Maupasia

Maupasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Lopadorrhynchidae
Genus:	Maupasia; , 1886
Type species
	; Viguier, 1886
Species
	Uschakov, 1957; Viguier, 1886; (Reibisch, 1893); (Reibisch, 1895); Southern, 1909; 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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