Traits taxon details
Rhamphobrachium Ehlers, 1887
129407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129407)
accepted
Genus
Rhamphobrachium agassizii Ehlers, 1887 (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Rhamphobrachium (Minibrachium) Paxton & Budaeva, 2015
- Subgenus Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) Paxton, 1986
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) averincevi Kucheruk, 1979
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874)
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevicornutum (Moore, 1903)
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) ehlersi Monro, 1930
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) hutchingsae Paxton, 1986
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) noeli Paxton, 1986
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) pettiboneae Paxton, 1986
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) pyriforme Paxton, 1986
- Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) verngreni (Kinberg, 1865)
- Species Rhamphobrachium agassizii Ehlers, 1887
- Species Rhamphobrachium bipes Monro, 1937
- Species Rhamphobrachium chuni Ehlers, 1908
- Species Rhamphobrachium cristobalensis Fauchald, 1968
- Species Rhamphobrachium diversosetosum Monro, 1937
- Species Rhamphobrachium golikovi Averincev, 1972
- Species Rhamphobrachium longisetosum Berkeley & Berkeley, 1938
- Species Rhamphobrachium pacifica Hoagland, 1920
- Species Rhamphobrachium agassizi [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Rhamphobrachium agassizii Ehlers, 1887 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling for 'agassizii')
- Species Rhamphobrachium brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) (transferred to a new subgenus, Spinigerium)
- Species Rhamphobrachium verngreni (Kinberg, 1865) accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) verngreni (Kinberg, 1865) (transferred to a new subgenus, Spinigerium)
- Species Rhamphobrachium averincevi Kucheruk, 1979 represented as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) averincevi Kucheruk, 1979 (transfer to a subgenus)
- Species Rhamphobrachium ehlersi Monro, 1930 represented as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) ehlersi Monro, 1930 (superseded original combination)
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: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129407 on 2025-05-02
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Rhamphobrachium Ehlers, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129407 on 2025-05-02
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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
