Marphysa minima (Hansen, 1882) 
AphiaID: 333978

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865
Synonymised taxa		Marphysa languida Treadwell, 1921 (subjective synonym) Nausicaa minima Hansen, 1882 (objective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] basis of record: Augener, H. 1931. Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg, 44: 279-313. [details] basis of record: Hartman, O. 1956. Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 109(2): 239-310. [details] additional source: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] original description (from synonym): Treadwell, Aaron L. 1921. Leodicidae of the West Indian region. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication, 15(293): 1-131. (9 plates in colour), available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18236#5 [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Hansen G. Armauer 1882. Recherches sur les annélides receueillies par M. le professeur Édouard van Benedon pendant son voyage au Brésil et à la Plata. Memoires Couronnes et Memoires des Savants Etrangers publies par L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 44(3): 1-29. Plates 1-7. (pagination restarts within issues), available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29048#page/437/mode/1up [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Gulf of Mexico [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333978
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: Fauchald, K. (2013). Marphysa minima (Hansen, 1882). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333978 on 2013-06-20