Marphysa simplex (Langerhans, 1884) 
AphiaID: 341269

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		Amphiro simplex Langerhans, 1884 (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: 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] source of synonymy: Day, J.H. 1967. A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Volume British Museum (Natural History) Publication 656. 1-878. British Museum (Natural History). London., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details] source of synonymy: Fauchald, K. 1987. Redescription of the genus Nauphanta Kinberg, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 100(2): 375-380. [details] status source: Glasby, Chris J.; Hutchings Pat, A. (2010). A new species of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from northern Australia and a review of similar taxa from the Indo-west Pacific, including the genus Nauphanta Kinberg, 1865. Zootaxa 2352: 29–45. , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02352p045f.pdf [details] from synonym: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Langerhans, Paul 1884. Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. IV. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 40(2): 247-285., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=_MJVAAAAYAAJ [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen		Holotype (from synonym) , locality Madeira (Atlantic Ocean) [view taxon]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341269
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-25 08:16:00Z   created   Decock, Wim 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2010-05-12 05:44:10Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Marphysa simplex (Langerhans, 1884). 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=341269 on 2013-05-22