NARMS taxon details
Rhamphobrachium Ehlers, 1887
129407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129407)
accepted
Genus
Rhamphobrachium agassizii Ehlers, 1887 (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) Paxton, 1986
- Species Rhamphobrachium agassizii Ehlers, 1887
- Species Rhamphobrachium agassizi [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Rhamphobrachium agassizii Ehlers, 1887 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling for 'agassizii')
- Species Rhamphobrachium atlanticum Day, 1973 accepted as Longibrachium atlanticum (Day, 1973) (superseded original combination)
- Species Rhamphobrachium brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) (transferred to a new subgenus, Spinigerium)
- Species Rhamphobrachium brevibranchiatum [auctorum] accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) ('alternative' spelling of 'brevibrachiatum')
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 70 [details]
page(s): 70 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Rhamphobrachium Ehlers, 1887. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129407 on 2025-05-23
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Rhamphobrachium Ehlers, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129407 on 2025-05-23
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original description
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 70 [details]
taxonomy source Paxton, Hannelore. (1986). Revision of the <i>Rhamphobrachium</i> complex (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(2): 75-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.176 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Paxton, Hannelore; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2015). <em>Minibrachium</em>, a new subgenus of <em>Rhamphobrachium </em>(Annelida: Onuphidae) from Australia with the description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 621-634., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.21 [details]
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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
page(s): 70 [details]
taxonomy source Paxton, Hannelore. (1986). Revision of the <i>Rhamphobrachium</i> complex (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(2): 75-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.176 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Paxton, Hannelore; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2015). <em>Minibrachium</em>, a new subgenus of <em>Rhamphobrachium </em>(Annelida: Onuphidae) from Australia with the description of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 621-634., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.21 [details]
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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
