African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Dasychone violacea McIntosh, 1885

AfReMaS name details

Dasychone violacea McIntosh, 1885

AphiaID

339899 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339899)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Branchiomma natalensis (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Branchiomma natalense (Kinberg, 1866)

Rank

Species

Parent

Dasychone Sars, 1862 accepted as Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858

Original name

Dasychone violacea McIntosh, 1885

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Subspecies Dasychone violacea natalensis Day, 1934 accepted as Branchiomma violaceum (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 504-506, plate LIII fig. 3, plate XXXIA figs. 7-8, plate XXXIXA fig. 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Dasychone violacea McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339899 on 2026-05-09

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Dasychone violacea McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339899 on 2026-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

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original description McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 504-506, plate LIII fig. 3, plate XXXIA figs. 7-8, plate XXXIXA fig. 7 [details]

additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. Discovery Reports, Cambridge. 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 201 [details]

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors

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