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WoRMS name detailsMarphysa acicularum brevibranchiata Treadwell, 1921
340871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340871)
unaccepted (rank upgrade to species)
Subspecies
marine,
recent only
Treadwell, A.L. (1921). Leodicidae of the West Indian region. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 15(293): 1-131, plates 1-9 (in colour), 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1930614
page(s): 60-61, plate 5, figures 5-8, and text figures 194-200; note: from Bermuda [details]
Type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Flatts Inlet (Gazetteer 32.323,-64.739), Ely's Harbor, and Fairyland Creek, Bermuda, Atlantic. Type locality is almost the same as M. acicularum. [details]
Taxonomy Treadwell created this name as a variety of Marphysa acicularum Webster from the same location. Molina-Acevedo &...
Taxonomy Treadwell created this name as a variety of Marphysa acicularum Webster from the same location. Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra(2015:42) reported that type material of M. acicularum brevibranchiata is probably lost, and that "its taxonomic status cannot be assessed". They make no comment on Treadwell's description in which he said that the subspecies (as a variety in Treadwell) had shorter and more branched branchiae which are present on more segments. Hartman (1944) and latter the Hartman catalogue listed it and M. acicularum in synonymy with the species M. sanguinea, then thought to be widespread. Subsequently Molina-Acevedo & Idris (2020) found syntypes in the general collection at the AMNH, where most of the Treadwell’s species were deposited, and created a lectoype, AMNH 1358 at full species rank. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa acicularum brevibranchiata Treadwell, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340871 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Treadwell, A.L. (1921). Leodicidae of the West Indian region. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 15(293): 1-131, plates 1-9 (in colour), 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1930614 page(s): 60-61, plate 5, figures 5-8, and text figures 194-200; note: from Bermuda [details] Taxonomysource 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
note: To M. sanguinea [details] Available for editors  [request]status source Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (2015). Reinstatement of three species of the <em>Marphysa </em><em>sanguinea </em>complex (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) from the Grand Caribbean Region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3925(1): 37-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3925.1.3 page(s): 42; note: Report that type material is probably lost [details] status source 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): 12, figures 4, 9D,; note: authors find syntypes and redescribe, designating a lectotype [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype AMNH Not found, missing, geounit Bermuda Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Treadwell created this name as a variety of Marphysa acicularum Webster from the same location. Molina-Acevedo & Carrera-Parra(2015:42) reported that type material of M. acicularum brevibranchiata is probably lost, and that "its taxonomic status cannot be assessed". They make no comment on Treadwell's description in which he said that the subspecies (as a variety in Treadwell) had shorter and more branched branchiae which are present on more segments. Hartman (1944) and latter the Hartman catalogue listed it and M. acicularum in synonymy with the species M. sanguinea, then thought to be widespread. Subsequently Molina-Acevedo & Idris (2020) found syntypes in the general collection at the AMNH, where most of the Treadwell’s species were deposited, and created a lectoype, AMNH 1358 at full species rank. [details]Type locality Flatts Inlet (Gazetteer 32.323,-64.739), Ely's Harbor, and Fairyland Creek, Bermuda, Atlantic. Type locality is almost the same as M. acicularum. [details] |
