WoRMS name details
Marphysa sanguinea americana Monro, 1933
340872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340872)
unaccepted (rank upgrade to species)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype BMNH 1932.12.24.554-556, geounit Panamanian...
, Note Balboa, shore-pools at low tide, Gulf of...
Holotype BMNH 1932.12.24.554-556, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
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Type locality Balboa, shore-pools at low tide, Gulf of Panama, Pacific Ocean [details]
Taxonomy Created as a variety, Marphysa sanguinea var. americana, and later considered to be a junior synonym of Marphysa sanguinea...
Taxonomy Created as a variety, Marphysa sanguinea var. americana, and later considered to be a junior synonym of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1913). Molina-Acevedo & Izwandy (2020: 5 of 48) raised its rank to species after examining the single original specimen, Holotype BNHM 1932.12.24.554-556 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa sanguinea americana Monro, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340872 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x [details] Available for editors [request]
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source of synonymy
Fauchald, K. (1970). Polychaetous annelids of the families Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Iphitimidae, Arabellidae, Lysaretidae and Dorvilleidae from western Mexico. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 5: 1-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3457 [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): 4 of 48, figure 1; note: rank upgrade to species, & redescription [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 4 of 48, figure 1; note: rank upgrade to species, & redescription [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1932.12.24.554-556, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Created as a variety, Marphysa sanguinea var. americana, and later considered to be a junior synonym of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1913). Molina-Acevedo & Izwandy (2020: 5 of 48) raised its rank to species after examining the single original specimen, Holotype BNHM 1932.12.24.554-556 [details]Type locality Balboa, shore-pools at low tide, Gulf of Panama, Pacific Ocean [details]
