WoRMS taxon details
Branchiomma bairdi (McIntosh, 1885)
421070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421070)
accepted
Species
Dasychone bairdi McIntosh, 1885 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
(of Dasychone bairdi McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 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): 495-497, plate XXXA figs. 13-15, plate XXXVIIIA figs. 5-6, plate XXXIXA figs. 2, 9 [details]
page(s): 495-497, plate XXXA figs. 13-15, plate XXXVIIIA figs. 5-6, plate XXXIXA figs. 2, 9 [details]
Type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Branchiomma bairdi (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421070 on 2025-06-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dasychone bairdi McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 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): 495-497, plate XXXA figs. 13-15, plate XXXVIIIA figs. 5-6, plate XXXIXA figs. 2, 9 [details]
new combination reference Johansson, Karl Eric. (1927). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polychaeten-Familien Hermellidae Sabellidae und Serpulidae. [inaugural-dissertation]. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 11: 1-184.
page(s): 167; note: no explanatory commentary, checklist only [details]
page(s): 495-497, plate XXXA figs. 13-15, plate XXXVIIIA figs. 5-6, plate XXXIXA figs. 2, 9 [details]
new combination reference Johansson, Karl Eric. (1927). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polychaeten-Familien Hermellidae Sabellidae und Serpulidae. [inaugural-dissertation]. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 11: 1-184.
page(s): 167; note: no explanatory commentary, checklist only [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Capa, Maria; Murray, Anna. (2015). A taxonomic guide to the fanworms (Sabellidae, Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including new species and new records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 98-167., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.8
note: First record of Branchiomma bairdi from Lizard Island, Australia, but later Keppel et al (2018) believes this to be error for correct identification of B. conspersum [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Keppel, E.; Tovar-Hernández, M. A.; Ruiz, G. (2018). New records of the non-indigenous species Branchiomma bairdi and B. conspersum (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) on the Pacific coast of North America. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 7(3): 229-236., available online at http://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2018/Issue3.aspx
page(s): 231; note: Record and description for Hawaii & California specimens [details]
redescription Tovar-Hernández, María Ana and Knight-Jones, Phyllis 2006. Species of Branchiomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Caribbean Sea and Pacific coast of Panama. Zootaxa 1189: 1-37., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01189p037f.pdf
page(s): 14 [details]
note: First record of Branchiomma bairdi from Lizard Island, Australia, but later Keppel et al (2018) believes this to be error for correct identification of B. conspersum [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Keppel, E.; Tovar-Hernández, M. A.; Ruiz, G. (2018). New records of the non-indigenous species Branchiomma bairdi and B. conspersum (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) on the Pacific coast of North America. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 7(3): 229-236., available online at http://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2018/Issue3.aspx
page(s): 231; note: Record and description for Hawaii & California specimens [details]
redescription Tovar-Hernández, María Ana and Knight-Jones, Phyllis 2006. Species of Branchiomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Caribbean Sea and Pacific coast of Panama. Zootaxa 1189: 1-37., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01189p037f.pdf
page(s): 14 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Del Pasqua, Michela; Schulze, Anja; Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; Keppel, Erica; Lezzi, Marco; Gambi, Maria Cristina; Giangrande, Adriana. (2018). Clarifying the taxonomic status of the alien species Branchiomma bairdi and Branchiomma boholense (Annelida: Sabellidae) using molecular and morphological evidence Del Pasqua, Michela. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 13(5): e0197104., available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197104 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1960). Estudios anelidológicos. XXIV. Adiciones a la fauna de anélidos poliquetos de las costas orientales de México. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 31(1/2): 289-316., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/1159/1303
page(s): 308-309, fig. 28 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
[request]additional source Del Pasqua, Michela; Schulze, Anja; Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; Keppel, Erica; Lezzi, Marco; Gambi, Maria Cristina; Giangrande, Adriana. (2018). Clarifying the taxonomic status of the alien species Branchiomma bairdi and Branchiomma boholense (Annelida: Sabellidae) using molecular and morphological evidence Del Pasqua, Michela. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 13(5): e0197104., available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197104 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1960). Estudios anelidológicos. XXIV. Adiciones a la fauna de anélidos poliquetos de las costas orientales de México. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 31(1/2): 289-316., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/1159/1303
page(s): 308-309, fig. 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Cypriote part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Rare [details]Introduced species abundance in Italian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) : Rare [details]
Introduced species abundance in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Common [details]
Introduced species abundance in Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Marine Region) : Common [details]
Introduced species abundance in Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Marine Region) : Rare [details]
Introduced species abundance in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Rare [details]
Introduced species abundance in Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] (Marine Region) : Common [details]
Introduced species abundance in Spanish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin (Marine Region) : Common [details]
Introduced species abundance in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Rare [details]
Introduced species abundance in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Locally common [details]
Introduced species impact in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species population trend in Cypriote part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Italian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Spanish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species remark In Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Marine Region) : The invasive potential of the species seems to be favoured by its high biological plasticity and reproductive habits, which include both sexual and asexual reproduction [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Ships: general [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Madeiran part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Marine Region) : Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms
Invaded from the Caribbean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Aquaculture: accidental [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins
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Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms
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