WoRMS name details
Paramarphysa orientalis Willey, 1905
330316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330316)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Nicidion Kinberg, 1865
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 283, plate 4, figure 105; note: Cheval Paar, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka [details]
page(s): 283, plate 4, figure 105; note: Cheval Paar, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note South-east Cheval Paar (= Cheval Bank), Gulf...
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality South-east Cheval Paar (= Cheval Bank), Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka western coast, approx area of geolocation 8.6667 N, 79.7667 E [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Paramarphysa orientalis Willey, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330316 on 2026-01-08
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Nomenclature
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Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 283, plate 4, figure 105; note: Cheval Paar, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka [details]
page(s): 283, plate 4, figure 105; note: Cheval Paar, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality South-east Cheval Paar (= Cheval Bank), Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka western coast, approx area of geolocation 8.6667 N, 79.7667 E [details]
