Polychaeta taxon details
Leiochrides branchiatus Hartman, 1976
328699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328699)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1976 [issue for 1974]). Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 16(1): 191-252., available online at http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=817&bkid=48
page(s): 237; note: no figures [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 237; note: no figures [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AHF, geounit Bay of Bengal
, Note Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, India, Madras (=...
Holotype AHF, geounit Bay of Bengal [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, India, Madras (= Chennai), 1.5 miles SE of harbour, directly east of the University building (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 13.064º, long. 80.307º), at 15 m, in gray mud with little sand. [details]
Depth range 15-20 m.
Distribution Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal (coasts of India).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having gills', and presumably is used to...
Depth range 15-20 m. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal (coasts of India).
Distribution Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal (coasts of India). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having gills', and presumably is used to...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having gills', and presumably is used to emphasize the fact that the species "differs from other species of the genus in having branchiae limited to far posterior segments, emerging from the posterior face of notopodia" (Hartman, 1976: 237). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leiochrides branchiatus Hartman, 1976. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328699 on 2025-06-01
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Hartman, Olga. (1976 [issue for 1974]). Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 16(1): 191-252., available online at http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=817&bkid=48
page(s): 237; note: no figures [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 237; note: no figures [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 15-20 m. [details]Distribution Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal (coasts of India). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having gills', and presumably is used to emphasize the fact that the species "differs from other species of the genus in having branchiae limited to far posterior segments, emerging from the posterior face of notopodia" (Hartman, 1976: 237). [details]
Habitat In mud with little sand, at shallow depths. [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, India, Madras (= Chennai), 1.5 miles SE of harbour, directly east of the University building (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 13.064º, long. 80.307º), at 15 m, in gray mud with little sand. [details]
