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Rhamphobrachium Ehlers, 1887

129407  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129407)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Eunicida (Order)
  7. Onuphidae (Family)
  8. Onuphinae (Subfamily)
  9. Rhamphobrachium (Genus)
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Genus
Ramphobrachium [auctt.] · unaccepted (misspelling for Rhamphobrachium)

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  1. Subgenus Rhamphobrachium (Minibrachium) Paxton & Budaeva, 2015
    1. Species Rhamphobrachium (Minibrachium) fractum Paxton & Budaeva, 2015
    2. Species Rhamphobrachium (Minibrachium) nutrix Paxton & Budaeva, 2015
    3. Species Rhamphobrachium (Minibrachium) talboti Paxton & Budaeva, 2015
  2. Subgenus Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) Paxton, 1986
    1. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) averincevi Kucheruk, 1979
    2. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874)
    3. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevicornutum (Moore, 1903)
    4. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) ehlersi Monro, 1930
    5. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) hutchingsae Paxton, 1986
    6. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) longisetosum Berkeley & Berkeley, 1938
    7. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) noeli Paxton, 1986
    8. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) pettiboneae Paxton, 1986
    9. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) pyriforme Paxton, 1986
    10. Species Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) verngreni (Kinberg, 1865)
  3. Species Rhamphobrachium agassizii Ehlers, 1887
  4. Species Rhamphobrachium bipes Monro, 1937
  5. Species Rhamphobrachium chuni Ehlers, 1908
  6. Species Rhamphobrachium cristobalensis Fauchald, 1968
  7. Species Rhamphobrachium diversosetosum Monro, 1937
  8. Species Rhamphobrachium golikovi Averincev, 1972
  9. Species Rhamphobrachium pacifica Hoagland, 1920
  10. Species Rhamphobrachium agassizi [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Rhamphobrachium agassizii Ehlers, 1887 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling for 'agassizii')
  11. Species Rhamphobrachium atlanticum Day, 1973 accepted as Longibrachium atlanticum (Day, 1973) (superseded original combination)
  12. Species Rhamphobrachium branchiatum [auctorum] accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) (suspected to be lapsus for 'brevibrachiatum')
  13. Species Rhamphobrachium brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) (transferred to a new subgenus, Spinigerium)
  14. Species Rhamphobrachium brevibranchiatum [auctorum] accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) ('alternative' spelling of 'brevibrachiatum')
  15. Species Rhamphobrachium capense Day, 1960 accepted as Brevibrachium capense (Day, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
  16. Species Rhamphobrachium hartmanae Friedrich, 1956 accepted as Australonuphis hartmanae (Friedrich, 1956) (superseded original combination)
  17. Species Rhamphobrachium maculatum Estcourt, 1966 accepted as Brevibrachium maculatum (Estcourt, 1966) (objective syonym)
  18. Species Rhamphobrachium quadripes Kucheruk, 1979 accepted as Longibrachium quadripes (Kucheruk, 1979) (superseded original combination)
  19. Species Rhamphobrachium verngreni (Kinberg, 1865) accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) verngreni (Kinberg, 1865) (transferred to a new subgenus, Spinigerium)
  20. Species Rhamphobrachium averincevi Kucheruk, 1979 represented as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) averincevi Kucheruk, 1979 (transfer to a subgenus)
  21. Species Rhamphobrachium ehlersi Monro, 1930 represented as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) ehlersi Monro, 1930 (superseded original combination)
  22. Species Rhamphobrachium longisetosum Berkeley & Berkeley, 1938 represented as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) longisetosum Berkeley & Berkeley, 1938 (superseded original combination; transferred to a new subgenus, Spinigerium)
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] 
Note Type species Rhamphobrachium agassizi Ehlers...  
Type species Type species Rhamphobrachium agassizi Ehlers 1887 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Rhamphobrachium Ehlers, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129407 on 2025-11-07
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-02-28 11:07:56Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2023-01-18 22:07:11Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2025-04-21 20:46:57Z
changed
Gil, João

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Nomenclature

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

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  PDF available [request]

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] 

Other

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] 

 
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Type species Type species Rhamphobrachium agassizi Ehlers 1887 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
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