WoRMS name details
Marphysa posterobranchia Day, 1962
868129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:868129)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa posterobranchia Day, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868129 on 2025-09-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1981). Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Kusten unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 6. Die Polychaeten der tropisch-subtropischen Westkuste Australiens (zwischen Exmouth im Norden und Cervantes im Suden). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 78: 19-96.
page(s): 46, no figures; note: record for West Australia [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Salazar-vallejo, S. I.; Carrera-parra, L. F. (1998). Eunícidos (Polychaeta) del caribe mexicano con claves para las especies del Gran Caribe. <em>Fauchaldius, Lysidice, Marphysa, Nematonereis y Palola. Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 45(4): 1481-1498., available online at http://www.ots.ac.cr/rbt/attachments/volumes/vol45-4/16_Salazar_Eunicidos.pdf
page(s): 1491, figure 7; note: record and description with figures for the Mexican Caribbean Sea. [details]
page(s): 46, no figures; note: record for West Australia [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Salazar-vallejo, S. I.; Carrera-parra, L. F. (1998). Eunícidos (Polychaeta) del caribe mexicano con claves para las especies del Gran Caribe. <em>Fauchaldius, Lysidice, Marphysa, Nematonereis y Palola. Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 45(4): 1481-1498., available online at http://www.ots.ac.cr/rbt/attachments/volumes/vol45-4/16_Salazar_Eunicidos.pdf
page(s): 1491, figure 7; note: record and description with figures for the Mexican Caribbean Sea. [details]
Other
additional source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 399, figure 17.6.t-w; note: summary record for South Africa [details]
page(s): 399, figure 17.6.t-w; note: summary record for South Africa [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
