer (Bulletin de la Société Franco-Japonaise d'Océanographie).</em> 17(1): 33-42., available online at http://www.sfjo-lamer.org/la_mer/17-1/miura.pdf
page(s): 39-40, fig. 5a-j [details] Available for editors
redescription Hilbig, B. (1995). Family Eunicidae Savigny, 1818. pages 263-278. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. <em>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.</em> [details]
new combination reference Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C. (2018). Morphological revision of the Subgroup 1 Fauchald, 1970 of Marphysa de Quatrefages, 1865 (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4480(1): 1-125., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4480.1.1
page(s): 36; note: to Paucibranchia conferta [details] Available for editors
page(s): 252-254, plate XVI figs. 29-34 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1979). Eunicid polychaetous annelids from Japan — III. <em>La Mer (Bulletin de la Société Franco-Japonaise d'Océanographie).</em> 17(1): 33-42., available online at http://www.sfjo-lamer.org/la_mer/17-1/miura.pdf
page(s): 39-40, fig. 5a-j [details] Available for editors
redescription Hilbig, B. (1995). Family Eunicidae Savigny, 1818. pages 263-278. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. <em>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.</em> [details]
new combination reference Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C. (2018). Morphological revision of the Subgroup 1 Fauchald, 1970 of Marphysa de Quatrefages, 1865 (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4480(1): 1-125., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4480.1.1
page(s): 36; note: to Paucibranchia conferta [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
