Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Eunicida > Family Eunicidae > Genus Marphysa

Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Marphysa*	Quatrefages, 1866	accepted genus name
*Amphiro*	Kinberg, 1865	generic synonym

Species group names

*Nereis sanguinea*	Montagu, 1813	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: red rock worm; red-gilled marphysa; rock worm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Blutkieferwurm

Literature

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additional source	Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris. 5: 1-488.
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additional source	Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. Volume 1. 1-588.
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additional source	Fauvel, Pierre. (1902). Annélides Polychètes de la Casamance rapportées par M. Aug. Chevalier. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. (series 5) 5: 59-105.
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1911). Troisième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice, ou déposées dans la Musée Océanographique de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco. 194: 1-41.
additional source	Wijnhoven, S.; Dekker, A. (2010). Records of a new alien polychaete worm species, Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815) (Eunicidae) in the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands. Aquatic Invasions. 5(4): 431-436.
additional source	Martin, Daniel; Gil, João; Zanol, Joana; Meca, Miguel Ángel; Pérez Portela, Rocío. (2020). Digging the diversity of Iberian bait worms Marphysa (Annelida, Eunicidae). PLOS ONE. 15(1): e0226749.
additional source	Grube, A.E. (1878). Die Familie Eunicea. Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau. 55: 79-104.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 10(1): 1-237.
additional source	Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
redescription	Hutchings, P.; Karageorgopoulos, P. (2003). Designation of a neotype of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813) and a description of a new species of Marphysa from eastern Australia. Hydrobiologia. 496(1-3): 87-94.
redescription	Molina-Acevedo, Isabel C.; Idris, Izwandy. (2020). Reinstatement of species belonging Marphysa sanguinea complex (Annelida: Eunicidae) and description of new species from the mid-Pacific Ocean and the Adriatic Sea. Zootaxa. 4816(1): 1-48.
taxonomy source	Lavesque, Nicolas; Daffe, Guillemine; Grall, Jacques; Zanol, Joana; Gouillieux, Benoit; Hutchings, Pat. (2019). Guess who? On the importance of using appropriate name: case study of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813). ZooKeys. 859: 1-15.
biology source	Olive, Peter J. W.; Karageorgopoulos, Perikles; Hutchings, Pat A.; Lavesque, Nicolas. (2024). Reproduction of Marphysa sanguinea Annelida, Polychaeta (Eunicidae), at Mount Edgecombe, Plymouth, near the type locality in Southwest England. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 104: e19 1-11.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130075