WoRMS taxon details
Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854)
209829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209829)
accepted
Species
Eunice (Marphysa) novaehollandiae (Kinberg, 1865) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym
Eunice mossambica Peters, 1854 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nauphanta mossambica (Peters, 1855) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Nauphanta novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eunice mossambica Peters, 1854) Peters, Wilhelm C.H. (1854). Über die Gattung <i>Bdella</i>, Savigny, (<i>Limnatis</i>, Moquin-Tandon) und die in Mossambique beobachteten Anneliden, wovon hier eine Mittheilung folgt [informal title in meeting report]. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1854: 607-614., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068511 [details] 
Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution also distributed in Philippine Islands, Australia, Bay of Bengal, India and East Africa (Fauvel, 1953).
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed|Moved to different genus
Distribution also distributed in Philippine Islands, Australia, Bay of Bengal, India and East Africa (Fauvel, 1953). [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed|Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed|Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209829 on 2024-04-28
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original description
(of Nauphanta novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 564 [details]
original description (of Eunice mossambica Peters, 1854) Peters, Wilhelm C.H. (1854). Über die Gattung <i>Bdella</i>, Savigny, (<i>Limnatis</i>, Moquin-Tandon) und die in Mossambique beobachteten Anneliden, wovon hier eine Mittheilung folgt [informal title in meeting report]. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1854: 607-614., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068511 [details]
basis of record 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1917). Annélides Polychètes de L'Australie meridionale. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 56: 159-277, plates IV-VIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322379 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Idris, Izwandy; Hutchings, Pat; Arshad, Aziz. (2014). Description of a new species of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and comparisons with species from Marphysa Group A from the Indo-West Pacific and Indian Ocean. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 71: 109-121., available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/books-and-journals/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/2010-2019/2014-vol-71/idris-hutchings-and-arshad/
page(s): 119; note: not a full redescription, but with notes relating to a re-examination of the lectotype [details]
status 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
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 564 [details]
original description (of Eunice mossambica Peters, 1854) Peters, Wilhelm C.H. (1854). Über die Gattung <i>Bdella</i>, Savigny, (<i>Limnatis</i>, Moquin-Tandon) und die in Mossambique beobachteten Anneliden, wovon hier eine Mittheilung folgt [informal title in meeting report]. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1854: 607-614., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068511 [details]
basis of record 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1917). Annélides Polychètes de L'Australie meridionale. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 56: 159-277, plates IV-VIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6322379 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Idris, Izwandy; Hutchings, Pat; Arshad, Aziz. (2014). Description of a new species of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and comparisons with species from Marphysa Group A from the Indo-West Pacific and Indian Ocean. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 71: 109-121., available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/books-and-journals/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/2010-2019/2014-vol-71/idris-hutchings-and-arshad/
page(s): 119; note: not a full redescription, but with notes relating to a re-examination of the lectotype [details]
status 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
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
