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Branchethus Chamberlin, 1919 
AphiaID: 325715

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Orbiniidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subjective synonym)
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Accepted name  Scoloplos Blainville, 1828
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Branchethus latum Chamberlin, 1919 (type by monotypy)
Parent Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942
Sources  original description: Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 357 [details]


basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

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Species Branchethus latum Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Scoloplos (Leodamas) latum (Chamberlin, 1919)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325715
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Date   action   by
2008-03-14 12:50:56Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2013-01-11 00:49:33Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Branchethus Chamberlin, 1919. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325715 on 2013-05-24
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