Traits taxon details
Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866
129281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129281)
accepted
Genus
- Species Marphysa acicularum Webster, 1884
- Species Marphysa aegypti Elgetany, El-Ghobashy, Ghoneim & Struck, 2018
- Species Marphysa aenea (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
- Species Marphysa americana Monro, 1933
- Species Marphysa angelensis Fauchald, 1970
- Species Marphysa aransensis Treadwell, 1939
- Species Marphysa atlantica (Kinberg, 1865)
- Species Marphysa baileybrockae Molina-Acevedo & Idris, 2020
- Species Marphysa banana Lavesque, Daffe, Glasby, Hourdez & Hutchings, 2022
- Species Marphysa baudini Lavesque, Zanol, Daffe, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2023
- Species Marphysa bernardi Rullier, 1972
- Species Marphysa bifurcata Kott, 1951
- Species Marphysa birgeri Molina-Acevedo & Idris, 2020
- Species Marphysa bonhardi (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Marphysa borradailei Pillai, 1958
- Species Marphysa brasiliensis (Hansen, 1882)
- Species Marphysa brevibranchiata Treadwell, 1921
- Species Marphysa brevitentaculata Treadwell, 1921
- Species Marphysa californica Moore, 1909
- Species Marphysa capensis (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Marphysa chevalensis Willey, 1905
- Species Marphysa chirigota Martin, Gil & Zanol in Martin et al. 2020
- Species Marphysa corallina (Kinberg, 1865)
- Species Marphysa davidattenboroughi Lavesque, Zanol, Daffe, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2023
- Species Marphysa depressa (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Marphysa digitibranchia Hoagland, 1920
- Species Marphysa durbanensis Day, 1934
- Species Marphysa emiliae Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra, 2017
- Species Marphysa fauchaldi Glasby & Hutchings, 2010
- Species Marphysa fijiensis Molina-Acevedo & Idris, 2021
- Species Marphysa formosa Steiner & Amaral, 2000
- Species Marphysa fragilis Treadwell, 1911
- Species Marphysa furcellata Crossland, 1903
- Species Marphysa gaditana Martin, Gil & Zanol in Martin et al. 2020
- Species Marphysa galluccii Orensanz, 1990
- Species Marphysa gayi Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Marphysa gravelyi Southern, 1921
- Species Marphysa haemasona Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Marphysa hamata (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Marphysa hongkongensa Wang, Zhang & Qiu, 2018
- Species Marphysa ibaiensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024
- Species Marphysa iloiloensis Glasby, Mandario, Burghardt, Kupriyanova, Gunton & Hutchings, 2019
- Species Marphysa januarii (Grube, 1881)
- Species Marphysa johnsoni (Langerhans, 1880)
- Species Marphysa kertehensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024
- Species Marphysa kristiani Zanol, da Silva & Hutchings, 2016
- Species Marphysa leidii Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Marphysa macintoshi Crossland, 1903
- Species Marphysa madrasi Hutchings, Lavesque, Priscilla, Daffe, Malathi & Glasby, 2020
- Species Marphysa mangeri Augener, 1918
- Species Marphysa mauritanica Gillet, 1990
- Species Marphysa maxidenticulata Liu, Hutchings & Kupriyanova, 2018
- Species Marphysa merchangensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024
- Species Marphysa minima (Hansen, 1882)
- Species Marphysa moribidii Idris, Hutchings & Arshad, 2014
- Species Marphysa mortenseni Monro, 1928
- Species Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854)
- Species Marphysa mullawa Hutchings & Karageorgopoulos, 2003
- Species Marphysa multipectinata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
- Species Marphysa mzingazia Kara, Molina-Acevedo, Macdonald, Zanol & Simon, 2023
- Species Marphysa nobilis Treadwell, 1917
- Species Marphysa novaehollandiae (Kinberg, 1865)
- Species Marphysa orensanzi Carrera-Parra & Salazar-Vallejo, 1998
- Species Marphysa orientalis (Willey, 1905)
- Species Marphysa orientalis Treadwell, 1936 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, not valid as a junior secondary homonym to M. orientalis (Willey, 1905))
- Species Marphysa papuaensis Lavesque, Daffe, Glasby, Hourdez & Hutchings, 2022
- Species Marphysa parishii Baird, 1869
- Species Marphysa peruviana Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Marphysa pseudosessiloa Zanol, da Silva & Hutchings, 2017
- Species Marphysa quadrioculata (Grube, 1856)
- Species Marphysa regalis Verrill, 1900
- Species Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813)
- Species Marphysa schmardai Gravier, 1907
- Species Marphysa sebastiana Steiner & Amaral, 2000
- Species Marphysa sessilobranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1984
- Species Marphysa setiuensis Che Engku Abdullah, Idris, Fahmi, Flaxman & Hutchings, 2024
- Species Marphysa sherlockae Kara, Molina-Acevedo, Zanol, Simon & Idris, 2020
- Species Marphysa simplex (Langerhans, 1884)
- Species Marphysa soembaensis Augener, 1933
- Species Marphysa striata (Kinberg, 1865)
- Species Marphysa stylobranchiata Moore, 1909
- Species Marphysa tamurai Okuda, 1934
- Species Marphysa teres (Treadwell, 1922)
- Species Marphysa teretiuscula (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Marphysa tribranchiata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
- Species Marphysa tripectinata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
- Species Marphysa unibranchiata Knox & Cameron, 1970
- Species Marphysa victori Lavesque, Daffe, Bonifácio & Hutchings, 2017
- Species Marphysa viridis Treadwell, 1917
- Species Marphysa zanolae Lavesque, Daffe, Glasby, Hourdez & Hutchings, 2022
- Species Marphysa adenensis Gravier, 1900 accepted as Paucibranchia adenensis (Gravier, 1900) (superseded original combination)
- Species Marphysa belli [auctt.] accepted as Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) accepted as Paucibranchia bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) accepted as Paucibranchia bellii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Marphysa cinari Kurt-Sahin, 2014 accepted as Paucibranchia cinari (Kurt-Sahin, 2014) (superseded original combination)
- Species Marphysa disjuncta Hartman, 1961 accepted as Paucibranchia disjuncta (Hartman, 1961) (superseded original combination)
- Species Marphysa fallax Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 accepted as Paucibranchia fallax (Marion & Bobretzky, 1875) (superseded original combination)
- Species Marphysa kinbergi McIntosh, 1910 accepted as Paucibranchia kinbergi (McIntosh, 1910) (superseded original combination)
- Species Marphysa longula (Ehlers, 1887) accepted as Nicidion longula (Ehlers, 1887)
- Species Marphysa saxicola Langerhans, 1881 accepted as Nicidion saxicola (Langerhans, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Marphysa stragulum (Grube, 1878) accepted as Paucibranchia stragulum (Grube, 1878) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Marphysa veracruzensis de Léon-González & Castañeda, 2006 accepted as Treadwellphysa veracruzensis (de León-González & Castañeda, 2006) (new combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 331; note: Quatrefages named Marphysa, and included several former Eunice species. [details]
Quatrefages, Armand de 1865. Note sur la classification des Annélides. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris 60(13): 586-600., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3713886
page(s): 593; note: Listed in a key, non-latinized as French informal 'Marphyse', therefore Marphysa is not an available name from this publication [details]
page(s): 331; note: Quatrefages named Marphysa, and included several former Eunice species. [details]
Quatrefages, Armand de 1865. Note sur la classification des Annélides. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris 60(13): 586-600., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3713886
page(s): 593; note: Listed in a key, non-latinized as French informal 'Marphyse', therefore Marphysa is not an available name from this publication [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129281 on 2025-06-05
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129281 on 2025-06-05
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original description
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 331; note: Quatrefages named Marphysa, and included several former Eunice species. [details]
taxonomy source Zanol, J.; Da Silva, T. D. S. C.; Hutchings, P. (2016). Marphysa (Eunicidae, polychaete, Annelida) species of the Sanguinea group from Australia, with comments on pseudo-cryptic species. <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 135(4): 328-344., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ivb.12146/full [details]
taxonomy source Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2017). Revision of <em>Marphysa</em> de Quatrefages, 1865 and some species of <em>Nicidion</em> Kinberg, 1865 with the erection of a new genus (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from the Grand Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4241(1): 1-62., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4241.1.1
note: review of genus [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C. (2018). Morphological revision of the Subgroup 1 Fauchald, 1970 of Marphysa de Quatrefages, 1865 (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4480(1): 1-125., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4480.1.1 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950 [details]
additional 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 [details] Available for editors
additional source Quatrefages, Armand de. (1865). Note sur la Classification des Annélides, et résponse aux observations de M. Claparède. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> 3: 253-296., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127338 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 [details]
identification resource Glasby, Christopher J.; Mandario, Mary Anne E.; Burghardt, Ingo; Kupriyanova, Elena; Gunton, Laetitia M.; Hutchings, Pat A. (2019). A new species of the sanguinea-group Quatrefages, 1866 (Annelida: Eunicidae: Marphysa ) from the Philippines. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4674(2): 264-282., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4674.2.7
page(s): 274; note: Key to Marphysa species in the sanguinea-group from Southeast Asia [details] Available for editors
identification resource Kara, Jyothi; Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Macdonald, Angus; Zanol, Joana; Simon, Carol. (2023). A closer look at the taxonomic and genetic diversity of endemic South African <i>Marphysa</i> Quatrefages, 1865. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e16665: 1-27., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/16665/
page(s): 19 of 27; note: key to Marphysa species of South Africa [details] Available for editors
identification resource Katsiaras, Nikolaos; Simboura, Nomiki; Koutsoubas, Drosos. (2014). The rare subgroup C1 of <em>Marphysa</em> (Polychaeta, Eunicidae): re-description of species and first records in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa. 3873(3): 201-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.3.1
page(s): 215 [key to Mediterranean species] [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Quatrefages, Armand de 1865. Note sur la classification des Annélides. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris 60(13): 586-600., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3713886
page(s): 593; note: Listed in a key, non-latinized as French informal 'Marphyse', therefore Marphysa is not an available name from this publication [details]
page(s): 331; note: Quatrefages named Marphysa, and included several former Eunice species. [details]
taxonomy source Zanol, J.; Da Silva, T. D. S. C.; Hutchings, P. (2016). Marphysa (Eunicidae, polychaete, Annelida) species of the Sanguinea group from Australia, with comments on pseudo-cryptic species. <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 135(4): 328-344., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ivb.12146/full [details]
taxonomy source Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2017). Revision of <em>Marphysa</em> de Quatrefages, 1865 and some species of <em>Nicidion</em> Kinberg, 1865 with the erection of a new genus (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from the Grand Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4241(1): 1-62., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4241.1.1
note: review of genus [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C. (2018). Morphological revision of the Subgroup 1 Fauchald, 1970 of Marphysa de Quatrefages, 1865 (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4480(1): 1-125., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4480.1.1 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950 [details]
additional 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 [details] Available for editors
additional source Quatrefages, Armand de. (1865). Note sur la Classification des Annélides, et résponse aux observations de M. Claparède. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> 3: 253-296., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127338 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 [details]
identification resource Glasby, Christopher J.; Mandario, Mary Anne E.; Burghardt, Ingo; Kupriyanova, Elena; Gunton, Laetitia M.; Hutchings, Pat A. (2019). A new species of the sanguinea-group Quatrefages, 1866 (Annelida: Eunicidae: Marphysa ) from the Philippines. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4674(2): 264-282., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4674.2.7
page(s): 274; note: Key to Marphysa species in the sanguinea-group from Southeast Asia [details] Available for editors
identification resource Kara, Jyothi; Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Macdonald, Angus; Zanol, Joana; Simon, Carol. (2023). A closer look at the taxonomic and genetic diversity of endemic South African <i>Marphysa</i> Quatrefages, 1865. <em>PeerJ.</em> 11: e16665: 1-27., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/16665/
page(s): 19 of 27; note: key to Marphysa species of South Africa [details] Available for editors
identification resource Katsiaras, Nikolaos; Simboura, Nomiki; Koutsoubas, Drosos. (2014). The rare subgroup C1 of <em>Marphysa</em> (Polychaeta, Eunicidae): re-description of species and first records in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa. 3873(3): 201-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.3.1
page(s): 215 [key to Mediterranean species] [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Quatrefages, Armand de 1865. Note sur la classification des Annélides. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris 60(13): 586-600., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3713886
page(s): 593; note: Listed in a key, non-latinized as French informal 'Marphyse', therefore Marphysa is not an available name from this publication [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
