WoRMS taxon details
Brada granosa Stimpson, 1853
155045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155045)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 32, (?) plate II fig. 22 [figure not specifically assigned to any of the two original species] [details]
page(s): 32, (?) plate II fig. 22 [figure not specifically assigned to any of the two original species] [details]
Note The original type locality was Grand Manan...
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Type locality The original type locality was Grand Manan island, approx geolocation 44.69 N, -66.82 W, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. Salazar-Vallejo (2017) named a neotype from Eastport, Maine, collected by Webster, 1880. No geolocation was included, but Eastport, at approx 44.903, -67.0033 is near Grand Manan. [details]
Etymology Not stated, but Simpson (1853) describes the Brada granosa body as "covered with granulate papillae" and it is most likely...
Distribution downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; lower St. Lawrence estuary; Cobscook Bay
Etymology Not stated, but Simpson (1853) describes the Brada granosa body as "covered with granulate papillae" and it is most likely this character state inspired the name 'granosa' [details]
Distribution downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; lower St. Lawrence estuary; Cobscook Bay
Distribution downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; lower St. Lawrence estuary; Cobscook Bay [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Brada granosa Stimpson, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155045 on 2026-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 32, (?) plate II fig. 22 [figure not specifically assigned to any of the two original species] [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
page(s): 32, (?) plate II fig. 22 [figure not specifically assigned to any of the two original species] [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Støp-Bowitz, Carl 1948. Les Flabelligériens Norvégiens. Bergens Museums Arbok.Naturvitenskapelig.rekke., 1946-1947(2): 1-59. [details]
redescription Salazar Vallejo, Sergio I. (2017). Revision of Brada Stimpson, 1853, and Bradabyssa Hartman, 1967 (Annelida, Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4343(1): 1-98., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4343.1.1
page(s): 9, figure 2-3; note: redescription and re-validate, and neotype (type lost, was synonymised with Brada inhabilis (Rathke, 1843)) [details] Available for editors
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redescription Salazar Vallejo, Sergio I. (2017). Revision of Brada Stimpson, 1853, and Bradabyssa Hartman, 1967 (Annelida, Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4343(1): 1-98., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4343.1.1
page(s): 9, figure 2-3; note: redescription and re-validate, and neotype (type lost, was synonymised with Brada inhabilis (Rathke, 1843)) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated, but Simpson (1853) describes the Brada granosa body as "covered with granulate papillae" and it is most likely this character state inspired the name 'granosa' [details]Neotype A neotype was designated by Salazar-Vallejo (2017: 10) as USNM 1422407, collected by Webster, 1880, from Eastport, Maine [details]
Type locality The original type locality was Grand Manan island, approx geolocation 44.69 N, -66.82 W, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. Salazar-Vallejo (2017) named a neotype from Eastport, Maine, collected by Webster, 1880. No geolocation was included, but Eastport, at approx 44.903, -67.0033 is near Grand Manan. [details]
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Distribution downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; lower St. Lawrence estuary; Cobscook Bay [details]Habitat bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
