MSBIAS taxon details
Kirkegaardia dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959)
884702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:884702)
accepted
Species
Monticellina dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959) · unaccepted (genus homonym renamed Kirkegaardia)
Tharyx dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1959). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part I. Sedentary species. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 5: 7-117.
page(s): 34-36, figs. 2-3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 34-36, figs. 2-3 [details] Available for editors
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Kirkegaardia dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959). 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=884702 on 2026-01-17
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. Kirkegaardia dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884702 on 2026-01-17
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(of ) Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1959). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part I. Sedentary species. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 5: 7-117.
page(s): 34-36, figs. 2-3 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Blake, James A. (2016). Kirkegaardia (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae), new name for Monticellina Laubier, preoccupied in the Rhabdocoela, together with new records and descriptions of eight previously known and sixteen new species from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4166(1): 1-93., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/zootaxa.4166.1
page(s): 6, 10-14, figs. 3-4, table 1 [pages 75, 79], table 2 [page 84]; note: holotype redescription [details]
page(s): 34-36, figs. 2-3 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Blake, James A. (2016). Kirkegaardia (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae), new name for Monticellina Laubier, preoccupied in the Rhabdocoela, together with new records and descriptions of eight previously known and sixteen new species from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4166(1): 1-93., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/zootaxa.4166.1
page(s): 6, 10-14, figs. 3-4, table 1 [pages 75, 79], table 2 [page 84]; note: holotype redescription [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tharyx dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959))
To PESI (from synonym Tharyx dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959))
To PESI (from synonym Monticellina dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (113 records) (from synonym Tharyx dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959))
To PESI (from synonym Tharyx dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959))
To PESI (from synonym Monticellina dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (113 records) (from synonym Tharyx dorsobranchialis (Kirkegaard, 1959))