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Polychaeta name details

Haplobranchus aestuarinus Bourne, 1883

338847  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338847)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bourne, Alfred Gibbs. (1883). On Haplobranchus, a new genus of capitobranchiate annelid. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London.</em> 23(2): 168-176, Plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13819040
page(s): 168-173, 176, plate IX figs. 1-14 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Isle of Sheppey, Thames Estuary, England,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Isle of Sheppey, Thames Estuary, England, collected W. H. Shrubsoll; Mouth of the Liffey, Ireland, collected Thomas Bolton. Bourne gives both locations in his summary on page 176, but perhaps his specimens came mainly from Sheppey. [details]
Etymology Haplobranchus aestuarinus is assumed named for its estuarine occurrences, but this is not stated.  
Etymology Haplobranchus aestuarinus is assumed named for its estuarine occurrences, but this is not stated. [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Haplobranchus aestuarinus Bourne, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338847 on 2026-05-04
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original description Bourne, Alfred Gibbs. (1883). On Haplobranchus, a new genus of capitobranchiate annelid. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London.</em> 23(2): 168-176, Plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13819040
page(s): 168-173, 176, plate IX figs. 1-14 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source 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): 549; note: listed as a combination in the list of Manayunkia species. The recombination was probably by McIntosh (1923: 305 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1916). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXVIII. 1. On the British Sabellidae. 2. On the Sabellidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870, and by H.M.S. 'Knight Errant' in 1882. 3. On the Terebellidae and Sabellidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada by Dr. Whiteaves in 1871-73. 4. On the Sabellidae dredged by Canon A.M. Norman off Norway and Finmark. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 17(97): 1-68, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612163
page(s): 47; note: as Haplobranchus aestuarius [sic] [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Horst, R. (1921). Haplobranchus aestuarinus Bourne, een sedentaire Annelide uit hetbrakke water van Nederland. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden).</em> 6: 216-216., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319317
page(s): 216; note: new record for the Netherlands [details] 

new combination reference McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538.
page(s): 305; note: McIntosh uses Manayunkia (Haplobranchus) aestuarinus [sic] [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology Haplobranchus aestuarinus is assumed named for its estuarine occurrences, but this is not stated. [details]

Type locality Isle of Sheppey, Thames Estuary, England, collected W. H. Shrubsoll; Mouth of the Liffey, Ireland, collected Thomas Bolton. Bourne gives both locations in his summary on page 176, but perhaps his specimens came mainly from Sheppey. [details]

Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]