WoRMS taxon details
Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908
130576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130576)
accepted
Species
Cirrophorus lyriformis (Annenkova, 1934) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Paraonis (Paraonides) lyriformis Annenkova, 1934 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 124-126, plate XVII figs. 5-9 [details]
page(s): 124-126, plate XVII figs. 5-9 [details]
Holotype ZMB Vermes 4488, geounit Agulhas Bank
, Note Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape...
Holotype ZMB Vermes 4488, geounit Agulhas Bank [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-35.35°, 20.3667°), 117 m, grey mud. [details]
Depth range 117 m.
Distribution South Africa: Agulhas Bank (off south coast of Cape Province).
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having branchiae' or...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; lower St. Lawrence estuary
Depth range 117 m. [details]
Distribution South Africa: Agulhas Bank (off south coast of Cape Province).
Distribution South Africa: Agulhas Bank (off south coast of Cape Province). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having branchiae' or...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having branchiae' or 'having gills', and presumably refers to the presence of 25 pairs of branchiae on the type specimen of the genus. [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; lower St. Lawrence estuary
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130576 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 124-126, plate XVII figs. 5-9 [details]
original description (of Paraonis (Paraonides) lyriformis Annenkova, 1934) Annenkova, N. P. 1934. Paraoniden der Meeren des Fernen Osten der USSR. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 3(8-9): 656-658. [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 124-126, plate XVII figs. 5-9 [details]
original description (of Paraonis (Paraonides) lyriformis Annenkova, 1934) Annenkova, N. P. 1934. Paraoniden der Meeren des Fernen Osten der USSR. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 3(8-9): 656-658. [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909. pages 27-70. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
redescription Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 423-424, fig. 9 l-o [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909. pages 27-70. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
redescription Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 423-424, fig. 9 l-o [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Shin, P.K.S. & Thompson,G.B. (1982) Spatial distribution of the infaunal benthos of Hong Kong. Mar.Ecol.Prog.Ser. 10: 37-47. [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 Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Erdoğan-Dereli, Deniz; Çinar, Melih Ertan; Dağli, Ertan. (2017). <i>Cirrophorus</i> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Paraonidae) in the Sea of Marmara, with description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4347(1): 137-150., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4347.1.8
page(s): 147-149, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Shin, P.K.S. & Thompson,G.B. (1982) Spatial distribution of the infaunal benthos of Hong Kong. Mar.Ecol.Prog.Ser. 10: 37-47. [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 Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Erdoğan-Dereli, Deniz; Çinar, Melih Ertan; Dağli, Ertan. (2017). <i>Cirrophorus</i> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Paraonidae) in the Sea of Marmara, with description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4347(1): 137-150., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4347.1.8
page(s): 147-149, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMB Vermes 4488, geounit Agulhas Bank [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 117 m. [details]Distribution South Africa: Agulhas Bank (off south coast of Cape Province). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having branchiae' or 'having gills', and presumably refers to the presence of 25 pairs of branchiae on the type specimen of the genus. [details]
Habitat Mud, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-35.35°, 20.3667°), 117 m, grey mud. [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]Habitat bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムチヒメエラゴカイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cirrophorus lyriformis (Annenkova, 1934))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrophorus branchiatus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Cirrophorus lyriformis (Annenkova, 1934))
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (16 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (254 records) (from synonym Cirrophorus lyriformis (Annenkova, 1934))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (93 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cirrophorus lyriformis (Annenkova, 1934))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrophorus branchiatus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Cirrophorus lyriformis (Annenkova, 1934))
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (16 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (254 records) (from synonym Cirrophorus lyriformis (Annenkova, 1934))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (93 records)
To ITIS
