Marphysa capensis Fauvel, 1950 
AphiaID: 336721

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

Status		unaccepted (subjective synonym, and junior homonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Marphysa corallina (Kinberg, 1865)
Rank		Species
Parent		Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865
Sources		original description: Fauvel, P. 1950. Contribution a la Faune des Annelides polychetes du Sénégal. Bulletin de l'Institut francais d'Afrique noire, 12(2): 335-394. [details] basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] source of synonymy: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To ITIS
Notes		Taxonomy: Current taxon junior synonym of M. corallina (source Hartman, 1959). Fauvel (1950) not yet checked, but, if erected as new taxon, appears to be secondary junior homonym to Schmarda's species. [details] Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Senegal [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336721
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-18 12:55:09Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2010-04-06 02:34:30Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Marphysa capensis Fauvel, 1950. 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=336721 on 2013-06-19