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Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875

129716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129716)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Annelida
  4. Polychaeta
  5. Sedentaria
  6. Canalipalpata
  7. Terebellida
  8. Terebelliformia
  9. Trichobranchidae
  10. Octobranchus
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Genus
Trichobranchidae Malmgren, 1866

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Marion, A.F.; Bobretzky, N. (1875). Étude des Annélides du golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> 6 (2): 1-106, Pl.1-12., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33155516
page(s): 87; note: new genus for new species Octobranchus giardi [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129716 on 2026-07-08
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129716 on 2026-07-08
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-03 06:51:11Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2017-03-15 01:09:23Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2019-09-04 01:48:47Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

original description Marion, A.F.; Bobretzky, N. (1875). Étude des Annélides du golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> 6 (2): 1-106, Pl.1-12., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33155516
page(s): 87; note: new genus for new species Octobranchus giardi [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Garraffoni, André Rinaldo Senna; Lana, Paulo da Cunha. (2000). Análise cladística do gênero <i>Octobranchus</i> Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 (Trichobranchidae: Polychaeta). <em>Notas Técnicas da FACIMAR.</em> 4(1): 43-48., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.14210/bjast.v4n1.p43-48 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source Kingston, Paul F.; Mackie, Andrew S. Y. (1980). Octobranchus floriceps sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) from the northern North Sea with a re-examination of O. antarcticus Monro. <em>Sarsia.</em> 65(3-4): 249-254., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1980.10431487
note: has a table of the then valid species with characters [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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classification Listed in ERMS V1 also under family Terebellidae (Polychaeta), with same species [details]
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