Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Eunicida > Family Onuphidae > Subfamily Onuphinae > Genus Onuphis

Onuphis geophiliformis (Moore, 1903)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Onuphis*	Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Northia geophiliformis*	Moore, 1903	synonym
*Nothria geophiliformis*	(Moore, 1903)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ムアイソメ

Literature

basis of record	Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Maekawa, Nobuyuki; Hayashi, Isao. (1999). Taxonomic study on the genus Onuphis (Polychaeta, Onuphidae) from Japan and adjacent seas, with descriptions of six new species. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology). 25(3): 163-214.
redescription	Hilbig, B. (1995). Family Onuphidae Kinberg, 1865. pages 229-262. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Onuphis geophiliformis (Moore, 1903). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334274