Marphysa yunbenun
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| Marphysa yunbenun | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Eunicida |
| Family: | Eunicidae |
| Genus: | Marphysa |
| Species: | M. yunbenun |
| Binomial name | |
| Marphysa yunbenun Glasby, Biriukova, Hutchings, Daffe & Lavesque, 2025 | |
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.
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]