MSBIAS taxon details
Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858
129524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129524)
accepted
Genus
- Species Branchiomma bairdi (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Branchiomma bombyx (Dalyell, 1853)
- Species Branchiomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1815) accepted as Acromegalomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1813) (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Kölliker, A. (1858). Ueber Kopfkiemer mit Augen an den Kiemen. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 9: 536-541., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13863875 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129524 on 2026-07-06
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129524 on 2026-07-06
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Kölliker, A. (1858). Ueber Kopfkiemer mit Augen an den Kiemen. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 9: 536-541., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13863875 [details]
additional source Keppel, Erica; Tovar-Hernández, Maria Ana; Ruiz, Gregory. (2015). First record and establishment of <em>Branchiomma </em><em>coheni </em>(Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in the Atlantic Ocean and review of non–indigenous species of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4058(4): 499-518., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.4.3
note: checklist of species, noting which are recorded as introduced [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]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110
note: Claparède reinterpreted Branchiomma of Kölliker for another species he named, but this was not possible [details]
additional source Keppel, Erica; Tovar-Hernández, Maria Ana; Ruiz, Gregory. (2015). First record and establishment of <em>Branchiomma </em><em>coheni </em>(Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in the Atlantic Ocean and review of non–indigenous species of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4058(4): 499-518., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.4.3
note: checklist of species, noting which are recorded as introduced [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]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110
note: Claparède reinterpreted Branchiomma of Kölliker for another species he named, but this was not possible [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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