Polychaeta taxon details
Mooreonuphis Fauchald, 1982
324739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324739)
accepted
Genus
Onuphis nebulosa Moore, 1911 accepted as Mooreonuphis nebulosa (Moore, 1911) (type by original designation)
- Species Mooreonuphis ariasi Paxton, 2018
- Species Mooreonuphis bajacalifornica León-Gonzalez, 1988
- Species Mooreonuphis bidentata Rupit-Arteagaa, Hernández-Alcántaraa & Solís-Weiss, 2012
- Species Mooreonuphis cirrata (Hartman, 1944)
- Species Mooreonuphis colosensis Carrasco & Palma, 2003
- Species Mooreonuphis dangrigae (Fauchald, 1980)
- Species Mooreonuphis elsiae de Leon-Gonzalez, 1994
- Species Mooreonuphis exigua (Shisko, 1981)
- Species Mooreonuphis guadalupensis (Fauchald, 1968)
- Species Mooreonuphis intermedia (Kinberg, 1865)
- Species Mooreonuphis jonesi Fauchald, 1982
- Species Mooreonuphis lineata Lana, 1991
- Species Mooreonuphis litoralis (Monro, 1933)
- Species Mooreonuphis microbranchiata (Fauchald, 1968)
- Species Mooreonuphis nebulosa (Moore, 1911)
- Species Mooreonuphis nunezi Arias, 2016
- Species Mooreonuphis pallidula (Hartman, 1965)
- Species Mooreonuphis peruana (Hartman, 1944)
- Species Mooreonuphis segmentispadix (Shisko, 1981)
- Species Mooreonuphis stigmatis (Treadwell, 1922)
- Species Mooreonuphis veleronis (Fauchald, 1980)
- Species Mooreonuphis vespa Arias, Paxton & Anadón, 2013
- Species Mooreonuphis wilsoni Paxton, 2018
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Fauchald, K. (1982). Revision of <i>Onuphis</i>, <i>Nothria</i>, and <i>Paradiopatra</i> (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 356: 1-109., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.356
page(s): 55-56; note: new genus Mooreonuphis for type species Onuphis nebulosa Moore, 1911 [details]
page(s): 55-56; note: new genus Mooreonuphis for type species Onuphis nebulosa Moore, 1911 [details]
Etymology Mooreonuphis combines the last name of taxonomist J Percy Moore with that of the earliest described genus in the family,...
Etymology Mooreonuphis combines the last name of taxonomist J Percy Moore with that of the earliest described genus in the family, Onuphis. Stated to be feminine [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Mooreonuphis Fauchald, 1982. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324739 on 2025-05-03
Date
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original description
Fauchald, K. (1982). Revision of <i>Onuphis</i>, <i>Nothria</i>, and <i>Paradiopatra</i> (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 356: 1-109., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.356
page(s): 55-56; note: new genus Mooreonuphis for type species Onuphis nebulosa Moore, 1911 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
additional source Paxton, Hannelore. (2018). Two new species of Mooreonuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4486(4): 589-600., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4486.4.11 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Rupit-Arteaga, Samantha Karina; Hernández-Alcántara, Pablo; Solís-Weiss, Vivianne. 2013. Description of Mooreonuphis bidentata a new species of Onuphidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Mexican Caribbean with remarks on the distribution of the genus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(04): 981-990
page(s): 988 [details]
page(s): 55-56; note: new genus Mooreonuphis for type species Onuphis nebulosa Moore, 1911 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
additional source Paxton, Hannelore. (2018). Two new species of Mooreonuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4486(4): 589-600., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4486.4.11 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Rupit-Arteaga, Samantha Karina; Hernández-Alcántara, Pablo; Solís-Weiss, Vivianne. 2013. Description of Mooreonuphis bidentata a new species of Onuphidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Mexican Caribbean with remarks on the distribution of the genus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(04): 981-990
page(s): 988 [details]