Marphysa gayi Quatrefages, 1866 
AphiaID: 329246

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Errantia (Subclass) > Eunicida (Order) > Eunicidae (Family) > Marphysa (Genus) > Marphysa gayi (Species)

Status		accepted
Rank		Species
Parent		Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866
Orig. name		Marphysa gayi Quatrefages, 1866
Source		original description Quatrefages, Armand de. (1866 [imprint date 1865]). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d’eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 1. 1-588. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. [some vol.2 species are also linked here but see also source id 51472]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Attributes		Functional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Polychaeta) [details] Functional group plankton > zooplankton » Stage larva (inherited from Polychaeta) [details] Body size 100 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length (inherited from Eunicidae Berthold, 1827) [details] Body size 100 » Unit mm » Type minimum » Dimension length (inherited from Eunicidae Berthold, 1827) [details]
Notes		From other sources Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 424-426 [details] Type locality Lima, Peru or Valparaiso, Chile [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329246
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-17 10:44:16Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Polychaeta (2008). Marphysa gayi Quatrefages, 1866. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2017). World Polychaeta database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329246 on 2017-09-24