WoRMS taxon details
Marphysa americana Monro, 1933
1451223 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1451223)
accepted
Species
Marphysa sanguinea americana Monro, 1933 · unaccepted (rank upgrade to species)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Marphysa sanguinea americana Monro, 1933) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 68-69, text-fig. 28 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 68-69, text-fig. 28 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype (of Marphysa sanguinea americana Monro, 1933)...
Holotype (of Marphysa sanguinea americana Monro, 1933) BMNH 1932.12.24.554-556, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa americana Monro, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1451223 on 2026-01-25
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Nomenclature
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(of Marphysa sanguinea americana Monro, 1933) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 68-69, text-fig. 28 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 68-69, text-fig. 28 [details] Available for editors
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Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Idris, Izwandy. (2020). Reinstatement of species belonging <em>Marphysa</em> <em>sanguinea</em> complex (Annelida: Eunicidae) and description of new species from the mid-Pacific Ocean and the Adriatic Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4816(1): 1-48., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4816.1.1
page(s): 4 of 48, figure 1; note: rank upgrade to species (moved from synonymy) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 4 of 48, figure 1; note: rank upgrade to species (moved from synonymy) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Marphysa sanguinea americana Monro, 1933) BMNH 1932.12.24.554-556, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Molina-Acevedo and Idris (2020) do not report any further occurrences. The holotype is the only specimen known to them. It appears to be a good specimen (from figures in Molina-Acevedo and Idris, 2020) [details]
