Species Marphysa bifurcata Kott, 1951

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Species Marphysa bifurcata Kott, 1951

Marphysa bifurcata Kott, P. 1951. Nereidae and Eunicidae of south Western Australia; also notes on the ecology of Western Australian limestone reefs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 35: 85-130 [121].
Type data:
Holotype AM W6820 (incorrectly designated as Holotype later by E. Pope), Point Peron, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

Citations

Marphysa bifurcata.
—Day, J.H. 1957. The Polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 4. New species from Natal and Mocambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 14: 59–129 [90, fig. 6].

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
17-Oct-2023	07-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	10-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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