Maupasia

Maupasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Lopadorrhynchidae
Genus:	Maupasia; Viguier, 1886[1]
Type species
	Maupasia coeca; Viguier, 1886
Species
	Maupasia brodskyi Uschakov, 1957; Maupasia coeca Viguier, 1886; Maupasia gracilis (Reibisch, 1893); Maupasia isochaeta (Reibisch, 1895); Maupasia magna Southern, 1909; Maupasia rufa Giard, 1890;
Synonyms
	Haliplanella Treadwell, 1943 (senior homonym suppressed by ICZN in favour of Haliplanella Hand, 1956); Haliplanes [genus misspelling] (Spelling variation of Halyplanes); Halyplanes Reibisch, 1893 (subjective synonym);

Maupasia is a genus of polychaete worms.

The name is a tribute to French librarian, zoologist and botanist Émile Maupas (1842–1916).

References

Viguier, Camille. (1886). Etudes sur les Animaux inferieurs de la Baie d'Alger. Recherches sur les Annelides pelagiques. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale. 4: 347-442, plates 21-27.,

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