WoRMS taxon details
Marphysa acicularum Webster, 1884
336719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336719)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Marphysa acicularum brevibranchiata Treadwell, 1921 accepted as Marphysa brevibranchiata Treadwell, 1921 (rank upgrade to species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Henry E. 1884. Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 305-327, incl. plates 7-12 in text, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7725366
page(s): 319; note: No locality information is given [details]
page(s): 319; note: No locality information is given [details]
Type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Bermuda 32.33, -64.75 fide USNM database....
type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bermuda 32.33, -64.75 fide USNM database. This appears to be subtidal. Webster (1884) gave no geolocation or locality name, and the signs are that he had no collection information on any of the Bermudan material he described. It is not clear how the USNM's geolocation was obtained. No information is in the online record. Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra (2015) present the USNM's 32.33, -64.75 as 32°19'48.11" N 64°44'59.98" but the decimal seconds are spurious. As DMS it would be simply 32° 19′ 48″ N, 64° 45′ 0″ W. [details]
Taxonomy Referred previously to M. sanguinea but valid fide Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra (2015)
Taxonomy Referred previously to M. sanguinea but valid fide Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra (2015) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa acicularum Webster, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336719 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Webster, Henry E. 1884. Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 305-327, incl. plates 7-12 in text, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7725366
page(s): 319; note: No locality information is given [details]
additional source Treadwell, A.L. (1921). Leodicidae of the West Indian region. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 15(293): 1-131, plates 1-9 (in colour), 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1930614
page(s): 57; note: Description from additional material, Bermuda, Tobago, and Tortugas [details]
source of synonymy Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 236; note: to M. sanguinea [details]
redescription Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2015). Reinstatement of three species of the <em>Marphysa </em><em>sanguinea </em>complex (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from the Grand Caribbean Region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3925(1): 37-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3925.1.3 [details]
page(s): 319; note: No locality information is given [details]
additional source Treadwell, A.L. (1921). Leodicidae of the West Indian region. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 15(293): 1-131, plates 1-9 (in colour), 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1930614
page(s): 57; note: Description from additional material, Bermuda, Tobago, and Tortugas [details]
source of synonymy Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 236; note: to M. sanguinea [details]
redescription Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2015). Reinstatement of three species of the <em>Marphysa </em><em>sanguinea </em>complex (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from the Grand Caribbean Region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3925(1): 37-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3925.1.3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype USNM 4793, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Referred previously to M. sanguinea but valid fide Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra (2015) [details]Type locality Bermuda 32.33, -64.75 fide USNM database. This appears to be subtidal. Webster (1884) gave no geolocation or locality name, and the signs are that he had no collection information on any of the Bermudan material he described. It is not clear how the USNM's geolocation was obtained. No information is in the online record. Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra (2015) present the USNM's 32.33, -64.75 as 32°19'48.11" N 64°44'59.98" but the decimal seconds are spurious. As DMS it would be simply 32° 19′ 48″ N, 64° 45′ 0″ W. [details]
