WoRMS taxon details
Octobranchus pacificus (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954)
986737 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:986737)
accepted
Species
Novobranchus pacificus Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Novobranchus pacificus Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954) Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1954. Additions to the Polychaete fauna of Canada, with comments on some older records. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 11(4): 454-471., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f54-030
page(s): 465, figs. 8-15 [details]
page(s): 465, figs. 8-15 [details]
Type locality contained in Buccaneer Bay
type locality contained in Buccaneer Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Octobranchus pacificus (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986737 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Novobranchus pacificus Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954) Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1954. Additions to the Polychaete fauna of Canada, with comments on some older records. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 11(4): 454-471., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f54-030
page(s): 465, figs. 8-15 [details]
new combination reference Kingston, Paul F.; Mackie, Andrew S. Y. (1980). Octobranchus floriceps sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) from the northern North Sea with a re-examination of O. antarcticus Monro. <em>Sarsia.</em> 65(3-4): 249-254., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1980.10431487
note: recombined from Novobranchus [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 465, figs. 8-15 [details]
new combination reference Kingston, Paul F.; Mackie, Andrew S. Y. (1980). Octobranchus floriceps sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) from the northern North Sea with a re-examination of O. antarcticus Monro. <em>Sarsia.</em> 65(3-4): 249-254., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1980.10431487
note: recombined from Novobranchus [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
