World Polychaeta Database - Oligobranchus M. Sars, 1846

Polychaeta name details

Oligobranchus M. Sars, 1846

AphiaID

325941 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325941)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Scalibregma Rathke, 1843

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867

Original name

Oligobranchus M. Sars, 1846

Direct children (2)

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Species Oligobranchus groenlandicus Sars, 1846 accepted as Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 1843 (subjective synonym)
Species Oligobranchus roseus Sars, 1846 accepted as Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 1843 (subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 91 [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Oligobranchus translates as 'few branchiae". Clearly Sars (1846) created a masculine genus and added two masculine...

Etymology Oligobranchus translates as 'few branchiae". Clearly Sars (1846) created a masculine genus and added two masculine adjectival names [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Oligobranchus M. Sars, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325941 on 2026-03-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-14 12:50:56Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2013-03-09 21:56:47Z

changed

Gil, João

2025-06-11 23:06:22Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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Notes (1)

original description Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 91 [details]

From editor or global species database

Etymology Oligobranchus translates as 'few branchiae". Clearly Sars (1846) created a masculine genus and added two masculine adjectival names [details]