World Polychaeta Database - Branchiomma natalense (Kinberg, 1866)

Polychaeta taxon details

Branchiomma natalense (Kinberg, 1866)

AphiaID

742411 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:742411)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858

Original name

Sabella natalensis Kinberg, 1866

Synonymised names

Branchiomma natalensis (Kinberg, 1866) · unaccepted (mandatory gender agreement)

Dasychone natalensis (Kinberg, 1866) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)

Dasychone violacea McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Sabella luxuriosa Grube, 1846 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Sabella natalensis Kinberg, 1866 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Sabella natalensis Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 353 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Port Natal

type locality contained in Port Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Branchiomma natalense (Kinberg, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742411 on 2026-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2013-10-06 01:38:33Z

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original description (of Dasychone violacea McIntosh, 1885) 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]

original description (of Sabella luxuriosa Grube, 1846) Grube, Adolph-Eduard. 1846. Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Erster Beitrag: Sabella Lucullana delle Chiaje, S. luxuriosa Gr. nov. sp. S. lanigera Gr. nov. spec., S. Josephinae Risso, S. penicillus Sav., S. pavonina Sav. Arkiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 12: 45-59, plate 2, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704785 [details]

original description (of Sabella natalensis Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 353 [details]

basis of record Knight-Jones, P. (1994). Two new species of Branchiomma (Sabellidae) with redescriptions of closely related species and comments on Pseudobranchiomma and Sabellastarte, in: Dauvin, J.-C. et al. (Ed.) (1994). Actes de la 4ème Conférence internationale des Polychètes, Angers, France. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Zoologie), 162: pp. 191-198.
page(s): 192 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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