WoRMS name details
Marphysa posteriobranchia [auctt. misspelling as 'io' for posterobranchia]
329259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329259)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect subsequent spelling. Confirmed incorrect by Day's 1967 use of 'posterobranchia' as first published by him)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Marphysa posterobranchia Day, 1962) Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal
, Note Indian Ocean, Natal, South Africa
type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Natal, South Africa [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa posteriobranchia [auctt. misspelling as 'io' for posterobranchia]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329259 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Marphysa posterobranchia Day, 1962) Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov
note: Marphysa posterobranchia is misspelled as Marphysa posteriobranchia in Taxonomic Serial No.: 66314 record. [details]
[request]basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov
note: Marphysa posterobranchia is misspelled as Marphysa posteriobranchia in Taxonomic Serial No.: 66314 record. [details]
Other
additional source
Kara, Jothi; Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Zanol, Joana; Simon, Carol; Idris, Izwandy. (2020). Morphological and molecular systematic review of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Annelida: Eunicidae) species from South Africa. <em>PeerJ.</em> 8: e10076., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10076
page(s): 2 and 29 of 36; note: mentioned as one of six Marphysa for South Africa, but misspelled as 'posteriobranchia' instead of Marphysa posterobranchia [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Molina-Acevedo, Isabel Cristina; Idris, Izwandy. (2021). Revision of abranchiate species of Marphysa de Quatrefages, 1865 and their transference to Nicidion Kinberg, 1865 (Eunicidae: Annelida) with redescription of the type species N. cincta Kinberg, 1865. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 51(2): 1-28., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-020-01157-6
note: usage misspelled as Marphysa "posteriobranchia" [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 2 and 29 of 36; note: mentioned as one of six Marphysa for South Africa, but misspelled as 'posteriobranchia' instead of Marphysa posterobranchia [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Molina-Acevedo, Isabel Cristina; Idris, Izwandy. (2021). Revision of abranchiate species of Marphysa de Quatrefages, 1865 and their transference to Nicidion Kinberg, 1865 (Eunicidae: Annelida) with redescription of the type species N. cincta Kinberg, 1865. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 51(2): 1-28., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-020-01157-6
note: usage misspelled as Marphysa "posteriobranchia" [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Natal, South Africa [details]
