Biology:Marphysa yunbenun
| Marphysa yunbenun | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Eunicida |
| Family: | Eunicidae |
| Genus: | Marphysa |
| Species: | M. yunbenun
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| Marphysa yunbenun Glasby, Biriukova, Hutchings, Daffe & Lavesque, 2025
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Marphysa yunbenun is a species of annelid worm in the family Eunicidae.[1] It is endemic to the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, including Magnetic Island, in Queensland, Australia.
Description
The species has a strongly bilobed prostomium. It can be distinguished from M. kertehensis due to its sub-acicular hooks, and from M. mossambica due to having only two types of pectinate chaetae (compared to four seen in both M. kertehensis and M. mossambica) and due to its peristomal ring being four times longer dorsally than the second ring (compared to 2.3x longer in M. mossambica).[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Christopher J. Glasby, Olga Biriukova, Pat A. Hutchings, Guillemine Daffe and Nicolas Lavesque in 2025.[3] The authors named the species after the Wulguru language name for Magnetic Island, Yunbenun.[2]
Distribution and habitat
M. yunbenun is known to occur on Magnetic Island in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, where it lives in mud flats.[2] A specimen collected in 1931 by Monro from the Low Isles, Queensland may also represent a member of this species.[2]
References
- ↑ Marphysa yunbenun Glasby, Biriukova, Hutchings, Daffe & Lavesque, 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 March 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Glasby, Christopher J.; Biriukova, Olga; Hutchings, Pat A.; Daffe, Guillemine; Lavesque, Nicolas (5 November 2025). "Marphysa yunbenun Glasby, Biriukova, Hutchings, Daffe & Lavesque, 2025, sp. nov.". doi:10.5281/zenodo.18314400. https://zenodo.org/records/18314401.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q137104496
Wikidata ☰ Q138478865 entry
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