MSBIAS taxon details
Maupasia Viguier, 1886
129327 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129327)
accepted
Genus
Maupasia coeca Viguier, 1886 (type by monotypy)
- Species Maupasia coeca Viguier, 1886
- Species Maupasia isochaeta (Reibisch, 1895)
- Species Maupasia magna Southern, 1909
- Species Maupasia caeca Viguier, 1886 accepted as Maupasia coeca Viguier, 1886 (unjustified emendation (spelling))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Viguier, C. (1886). Etudes sur les Animaux inferieurs de la Baie d'Alger. Recherches sur les Annelides pelagiques. <em>Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 4: 347-442, plates 21-27., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5470461
page(s): 382-385 [details]
page(s): 382-385 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Maupasia Viguier, 1886. 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=129327 on 2026-06-28
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. Maupasia Viguier, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129327 on 2026-06-28
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Viguier, C. (1886). Etudes sur les Animaux inferieurs de la Baie d'Alger. Recherches sur les Annelides pelagiques. <em>Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 4: 347-442, plates 21-27., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5470461
page(s): 382-385 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 382-385 [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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