WoRMS taxon details
Marphysa capensis (Schmarda, 1861)
333972 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333972)
accepted
Species
Eunice capensis Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eunice capensis Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 126, 6 text-figs. in page 126 [details]
page(s): 126, 6 text-figs. in page 126 [details]
Type locality contained in South Africa, Senegalese Exclusive Economic...
type locality contained in South Africa [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
type locality contained in Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa capensis (Schmarda, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333972 on 2025-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eunice capensis Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 126, 6 text-figs. in page 126 [details]
page(s): 126, 6 text-figs. in page 126 [details]
Other
additional source
Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 321; note: error incorrectly reporting Marphysa capensis Fauvel, 1950 ( 130, p. 365). Senegal for Fauvel's record of M capensis (Schmarda,1861) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 321; note: error incorrectly reporting Marphysa capensis Fauvel, 1950 ( 130, p. 365). Senegal for Fauvel's record of M capensis (Schmarda,1861) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment The Hartman catalogue (p.321) has an error incorrectly reporting Marphysa capensis as authored by Fauvel, 1950 ( 130, p. 365). Senegal for Fauvel's 1950 record of M capensis (Schmarda,1861) [details]
