original description
Treadwell, A.L. (1917). Polychaetous annelids from Florida, Porto Rico, Bermuda and the Bahamas. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 251: 255-272, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1872030 [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145
page(s): 254, 285; note: To M. sanguinea [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
Holotype AMNH VI–1915–1350, verbatimGeounit in sand exposed at e... [details]
Paratype MCZ 2493, verbatimGeounit Long Key, Dry Tortug... [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy According to Hartman (1956:285) "The holotype of Marphysa nobilis is from Mangrove Key, Florida, June, 1915, and that of Marphysa viridis is from Boca Grande Key, Florida, July, 1915. Both are easily referable to the older, widely distributed Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu)." However, taxa are valid fide Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra (2015) [details]From other sources
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Florida [details]