WoRMS taxon details
Pseudobranchiomma emersoni Jones, 1962
331384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331384)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 198-200, figs. 115-124 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Collected from settlement panels in shallow...
type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality Collected from settlement panels in shallow water (4 feet) at Port Royal, Jamaica. Carribean Sea. Geolocation numerics not stated. Port Royal, 17.9375 N, -76.8411 W, is the settlement at the end of the natural barrier protecting Kingston Harbour. [details]
Etymology Pseudobranchiomma emersoni is named after Dr. William K. Emerson, of the American Museum of Natural History, where the...
Etymology Pseudobranchiomma emersoni is named after Dr. William K. Emerson, of the American Museum of Natural History, where the holotype and paratypes are held. Masculine genitive noun in apposition. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudobranchiomma emersoni Jones, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331384 on 2026-10-01
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Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 198-200, figs. 115-124 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 198-200, figs. 115-124 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda)
Thomas, M. L. et al. (1992). Biotic Characteristics of the Anchialine Ponds of Bermuda. Bulletin of Marine Science, 50(1): 133-157 [details]
additional source Capa, María; Murray, Anna. (2016). Combined morphological and molecular data unveils relationships of <em>Pseudobranchiomma</em> (Sabellidae, Annelida) and reveals higher diversity of this intriguing group of fan worms in Australia, including potentially introduced species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 622: 1-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.622.9420
page(s): 13; note: Australian species as Pseudobranchiomma cf. P. emersoni [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 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 Capa, María; Murray, Anna. (2016). Combined morphological and molecular data unveils relationships of <em>Pseudobranchiomma</em> (Sabellidae, Annelida) and reveals higher diversity of this intriguing group of fan worms in Australia, including potentially introduced species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 622: 1-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.622.9420
page(s): 13; note: Australian species as Pseudobranchiomma cf. P. emersoni [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 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Pseudobranchiomma emersoni is named after Dr. William K. Emerson, of the American Museum of Natural History, where the holotype and paratypes are held. Masculine genitive noun in apposition. [details]Type locality Collected from settlement panels in shallow water (4 feet) at Port Royal, Jamaica. Carribean Sea. Geolocation numerics not stated. Port Royal, 17.9375 N, -76.8411 W, is the settlement at the end of the natural barrier protecting Kingston Harbour. [details]
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Specimen American Museum of Natural History, New York [details]
