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Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866

129281  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129281)

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Genus
Nereis sanguinea Montagu, 1813 accepted as Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813) (type by subsequent designation)
Amphelothrix [misspelling of Aphelothrix] · unaccepted (Indexing lapsus calami by...)  
Indexing lapsus calami by Chamberlin, of no taxonomic significance
Amphiro Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Amphiron [misspelling of Amphiro Kinberg] · unaccepted (lapsus calami by Chamberlin, of...)  
lapsus calami by Chamberlin, of no taxonomic significance
Aphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Eunice (Marphysa) Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent rank change)
Macduffia McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Nauphanta Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nausicaa Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Marphysa acicularum Webster, 1884
  2. Species Marphysa aegypti Elgetany, El-Ghobashy, Ghoneim & Struck, 2018
  3. Species Marphysa aenea (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
  4. Species Marphysa americana Monro, 1933
  5. Species Marphysa angelensis Fauchald, 1970
  6. Species Marphysa aransensis Treadwell, 1939
  7. Species Marphysa atlantica (Kinberg, 1865)
  8. Species Marphysa baileybrockae Molina-Acevedo & Idris, 2020
  9. Species Marphysa banana Lavesque, Daffe, Glasby, Hourdez & Hutchings, 2022
  10. Species Marphysa baudini Lavesque, Zanol, Daffe, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2023
  11. Species Marphysa bernardi Rullier, 1972
  12. Species Marphysa bifurcata Kott, 1951
  13. Species Marphysa birgeri Molina-Acevedo & Idris, 2020
  14. Species Marphysa bonhardi (McIntosh, 1885)
  15. Species Marphysa borradailei Pillai, 1958
  16. Species Marphysa brasiliensis (Hansen, 1882)
  17. Species Marphysa brevibranchiata Treadwell, 1921
  18. Species Marphysa brevitentaculata Treadwell, 1921
  19. Species Marphysa californica Moore, 1909
  20. Species Marphysa capensis (Schmarda, 1861)
  21. Species Marphysa chevalensis Willey, 1905
  22. Species Marphysa chirigota Martin, Gil & Zanol in Martin et al. 2020
  23. Species Marphysa corallina (Kinberg, 1865)
  24. Species Marphysa davidattenboroughi Lavesque, Zanol, Daffe, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2023
  25. Species Marphysa depressa (Schmarda, 1861)
  26. Species Marphysa digitibranchia Hoagland, 1920
  27. Species Marphysa durbanensis Day, 1934
  28. Species Marphysa emiliae Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra, 2017
  29. Species Marphysa fauchaldi Glasby & Hutchings, 2010
  30. Species Marphysa fijiensis Molina-Acevedo & Idris, 2021
  31. Species Marphysa formosa Steiner & Amaral, 2000
  32. Species Marphysa fragilis Treadwell, 1911
  33. Species Marphysa furcellata Crossland, 1903
  34. Species Marphysa gaditana Martin, Gil & Zanol in Martin et al. 2020
  35. Species Marphysa galluccii Orensanz, 1990
  36. Species Marphysa gayi Quatrefages, 1866
  37. Species Marphysa gravelyi Southern, 1921
  38. Species Marphysa haemasona Quatrefages, 1866
  39. Species Marphysa hamata (Schmarda, 1861)
  40. Species Marphysa hongkongensa Wang, Zhang & Qiu, 2018
  41. Species Marphysa ibaiensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024
  42. Species Marphysa iloiloensis Glasby, Mandario, Burghardt, Kupriyanova, Gunton & Hutchings, 2019
  43. Species Marphysa januarii (Grube, 1881)
  44. Species Marphysa johnsoni (Langerhans, 1880)
  45. Species Marphysa kertehensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024
  46. Species Marphysa kristiani Zanol, da Silva & Hutchings, 2016
  47. Species Marphysa leidii Quatrefages, 1866
  48. Species Marphysa macintoshi Crossland, 1903
  49. Species Marphysa madrasi Hutchings, Lavesque, Priscilla, Daffe, Malathi & Glasby, 2020
  50. Species Marphysa mangeri Augener, 1918
  51. Species Marphysa mauritanica Gillet, 1990
  52. Species Marphysa maxidenticulata Liu, Hutchings & Kupriyanova, 2018
  53. Species Marphysa merchangensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024
  54. Species Marphysa minima (Hansen, 1882)
  55. Species Marphysa moribidii Idris, Hutchings & Arshad, 2014
  56. Species Marphysa mortenseni Monro, 1928
  57. Species Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854)
  58. Species Marphysa mullawa Hutchings & Karageorgopoulos, 2003
  59. Species Marphysa multipectinata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
  60. Species Marphysa mzingazia Kara, Molina-Acevedo, Macdonald, Zanol & Simon, 2023
  61. Species Marphysa nobilis Treadwell, 1917
  62. Species Marphysa orensanzi Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 1998
  63. Species Marphysa orientalis (Willey, 1905)
  64. Species Marphysa orientalis Treadwell, 1936 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, not valid as a junior secondary homonym to M. orientalis (Willey, 1905))
  65. Species Marphysa papuaensis Lavesque, Daffe, Glasby, Hourdez & Hutchings, 2022
  66. Species Marphysa parishii Baird, 1869
  67. Species Marphysa peruviana Quatrefages, 1866
  68. Species Marphysa pseudosessiloa Zanol, da Silva & Hutchings, 2017
  69. Species Marphysa quadrioculata (Grube, 1856)
  70. Species Marphysa regalis Verrill, 1900
  71. Species Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813)
  72. Species Marphysa schmardai Gravier, 1907
  73. Species Marphysa sebastiana Steiner & Amaral, 2000
  74. Species Marphysa sessilobranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1984
  75. Species Marphysa setiuensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024
  76. Species Marphysa sherlockae Kara, Molina-Acevedo, Zanol, Simon & Idris, 2020
  77. Species Marphysa simplex (Langerhans, 1884)
  78. Species Marphysa soembaensis Augener, 1933
  79. Species Marphysa striata (Kinberg, 1865)
  80. Species Marphysa stylobranchiata Moore, 1909
  81. Species Marphysa tamurai Okuda, 1934
  82. Species Marphysa teres (Treadwell, 1922)
  83. Species Marphysa teretiuscula (Schmarda, 1861)
  84. Species Marphysa tribranchiata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
  85. Species Marphysa tripectinata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
  86. Species Marphysa unibranchiata Knox & Cameron, 1970
  87. Species Marphysa victori Lavesque, Daffe, Bonifácio & Hutchings, 2017
  88. Species Marphysa viridis Treadwell, 1917
  89. Species Marphysa zanolae Lavesque, Daffe, Glasby, Hourdez & Hutchings, 2022
  90. Species Marphysa adenensis Gravier, 1900 accepted as Paucibranchia adenensis (Gravier, 1900) (superseded original combination)
  91. Species Marphysa amadae Fauchald, 1977 accepted as Treadwellphysa amadae (Fauchald, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  92. Species Marphysa angeli Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 1998 accepted as Nicidion angeli (Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 1998) (superseded original combination)
  93. Species Marphysa antipathum Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Eunice antipathum (Pourtalès, 1867) (superseded original combination)
  94. Species Marphysa belli [auctt.] accepted as Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) accepted as Paucibranchia bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  95. Species Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) accepted as Paucibranchia bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (superseded subsequent combination)
  96. Species Marphysa bulla Liu, Hutchings & Kupriyanova, 2018 accepted as Marphysa victori Lavesque, Daffe, Bonifácio & Hutchings, 2017 (subjective synonym)
  97. Species Marphysa capensis Fauvel, 1950 accepted as Marphysa corallina (Kinberg, 1865) (subjective synonym, and junior homonym)
  98. Species Marphysa cinari Kurt-Sahin, 2014 accepted as Paucibranchia cinari (Kurt-Sahin, 2014) (superseded original combination)
  99. Species Marphysa conferta Moore, 1911 accepted as Paucibranchia conferta (Moore, 1911) (superseded original combination)
  100. Species Marphysa corallina Ehlers, 1901 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, subjective synonym)
  101. Species Marphysa dartevellei Monro, 1936 accepted as Treadwellphysa dartevellei (Monro, 1936) (new combination)
  102. Species Marphysa disjuncta Hartman, 1961 accepted as Paucibranchia disjuncta (Hartman, 1961) (superseded original combination)
  103. Species Marphysa elityeni Lewis & Karageorgopoulos, 2008 accepted as Marphysa haemasona Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
  104. Species Marphysa escobarae Salazar-Vallejo & Carrera-Parra, 1997 accepted as Marphysa fragilis Treadwell, 1911 (junior synonym)
  105. Species Marphysa fallax Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 accepted as Paucibranchia fallax (Marion & Bobretzky, 1875) (superseded original combination)
  106. Species Marphysa floridana Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Eunice floridana (Pourtalès, 1867) (superseded original combination)
  107. Species Marphysa gemmata Mohammad, 1973 accepted as Paucibranchia gemmata (Mohammad, 1973) (superseded original combination)
  108. Species Marphysa goodsiri McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Eunice goodsiri (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
  109. Species Marphysa haemasoma [misspelling for 'haemasona' of Quatrefages, 1866] accepted as Marphysa haemasona Quatrefages, 1866 (misspelling)
  110. Species Marphysa hemasoma [misspelling for 'haemasona' of Quatrefages, 1866] accepted as Marphysa haemasona Quatrefages, 1866 (misspelling)
  111. Species Marphysa hentscheli Augener, 1931 accepted as Nicidion hentscheli (Augener, 1931) (superseded original combination)
  112. Species Marphysa iwamushi Izuka, 1907 accepted as Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813) (subjective synonym)
  113. Species Marphysa kinbergi McIntosh, 1910 accepted as Paucibranchia kinbergi (McIntosh, 1910) (superseded original combination)
  114. Species Marphysa languida Treadwell, 1921 accepted as Treadwellphysa languida (Treadwell, 1921) (new combination)
  115. Species Marphysa longula (Ehlers, 1887) accepted as Nicidion longula (Ehlers, 1887)
  116. Species Marphysa mcintoshi [misspelling of macintoshi] accepted as Marphysa macintoshi Crossland, 1903 (lapsus in text flow, of no taxonomic significance)
  117. Species Marphysa mixta Fauchald, 1970 accepted as Treadwellphysa mixta (Fauchald, 1970) (new combination)
  118. Species Marphysa parvipes (Benham, 1927) accepted as Nicidion parvipes (Benham, 1927) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
  119. Species Marphysa posteriobranchia [auctt. misspelling as 'io' for posterobranchia] accepted as Nicidion posterobranchia (Day, 1962) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling. Confirmed incorrect by Day's 1967 use of 'posterobranchia' as first published by him)
  120. Species Marphysa posterobranchia Day, 1962 accepted as Nicidion posterobranchia (Day, 1962) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  121. Species Marphysa proppi (Averincev, 1972) accepted as Nicidion proppi (Averincev, 1972) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
  122. Species Marphysa purcellana Willey, 1904 accepted as Paucibranchia purcellana (Willey, 1904) (superseded original combination)
  123. Species Marphysa saxicola Langerhans, 1881 accepted as Nicidion saxicola (Langerhans, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  124. Species Marphysa setiuense Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024 accepted as Marphysa setiuensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, feminine genus requires -ensis, not -ense, as adjectival suffix)
  125. Species Marphysa simplex Crossland, 1903 accepted as Marphysa teretiuscula (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym, junior secondary homonym)
  126. Species Marphysa simplex Treadwell, 1922 accepted as Marphysa fijiensis Molina-Acevedo & Idris, 2021 (junior primary and secondary homonym, replaced by new name M. fijiensis)
  127. Species Marphysa sinensis Monro, 1934 accepted as Paucibranchia sinensis (Monro, 1934) (superseded original combination)
  128. Species Marphysa stragulum (Grube, 1878) accepted as Paucibranchia stragulum (Grube, 1878) (superseded subsequent combination)
  129. Species Marphysa tibiana Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Eunice tibiana (Pourtalès, 1867) (superseded original combination)
  130. Species Marphysa totospinata Lu & Fauchald, 1998 accepted as Paucibranchia totospinata (Lu & Fauchald, 1998) (superseded original combination)
  131. Species Marphysa veracruzensis de Léon-González & Castañeda, 2006 accepted as Treadwellphysa veracruzensis (de León-González & Castañeda, 2006) (new combination)
  132. Species Marphysa grunwaldi (Risso, 1826) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable fide Lavesque et al. 2017)
  133. Species Marphysa pacifica (Rullier, 1972) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, genus uncertain)
  134. Species Marphysa triantennata (Risso, 1826) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable fide Lavesque et al. 2017)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 331; note: Quatrefages named Marphysa, and included several former Eunice species. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note Type species Nereis sanguinea Montagu 1813 in...  
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Type species Type species Nereis sanguinea Montagu 1813 in Hartman catalogue, p.320. Designation must have been a subsequent designation as Quatrefages included several taxa without indicating a type (although presenting the description of M. sanguinea first). [details]
Etymology Not stated by Quatrefages, and not known. Marphysa does not appear to be a known word in classical Latin or Greek. However,...  
Etymology Not stated by Quatrefages, and not known. Marphysa does not appear to be a known word in classical Latin or Greek. However, Greek 'physa', a feminine noun meaning bladder or bubble, occurs outside of Annelida as part of several compound genera names. At best we can treat the gender of Marphysa as reliably feminine as Quatrefages did not change the suffixes of the 3 or 4 adjectival Eunice names he recombined in Marphysa, and later authors have also treated it as feminine. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129281 on 2024-10-07
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original description Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 331; note: Quatrefages named Marphysa, and included several former Eunice species. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Amphiro Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 565 [details]   

original description  (of Nauphanta Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 564; note: for two new species Nauphanta novae Hollandiae from Sydney and N. corallina from Honolulu [details]   

original description  (of Macduffia McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 303 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Nausicaa Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 565 [details]   

original description  (of Aphelothrix Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 231; note: new genus of Leodocidae (now Eunicidae) introduced in a key, with (in footnote) Marphysa mossambica Peters as type species  [details]   

taxonomy 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 [details]   

taxonomy source Zanol, J.; Da Silva, T. D. S. C.; Hutchings, P. (2016). Marphysa (Eunicidae, polychaete, Annelida) species of the Sanguinea group from Australia, with comments on pseudo-cryptic species. <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 135(4): 328-344., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ivb.12146/full [details]   

taxonomy source Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2017). Revision of <em>Marphysa</em> de Quatrefages, 1865 and some species of <em>Nicidion</em> Kinberg, 1865 with the erection of a new genus (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from the Grand Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4241(1): 1-62., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4241.1.1
note: review of genus [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

taxonomy source 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 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Glasby, Chris J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2010). A new species of <i>Marphysa</i> Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from northern Australia and a review of similar taxa from the Indo-west Pacific, including the genus <i>Nauphanta</i> Kinberg, 1865. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2352(1): 29–45., available online at http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2352.1.2 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]   

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details]   

additional source Quatrefages, Armand de. (1865). Note sur la Classification des Annélides, et résponse aux observations de M. Claparède. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> 3: 253-296., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127338 [details]   

identification resource Katsiaras, Nikolaos; Simboura, Nomiki; Koutsoubas, Drosos. (2014). The rare subgroup C1 of <em>Marphysa</em> (Polychaeta, Eunicidae): re-description of species and first records in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa. 3873(3): 201-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.3.1
page(s): 215 [key to Mediterranean species] [details]   

identification resource Glasby, Christopher J.; Mandario, Mary Anne E.; Burghardt, Ingo; Kupriyanova, Elena; Gunton, Laetitia M.; Hutchings, Pat A. (2019). A new species of the sanguinea-group Quatrefages, 1866 (Annelida: Eunicidae: Marphysa ) from the Philippines. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4674(2): 264-282., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4674.2.7
page(s): 274; note: Key to Marphysa species in the sanguinea-group from Southeast Asia [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

identification resource Kara, Jyothi; Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Macdonald, Angus; Zanol, Joana; Simon, Carol. (2023). A closer look at the taxonomic and genetic diversity of endemic South African <i>Marphysa</i> Quatrefages, 1865. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e16665: 1-27., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/16665/
page(s): 19 of 27; note: key to Marphysa species of South Africa [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Quatrefages, Armand de 1865. Note sur la classification des Annélides. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris 60(13): 586-600., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3713886
page(s): 593; note: Listed in a key, non-latinized as French informal 'Marphyse', therefore Marphysa is not an available name from this publication [details]   
 
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Etymology Not stated by Quatrefages, and not known. Marphysa does not appear to be a known word in classical Latin or Greek. However, Greek 'physa', a feminine noun meaning bladder or bubble, occurs outside of Annelida as part of several compound genera names. At best we can treat the gender of Marphysa as reliably feminine as Quatrefages did not change the suffixes of the 3 or 4 adjectival Eunice names he recombined in Marphysa, and later authors have also treated it as feminine. [details]

Grammatical gender Feminine, an assumption mainly based on the early Marphysa names created and that 'physa' in Greek is a feminine noun. The etymology is uncertain. [details]

Publication date Quatrefages first book volume is dated 1866, although the title page has 1865. This is because of comments about the date by Wright in the 1866 Zoological Record. Marphysa genus and several Marphysa species first are published in this volume, and the date is 1866 (we have no way of knowing if Wright is correct with his 1866 availability date for the books). However, as informal French 'Marphyse' the name appears, without species names link, in a key in a classification extract Quatrefages published twice in 1865, first as "Note sur la classification des annelides" and then again as "Note sur la Classification des Annélides, et résponse aux observations de M. Claparède" in a different journal. Some taxonomists date Marphysa from the appearance of informal 'Marphyse" in these publications, but this seems unwarranted [details]

Type species Type species Nereis sanguinea Montagu 1813 in Hartman catalogue, p.320. Designation must have been a subsequent designation as Quatrefages included several taxa without indicating a type (although presenting the description of M. sanguinea first). [details]

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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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