WoRMS name details
Marphysa simplex Treadwell, 1922
341270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341270)
unaccepted (junior primary and secondary homonym, replaced by new name M. fijiensis)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1922). Leodicidae from Fiji and Samoa. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 312: 127-170, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5402751
page(s): 151-152, text-fig. 39, plate 5 figs. 8-12 [details]
page(s): 151-152, text-fig. 39, plate 5 figs. 8-12 [details]
Type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, Fiji Islands
type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Fiji Islands [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa simplex Treadwell, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341270 on 2026-03-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1922). Leodicidae from Fiji and Samoa. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 312: 127-170, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5402751
page(s): 151-152, text-fig. 39, plate 5 figs. 8-12 [details]
replacement name 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): 122, figures 1-4; note: Marphysa simplex Treadwell, 1922 (junior primary homonym) is regarded as a valid species and renamed as Marphysa fijiensis [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 151-152, text-fig. 39, plate 5 figs. 8-12 [details]
replacement name 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): 122, figures 1-4; note: Marphysa simplex Treadwell, 1922 (junior primary homonym) is regarded as a valid species and renamed as Marphysa fijiensis [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
source of synonymy Fauchald, Kristian. (1987). Redescription of the genus <i>Nauphanta</i> Kinberg, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(2): 375-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34570779, https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3431 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145
page(s): 286; note: Synonymy of Marphysa simplex Treadwell, 1922 from Fiji with M mossambica Peters, 1854 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Glasby, Chris J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2010). A new species of <i>Marphysa</i> Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from northern Australia and a review of similar taxa from the Indo-west Pacific, including the genus <i>Nauphanta</i> Kinberg, 1865. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2352(1): 29–45., available online at http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2352.1.2
note: Marphysa simplex Treadwell synonymized with Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854) [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Fauchald, Kristian. (1987). Redescription of the genus <i>Nauphanta</i> Kinberg, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(2): 375-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34570779, https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3431 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145
page(s): 286; note: Synonymy of Marphysa simplex Treadwell, 1922 from Fiji with M mossambica Peters, 1854 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Glasby, Chris J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2010). A new species of <i>Marphysa</i> Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from northern Australia and a review of similar taxa from the Indo-west Pacific, including the genus <i>Nauphanta</i> Kinberg, 1865. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2352(1): 29–45., available online at http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2352.1.2
note: Marphysa simplex Treadwell synonymized with Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Fiji Islands [details]
