WoRMS taxon details
Brania Quatrefages, 1866
129648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129648)
accepted
Genus
Exogone pusilla Dujardin, 1851 accepted as Brania pusilla (Dujardin, 1851) (type by monotypy)
- Species Brania arenacea Rioja, 1943
- Species Brania arminii (Langerhans, 1881)
- Species Brania articulata Hartmann-Schröder, 1982
- Species Brania atokalis (Czerniavsky, 1881)
- Species Brania diaphana Ding & Westheide, 2008
- Species Brania furcelligera (Augener, 1913)
- Species Brania gallagheri Perkins, 1981
- Species Brania glandulosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
- Species Brania jonssonii (Sæmundsson, 1918)
- Species Brania longisetis (Fauvel, 1919)
- Species Brania pusilla (Dujardin, 1851)
- Species Brania pusilloides (Haswell, 1920)
- Species Brania robusta Rullier, 1973
- Species Brania rugulosa (Verrill, 1900)
- Species Brania russelli Ruíz-Ramírez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2001
- Species Brania uebelackerae Ruíz-Ramírez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2001
- Species Brania wellfleetensis Pettibone, 1956
- Species Brania westheidei Ruíz-Ramírez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2001
- Species Brania adspersa (Grube, 1868) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Brania jonssonii Saemundsson, 1918 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Brania balani (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) accepted as Salvatoria balani (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania brevipharyngea Banse, 1972 accepted as Salvatoria brevipharyngea (Banse, 1972) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Brania californiensis Kudenov & Harris, 1995 accepted as Salvatoria californiensis (Kudenov & Harris, 1995) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania clavata (Claparède, 1863) accepted as Salvatoria clavata (Claparède, 1863)
- Species Brania concinna Westheide, 1974 accepted as Salvatoria concinna (Westheide, 1974) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania heterocirra Rioja, 1941 accepted as Salvatoria heterocirra (Rioja, 1941) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania horrocksensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1981 accepted as Erinaceusyllis horrocksensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Salvatoria kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania limbata (Claparède, 1868) accepted as Salvatoria limbata (Claparède, 1868)
- Species Brania longisetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Salvatoria longisetosa (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania mediodentata Westheide, 1974 accepted as Salvatoria mediodentata (Westheide, 1974) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania nitidula (Verrill, 1900) accepted as Salvatoria nitidula (Verrill, 1900) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Brania nutrix (Monro, 1936) accepted as Salvatoria nutrix (Monro, 1936) (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania oculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) accepted as Brania arminii (Langerhans, 1881)
- Species Brania opisthodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Salvatoria opisthodentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania quadrioculata (Augener, 1913) accepted as Salvatoria quadrioculata (Augener, 1913) (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania rhopalophora (Ehlers, 1897) accepted as Salvatoria rhopalophora (Ehlers, 1897) (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania subterranea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1956) accepted as Salvatoria neapolitana (Goodrich, 1930) (superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
- Species Brania swedmarki Gidholm, 1962 accepted as Salvatoria swedmarki (Gidholm, 1962) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania tenuicirrata (Claparède, 1864) accepted as Salvatoria tenuicirrata (Claparède, 1864)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
Etymology Not known.
Etymology Not known. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Brania Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129648 on 2026-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [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 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]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality