MSBIAS taxon details
Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866
129281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129281)
accepted
Genus
- Species Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813)
- Species Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) accepted as Paucibranchia bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Marphysa fallax Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 accepted as Paucibranchia fallax (Marion & Bobretzky, 1875) (superseded original combination)
- Species Marphysa kinbergi McIntosh, 1910 accepted as Paucibranchia kinbergi (McIntosh, 1910) (superseded original combination)
- Species Marphysa totospinata Lu & Fauchald, 1998 accepted as Paucibranchia totospinata (Lu & Fauchald, 1998) (superseded original combination)
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]
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]
page(s): 331; note: Quatrefages named Marphysa, and included several former Eunice species. [details]
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]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129281 on 2026-09-05
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129281 on 2026-09-05
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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]
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 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
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
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]
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 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 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
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 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
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
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]
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]
page(s): 331; note: Quatrefages named Marphysa, and included several former Eunice 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 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
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
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]
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 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 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
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 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
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
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
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