Species Marphysa depressa (Schmarda, 1861)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eunice depressa Schmarda, L.K. 1861. Neue Turbellarian, Rotatorien und Anneliden beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise un die Erde 1853 bis 1857. Erster Band (zweite halfte). Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann pp. 1-164. [127-128].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Auckland, New Zealand.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast
• New Zealand
  • North Island
  • South Island

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In 8 m water depth.

 

Citations

Marphysa depressa.
—Day, J.H. 1953. The Polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part. 2. Errant species from Cape shores and estuaries. Annals of the Natal Museum 12(3): 397–441 [434, fig. 5].
—Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1–458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459–878. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) [395–396, fig. 17].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [47].

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023		07-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		10-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)