World Polychaeta Database - Branchoscolex Schmarda, 1861

WoRMS name details

Branchoscolex Schmarda, 1861

AphiaID

325717 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325717)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Dasybranchus Grube, 1850

Rank

Genus

Parent

Capitellidae Grube, 1862

Original name

Branchoscolex Schmarda, 1861

Direct children (3)

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Species Branchoscolex craspidochaetus Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Dasybranchus bipartitus (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
Species Branchoscolex oligobranchus Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Dasybranchus bipartitus (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
Species Branchoscolex sphaerachaetus Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Dasybranchus bipartitus (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 59 [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology Branchoscolex means branchiated worm, from the Greek vránchia branchiae, and skolex, worm.

Etymology Branchoscolex means branchiated worm, from the Greek vránchia branchiae, and skolex, worm. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Branchoscolex Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325717 on 2025-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2008-03-14 12:50:56Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2013-07-12 16:58:09Z

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Gil, João

2013-10-09 23:10:00Z

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Gil, João

2021-05-21 19:38:35Z

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Gil, João

Licensing

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Notes (2)

Nomenclature

original description Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 59 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 474-475 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Schmarda (1861: 59): "Branchiae ternae aut quaternae, rarissime plures, dorsales breves filiformes. Nonnulla segmenta branchiis carentia." [details]

Etymology Branchoscolex means branchiated worm, from the Greek vránchia branchiae, and skolex, worm. [details]