WoRMS taxon details
Eupolymnia heterobranchia (Johnson, 1901)
333398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333398)
accepted
Species
Eupolymnia crescentis Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lanice heterobranchia Johnson, 1901 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lanice heterobranchia Johnson, 1901) Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56803704
page(s): 427, plate 17 figs. 172-174 [details]
page(s): 427, plate 17 figs. 172-174 [details]
Type locality contained in Puget Sound
type locality contained in Puget Sound [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Eupolymnia heterobranchia (Johnson, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333398 on 2026-09-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eupolymnia crescentis Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 265-266, plate 3 figs. 6-7 [details]
original description (of Lanice heterobranchia Johnson, 1901) Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56803704
page(s): 427, plate 17 figs. 172-174 [details]
basis of record Banse, Karl. (1980). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 37(1): 20-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f80-003
page(s): 23-25, fig. 2B-E [details]
page(s): 265-266, plate 3 figs. 6-7 [details]
original description (of Lanice heterobranchia Johnson, 1901) Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56803704
page(s): 427, plate 17 figs. 172-174 [details]
basis of record Banse, Karl. (1980). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 37(1): 20-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f80-003
page(s): 23-25, fig. 2B-E [details]
Other
additional source
Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1950. Notes on Polychaeta from the coast of Western Canada. IV. Polychaeta Sedentaria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3 (Series 12): 50-69., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935008654042 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lanice heterobranchia Johnson, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Eupolymnia crescentis Chamberlin, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eupolymnia heterobranchia)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lanice heterobranchia Johnson, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Eupolymnia crescentis Chamberlin, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eupolymnia heterobranchia)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To ITIS
