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Polychaeta name detailsAmphibranchus Kinberg, 1867
249742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249742)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
marine,
recent only
masculine
Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1867). Om Amphinomernas systematik. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 24(3): 83-91., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32326623
page(s): 90 [details] 
Etymology Not stated by the author. The generic name is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin amphi-, meaning 'on both sides',...
Etymology Not stated by the author. The generic name is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin amphi-, meaning 'on both sides', and the word branchus, for 'branchia', and seems to refer to the presence of two gills on each notopodium that according to Kinberg (1867: 90) characterizes the genus: "Af detta slägte, utmärkt genom tvenne gälar på hvarje ryggfot, känna vi tvenne arter" [= "Of this genus, characterized by two gills on each dorsal foot, we know two species" (translation by the editor)]. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Amphibranchus Kinberg, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249742 on 2024-04-18
Date action by
original description
Kinberg, Johan Gustaf Hjalmar. (1867). Om Amphinomernas systematik. <em>Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 24(3): 83-91., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32326623
page(s): 90 [details] source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. page(s): 5, 41; note: with Hermodice Kinberg, 1857 [details] Available for editors  [request] From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Kinberg (1867: 90): "Carunculus lamellosus; branchiae pedum dorsualium binae."[details] Etymology Not stated by the author. The generic name is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin amphi-, meaning 'on both sides', and the word branchus, for 'branchia', and seems to refer to the presence of two gills on each notopodium that according to Kinberg (1867: 90) characterizes the genus: "Af detta slägte, utmärkt genom tvenne gälar på hvarje ryggfot, känna vi tvenne arter" [= "Of this genus, characterized by two gills on each dorsal foot, we know two species" (translation by the editor)]. [details] |