WoRMS name details
Aponobranchus Gravier, 1905
325700 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325700)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Aponobranchus perrieri Gravier, 1905 accepted as Terebellides stroemii Sars, 1835 (type by monotypy)
- Species Aponobranchus perrieri Gravier, 1905 accepted as Terebellides stroemii Sars, 1835 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Gravier, Charles. (1905). Sur deux types nouveaux de Térébelliens, <i>Anisocirrus</i> nov. gen., <i>decipiens</i> nov. sp., <i>Aponobranchus</i> nov. gen., <i>perrieri</i> nov. sp. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 11(6): 437-444., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42898010
page(s): 441-444 [diagnosis in page 444] [details]
page(s): 441-444 [diagnosis in page 444] [details]
Etymology The name Aponobranchus is composed by the Greek words apón, meaning 'absent', and branchus, meaning 'branchiae' or...
Etymology The name Aponobranchus is composed by the Greek words apón, meaning 'absent', and branchus, meaning 'branchiae' or 'gills', and refers to the absence of branchiae in the type material: "il est, en effet, déporvu de branchies" (Gravier, 1905: 443). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Aponobranchus Gravier, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325700 on 2024-03-28
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original description
Gravier, Charles. (1905). Sur deux types nouveaux de Térébelliens, <i>Anisocirrus</i> nov. gen., <i>decipiens</i> nov. sp., <i>Aponobranchus</i> nov. gen., <i>perrieri</i> nov. sp. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 11(6): 437-444., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42898010
page(s): 441-444 [diagnosis in page 444] [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 532 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 441-444 [diagnosis in page 444] [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 532 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Gravier (1905: 444): "Tentacules nombreux, les uns filiformes, légèrement canaliculés, les autres, plus longs, élargis et creusés en gouttière dans leur partie terminale, portés par un lobe dorsal très développé. Premier segment achète, très court, surmonté par une lèvre ventrale triangulaire. Pas de branchies. Faisceaux de soies capillaires commençant au 2e segment , portés par des lobes foliacés. Tores thoraciques à partir du 6e sétigère. Au premier tore, soies coudées à pointe tournée vers l'extrémité postérieure; aux autres tores thoraciques, crochets à long manubrium légèrement incurvé, dont le rostre présente 4 dents. Dans les segments abdominaux, les pinnules portent des plaques aviculaires courtes à 4 rangées de dents. Tube à paroi mince, sans consistance, recouvert de sable fin." [details]Etymology The name Aponobranchus is composed by the Greek words apón, meaning 'absent', and branchus, meaning 'branchiae' or 'gills', and refers to the absence of branchiae in the type material: "il est, en effet, déporvu de branchies" (Gravier, 1905: 443). [details]