Maupasia is a genus of polychaete worms.

Maupasia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Lopadorrhynchidae
Genus: Maupasia
Viguier, 1886[1]
Type species
Maupasia coeca
Viguier, 1886
Species
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)

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

References

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  1. ^ 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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