WoRMS taxon details
original description
Martin, Daniel; Gil, João; Zanol, Joana; Meca, Miguel Ángel; Pérez Portela, Rocío. (2020). Digging the diversity of Iberian bait worms <i>Marphysa</i> (Annelida, Eunicidae). <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 15(1): e0226749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226749 page(s): 17/37, Figures 3C, 3D, 5C, 5D, 7B–7D, 9C, 9D, 11–13 and 14A–14D.; note: species is authored by the first 3 authors, and was collected Salina de San Ramon, Chiclana de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source
Chaibi, Marwa; Romano, Chiara; Azzouna, A. T. F.; Martin, Daniel. (2021). First record of Marphysa chirigota (Annelida: Eunicidae) in the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Tunis). <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 22(2): 327-339., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/25248 page(s): 333, figure 2-4; note: Record for Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia, with description, figures, and molecular data [details]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/18524, geounit Cadiz [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: Marphysa chirigota species name "is a tribute to the “Chirigotas”, a genre of choral folksong typical of Cadiz province [details]
Type locality Holotype from Salina de San Ramon, Chiclana de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain, 36.4424, -6.1794 (36˚ 26’ 32.5" N, 6˚ 10’ 45.82” W), 0.1 m. The authors suggest that according to "ICZN Article 76.1.1, the actual type locality must be the nearby intertidal muddy shores of the Natural Park of the Bay of Cadiz (approx. 36.349˚N, 6.181˚W), Chiclana de la Frontera, Cadiz (SW Iberian Peninsula), from where the specimens or their progenitors were originally native." The site of collection was instead the San Ramon saltworks of Chiclana de la Frontera. [details]
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