World Polychaeta Database - Marphysa teres (Treadwell, 1922)

Polychaeta taxon details

Marphysa teres (Treadwell, 1922)

AphiaID

1255183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1255183)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866

Original name

Paramarphysa teres Treadwell, 1922

Synonymised names

Paramarphysa teres Treadwell, 1922 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Paramarphysa teres Treadwell, 1922) Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1922). Leodicidae from Fiji and Samoa. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 312: 127-170, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5402751
page(s): 153-154, text-figs. 40-41, plate 6 figs. 2-6 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa teres (Treadwell, 1922). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1255183 on 2026-08-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-05-25 19:03:46Z

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Zanol, Joana

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original description (of Paramarphysa teres Treadwell, 1922) Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1922). Leodicidae from Fiji and Samoa. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 312: 127-170, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5402751
page(s): 153-154, text-figs. 40-41, plate 6 figs. 2-6 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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