WoRMS taxon details
Marphysa brevitentaculata Treadwell, 1921
329236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329236)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 69, plate 6, figures 13-14, also text figures 235-242; note: from beach near Scarborough, Tobago, and described as a full species [details]
page(s): 69, plate 6, figures 13-14, also text figures 235-242; note: from beach near Scarborough, Tobago, and described as a full species [details]
Holotype AMNH 1269, geounit Tobago
, Note Atlantic Ocean, West Indies
Holotype AMNH 1269, geounit Tobago [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, West Indies [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa brevitentaculata Treadwell, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329236 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original 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): 69, plate 6, figures 13-14, also text figures 235-242; note: from beach near Scarborough, Tobago, and described as a full species [details]
page(s): 69, plate 6, figures 13-14, also text figures 235-242; note: from beach near Scarborough, Tobago, and described as a full species [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AMNH 1269, geounit Tobago [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, West Indies [details]
