WoRMS taxon details
Marphysa novaehollandiae (Kinberg, 1865)
1812577 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1812577)
accepted
Species
Eunice (Marphysa) novaehollandiae (Kinberg, 1865) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination due to rank upgrade of Marphysa
Nauphanta novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nauphanta novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 564 [details]
page(s): 564 [details]
Type locality contained in Sydney
type locality contained in Sydney [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa novaehollandiae (Kinberg, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1812577 on 2026-01-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nauphanta novaehollandiae Kinberg, 1865) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 21(10): 559-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32289129
page(s): 564 [details]
page(s): 564 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Molina-Acevedo, Isabel Cristina.; Idris, Izwandy. (2021). Unravelling the convoluted nomenclature of Marphysa simplex (Annelida, Eunicidae) with the proposal of a new name and the re-description of species. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 97(1): 121-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.59559
page(s): 127, table 1.; note: Tabulation of the morphology of the holotype of Marphysa novaehollandiae [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 127, table 1.; note: Tabulation of the morphology of the holotype of Marphysa novaehollandiae [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification Marphysa novaehollandiae was first established in genus Nauphanta, currently a synonym of Marphysa. It was first placed in Eunice subgenus Marphysa by Grube (1878), but as late as 1987 Fauchald treated genus and species Nauphanta novaehollandiae as valid. Some (eg Gravier, 1900: 270) have treated the species as a synonym of Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854). Gravier did not examine specimens. This junior synonymy was also the subsequent assessment of Glasby & Hutchings (2010: 37). Most recently Molina-Acevedo & Idris (2021) treated it as a valid Marphysa, while presenting a tabulation of the morphology of the holotype of Marphysa novaehollandiae. However, they did not present a formal redescription and synonymy for the species. [details]
