Marphysa Liu & Hutchings & Kupriyanova 2018
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Key to species of Marphysa currently accepted as occurring in China (following Liu et al. 2017 and Glasby et al. 2016)
1 Margins of prostomium rounded margins, without sulcus............................. Marphysa sinensis Monro, 1934
- Margins of prostomium rounded, with median sulcus......................................................... 2
2(1) Two types of compound chaetae present, falcigers and spinigers................................................. 3
- Only compound spinigers present......................................................................... 4
3(2) Pectinate chaetae start from chaetiger 3.......................................... Marphysa maxidenticulata n. sp.
- Pectinate chaetae start from chaetiger 193..................................... Marphysa orientalis Treadwell, 1936
4(2) Compound spinigers present along entire body.............................. Marphysa digitibranchia Hoagland, 1921
- Compound spinigers restricted to posterior chaetigers......................................................... 5
5(4) Three types of pectinate chaetae present.................................................................... 6
- Two or four types of pectinate chaetae present............................................................... 7
6(5) Pectinate chaetae from first few chaetigers, branchiae with up to 5 filaments present from chaetigers 29–36.................................................................................................. Marphysa bulla n. sp.
- Pectinate chaetae present from chaetiger 20, branchaie with 2–3 filaments present from chaetigers 16–26.......................................................................... Marphysa tribranchiata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
7 (4) Two types of pectinate chaetae present from anterior chaetigers, 6–8 branchial filaments per chaetiger............................................................................... Marphysa tripectinata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
- Four types of pectinate chaetae present from chaetiger 70, 3–5 branchial filaments per chaetiger.................................................................................. Marphysa multipectinata Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Eunicidae
- Genus
- Marphysa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Eunicida
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Scientific name authorship
- Liu & Hutchings & Kupriyanova
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Marphysa Liu, 2018 sec. Liu, Hutchings & Kupriyanova, 2018
References
- Liu, Y., Hutchings, P. A. & Sun, S. (2017) Three new species of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from the south coast of China and redescription of Marphysa sinensis Monro, 1934. Zootaxa, 4263 (2), 228 - 250. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4263.2.
- Glasby, C. J., Lee, Y. - L. & Hsueh, P. - W. (2016) Marine Annelida (excluding clitellates and siboglinids) from the South China Sea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement, 34, 178 - 243.
- Monro, C. C. A. (1934) On a collection of Polychaeta from the coast of China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10 (13), 353 - 380. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933408654824
- Treadwell, A. L. (1936) Polychaetous annelids from Amoy, China. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 83, 261 ¯ 278. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.83 - 2984.261