WoRMS name details
Haplobranchus Bourne, 1883
155386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155386)
unaccepted (objective synonymy (type species))
Genus
Haplobranchus aestuarinus Bourne, 1883 accepted as Manayunkia aestuarina (Bourne, 1883) (type by monotypy)
- Species Haplobranchus aestuarinus Bourne, 1883 accepted as Manayunkia aestuarina (Bourne, 1883) (superseded original combination)
- Species Haplobranchus atlanticus Treadwell, 1932 accepted as Fabricia stellaris stellaris (O. F. Müller, 1774) (subjective synonym)
- Species Haplobranchus balticus Karling, 1934 accepted as Manayunkia aestuarina (Bourne, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Bourne, Alfred Gibbs. (1883). On Haplobranchus, a new genus of capitobranchiate annelid. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London.</em> 23(2): 168-176, Plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13819040
page(s): 176 [details]
page(s): 176 [details]
Etymology Haplobranchus is assumed named because the gills of H. aestuarinus lack the lateral pinnules of other sabellids, but this...
Etymology Haplobranchus is assumed named because the gills of H. aestuarinus lack the lateral pinnules of other sabellids, but this is not stated. Haploos = simple, branchus = gill. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Haplobranchus Bourne, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155386 on 2026-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Bourne, Alfred Gibbs. (1883). On Haplobranchus, a new genus of capitobranchiate annelid. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London.</em> 23(2): 168-176, Plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13819040
page(s): 176 [details]
basis of record The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year. Zoological Society of London City: London, UK. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 176 [details]
basis of record The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year. Zoological Society of London City: London, UK. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1951). Fabricinae (feather-duster polychaetous annelids) in the Pacific. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 5(4): 379-391., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8871
page(s): 388; note: with Manayunkia [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 388; note: with Manayunkia [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Dybowski, Benedykt. (1929). Die Polychaeten des Baikalsees. <em>Bulletin international de l'Académie polonaise des sciences et des lettres, Classe des sciences mathématiques et naturelles. Série B, Sciences naturelles.</em> 2 (8-10): 441-486., available online at https://polona.pl/item/wieloszczety-jeziora-bajkalskiego-die-polychaeten-des-baikalsees,NDUwODc5MDE
page(s): 453-455, 483 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 453-455, 483 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Haplobranchus is assumed named because the gills of H. aestuarinus lack the lateral pinnules of other sabellids, but this is not stated. Haploos = simple, branchus = gill. [details]
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
