WoRMS taxon details
Branchinotogluma Pettibone, 1985
324929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324929)
accepted
Genus
Branchinotogluma hessleri Pettibone, 1985 (type by original designation)
Opisthotrochopodus Pettibone, 1985 · unaccepted (male morph subjective synonym)
- Species Branchinotogluma hessleri Pettibone, 1985
- Species Branchinotogluma bipapillata Zhou, Wang, Zhang & Wang, 2018 accepted as Stratigos bipapillata (Zhou, Wang, Zhang & Wang, 2018) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma burkensis Pettibone, 1989 accepted as Photinopolynoe burkensis (Pettibone, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma elytropapillata Zhang, Chen & Qiu, 2018 accepted as Photinopolynoe elytropapillata (Zhang, Chen & Qiu, 2018) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma grasslei Pettibone, 1985 accepted as Branchinotogluma sandersi Pettibone, 1985 accepted as Cladopolynoe sandersi (Pettibone, 1985) (female morph subjective synonym)
- Species Branchinotogluma japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991) accepted as Branchipolynoe japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma jiaolongae Han, Zhou, Chen & Wang, 2023 accepted as Cladopolynoe jiaolongae (Han, Zhou, Chen & Wang, 2023) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma kaireiensis Han, Zhou, Chen & Wang, 2023 accepted as Photinopolynoe kaireiensis (Han, Zhou, Chen & Wang, 2023) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma marianus (Pettibone, 1989) accepted as Branchipolynoe marianus (Pettibone, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma nanhaiensis Wu, Zhen, Kou & Xu, 2023 accepted as Branchipolynoe nanhaiensis (Wu, Zhen, Kou & Xu, 2023) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma nikkoensis Jimi, Chen & Fujiwara, 2022 accepted as Branchipolynoe nikkoensis (Jimi, Chen & Fujiwara, 2022) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma ovata Wu, Zhan & Xu, 2019 accepted as Photinopolynoe ovata (Wu, Zhan & Xu, 2019) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma pettiboneae Wu, Zhan & Xu, 2019 accepted as Photinopolynoe pettiboneae (Wu, Zhan & Xu, 2019) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma robusta Wu, Zhen, Kou & Xu, 2023 accepted as Photinopolynoe robusta (Wu, Zhen, Kou & Xu, 2023) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma sagamiensis Jimi, Chen & Fujiwara, 2022 accepted as Photinopolynoe sagamiensis (Jimi, Chen & Fujiwara, 2022) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma sandersi Pettibone, 1985 accepted as Cladopolynoe sandersi (Pettibone, 1985) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma segonzaci (Miura & Desbruyères, 1995) accepted as Branchipolynoe segonzaci (Miura & Desbruyères, 1995) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma trifurcus (Miura & Desbruyères, 1995) accepted as Branchipolynoe trifurcus (Miura & Desbruyères, 1995) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Branchinotogluma tunnicliffeae (Pettibone, 1988) accepted as Cladopolynoe tunnicliffeae (Pettibone, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Pettibone, Marian H. 1985. Additional branchiate scale-worms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Galapagos hydrothermal vent and rift-area off western Mexico at 21 N. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98(2): 447-469.
page(s): 449 [details]
page(s): 449 [details]
Etymology Branchi from the Greek branchia for gills, plus noto from notos, Greek for back, and gluma from the Latin gluma, a bract,...
Etymology Branchi from the Greek branchia for gills, plus noto from notos, Greek for back, and gluma from the Latin gluma, a bract, referring to the presence of branchiae and notopodial bracts. Gender feminine [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Branchinotogluma Pettibone, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324929 on 2026-05-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. 1985. Additional branchiate scale-worms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Galapagos hydrothermal vent and rift-area off western Mexico at 21 N. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98(2): 447-469.
page(s): 449 [details]
original description (of Opisthotrochopodus Pettibone, 1985) Pettibone, Marian H. 1985. Additional branchiate scale-worms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Galapagos hydrothermal vent and rift-area off western Mexico at 21 N. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98(2): 447-469.
page(s): 459 [details]
page(s): 449 [details]
original description (of Opisthotrochopodus Pettibone, 1985) Pettibone, Marian H. 1985. Additional branchiate scale-worms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Galapagos hydrothermal vent and rift-area off western Mexico at 21 N. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98(2): 447-469.
page(s): 459 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Hiley, Avery S..; Mongiardino Koch, Nicolás.; Rouse, Greg W. (2024). Phylogenetics of Lepidonotopodini (Macellicephalinae, Polynoidae, Annelida) and Comparative Mitogenomics of Shallow-Water vs. Deep-Sea Scaleworms (Aphroditiformia). <em>Biology.</em> 13(12): 979: 1-87., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13/12/979
page(s): 20; note: emended diagnosis [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329
page(s): 22-23; note: assignment to Macellicephalinae [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Hatch, A. S.; Liew, H.; Hourdez, S.; Rouse, G. W. (2020). Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 932: 27-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532
page(s): 44-46; note: assignment to Lepidonotopodinae [details]
page(s): 20; note: emended diagnosis [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329
page(s): 22-23; note: assignment to Macellicephalinae [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Hatch, A. S.; Liew, H.; Hourdez, S.; Rouse, G. W. (2020). Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 932: 27-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532
page(s): 44-46; note: assignment to Lepidonotopodinae [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Wu, Xuwen; Zhan, Zifeng; Xu, Kuidong. (2019). Two new and two rarely known species of Branchinotogluma (Annelida: Polynoidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Manus Back-Arc basin, with remarks on the diversity and biogeography of vent polynoids. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 149: 103051., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063718302280
page(s): 19 of 20; note: key to species. Omitting species where both sexes not known [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 19 of 20; note: key to species. Omitting species where both sexes not known [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Branchi from the Greek branchia for gills, plus noto from notos, Greek for back, and gluma from the Latin gluma, a bract, referring to the presence of branchiae and notopodial bracts. Gender feminine [details]Grammatical gender gender is feminine [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
