WoRMS taxon details
Polyphysia Quatrefages, 1866
129553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129553)
accepted
Genus
Eumenia crassa Örsted, 1843 accepted as Polyphysia crassa (Örsted, 1843) (type by monotypy)
Cryptosclerocheilus Blake, 1972 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Eumenia Örsted, 1843 · unaccepted (homonym [predated by Godart, 1824...)
homonym [predated by Godart, 1824 (Lepidoptera]
Eumeniopsis Sars in Bidenkap, 1895 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Poylphysia [auct. misspelling for 'Polyphysia'] · unaccepted (data entry lapsus)
- Species Polyphysia baffinensis (Blake, 1972)
- Species Polyphysia caulleryi (McIntosh, 1922)
- Species Polyphysia crassa (Örsted, 1843)
- Species Polyphysia hystricis (McIntosh, 1922)
- Species Polyphysia quaterbranchiata Furreg, 1925 accepted as Polyphysia crassa (Örsted, 1843) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 268 [details]
page(s): 268 [details]
Etymology In creating Polyphasia Quatrefages is replacing genus name Eumenia Örsted, 1843, already used by Godart, 1824 in...
Etymology In creating Polyphasia Quatrefages is replacing genus name Eumenia Örsted, 1843, already used by Godart, 1824 in Lepidoptera (Quatrefages wrongly thought the name was from Risso). He states (translated) "I propose that of Polyphysia which indicates the multiple affinities of this interesting type." Polyphysia in Greek means something like 'multiple natures'. it is assumed to be feminine as Quatrefages continued with Örsted's feminine adjective for the new combination of Polyphysia crassa (Örsted, 1843) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polyphysia Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129553 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Eumenia Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849 [details]
original description (of Cryptosclerocheilus Blake, 1972) Blake, J.A. 1972. Two new species of polychaetous annelid worms from Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 71(3): 127-132., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304791
page(s): 131, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Eumeniopsis Sars in Bidenkap, 1895) Bidenkap, Olaf. (1895). Systematisk oversigt over Norges Annulata Polychaeta. <em>Forhandlinger fra Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1894(10): 1-142, plates I-III. [i.e., volume for 1894, printed the 1st January 1895; see page 142]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43710888 [details]
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Eumenia Örsted, 1843) Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11849 [details]
original description (of Cryptosclerocheilus Blake, 1972) Blake, J.A. 1972. Two new species of polychaetous annelid worms from Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 71(3): 127-132., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304791
page(s): 131, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Eumeniopsis Sars in Bidenkap, 1895) Bidenkap, Olaf. (1895). Systematisk oversigt over Norges Annulata Polychaeta. <em>Forhandlinger fra Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1894(10): 1-142, plates I-III. [i.e., volume for 1894, printed the 1st January 1895; see page 142]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43710888 [details]
Other
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 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]
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Etymology In creating Polyphasia Quatrefages is replacing genus name Eumenia Örsted, 1843, already used by Godart, 1824 in Lepidoptera (Quatrefages wrongly thought the name was from Risso). He states (translated) "I propose that of Polyphysia which indicates the multiple affinities of this interesting type." Polyphysia in Greek means something like 'multiple natures'. it is assumed to be feminine as Quatrefages continued with Örsted's feminine adjective for the new combination of Polyphysia crassa (Örsted, 1843) [details]Grammatical gender Assumed to be feminine as Quatrefages continued with Örsted's feminine adjective for the new combination of Polyphysia crassa. Polyphysia quaterbranchiata Furreg, 1925 is given a feminine suffix. [details]
