WoRMS name details
original description
Rullier, François. (1964 ["1963"]). Quelques annélides polychètes du Sénégal, dont <i>Branchioasychis dakarensis</i>, espèce nouvelle de Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 88(5-6): 588-591. page(s): 589, unnumbered text figure of chaetae; note: found in a muddy estuary, not far from Dakar [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Light, William J. H. (1991). Systematic revision of the genera of the polychaete subfamily Maldaninae Arwidsson. <em>Ophelia, supplement.</em> 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 133-146. page(s): 143 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but evidently Branchioasychis dakarensis is named from the geographic locality of Dakar [details]
Publication date Title page has "paru le 30th Avril 1964", although the title page also has 1963, so it's the 1963 year volume, but published 1964. [details]
Type locality Dakar, Senegal, found in a muddy estuary, not far from Dakar, geolocation estimate 14.6667, -17.4167 [details]
Type material Rullier stated the specimen "avait été ingurgité par un Cône [cone shell?] et ensuite rejeté. L'unique exemplaire mesure 18 cm de longueur sur" [details]
| |