WoRMS name details
Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
130072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130072)
unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Species
Lysibranchia paucibranchiata Cantone, 1983 · unaccepted (subjective synonym or...)
subjective synonym or indeterminable juvenile
Marphysa belli [auctt.] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eunice bellii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1833). [Part 2.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> sér. 1, 28: 187-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6096524
page(s): 223-224, plate XI figs. 1-4, 8-9 [figures in Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1832 (Part 1)] [details]
page(s): 223-224, plate XI figs. 1-4, 8-9 [figures in Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1832 (Part 1)] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130072 on 2026-10-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eunice bellii Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1833). [Part 2.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> sér. 1, 28: 187-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6096524
page(s): 223-224, plate XI figs. 1-4, 8-9 [figures in Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1832 (Part 1)] [details]
new combination reference Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 333 [details]
page(s): 223-224, plate XI figs. 1-4, 8-9 [figures in Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1832 (Part 1)] [details]
new combination reference Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 333 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors 
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context source (HKRMS)
BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 95-97, plate 28 figs. 1-8 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Marenzeller, Emil von. (1874). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 69(4): 407-482, plates I-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8662886
page(s): 465-466 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 95-97, plate 28 figs. 1-8 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Marenzeller, Emil von. (1874). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 69(4): 407-482, plates I-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8662886
page(s): 465-466 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モミアゲムシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Marphysa belli [auctt.])
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Marphysa bellii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Lysibranchia paucibranchiata Cantone, 1983)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (66 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Marphysa belli [auctt.])
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Marphysa bellii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Lysibranchia paucibranchiata Cantone, 1983)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (66 records)
To ITIS
