WoRMS name details
Brandtika Jones, 1974
325069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325069)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Genus
Brandtika asiatica Jones, 1974 accepted as Monroika asiatica (Jones, 1974) (type by original designation)
- Species Brandtika asiatica Jones, 1974 accepted as Monroika asiatica (Jones, 1974) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Jones, Meredith L. (1974). <i>Brandtika asiatica</i> new genus, new species, from Southeastern Asia and a redescription of <i>Monroika africana</i> (Monro) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 87(20): 217-230., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34672908
page(s): 221-223 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 221-223 [details] Available for editors
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Status Bick & Armendáriz, (2021: 198) state that there are "no differences between Brandtika and Monroika, but there is one...
Taxonomy Fitzhugh (1989) noted that Brandtika Jones, 1974b, was described from dried material and most features of the branchial...
Status Bick & Armendáriz, (2021: 198) state that there are "no differences between Brandtika and Monroika, but there is one important shared character. Therefore, it is suggested here that B. asiatica should possibly be assigned to Monroika. This is not formally done here, because the characters of the radiolar crown are not known in Brandtika." Subsequently Bick & Bastrop (2025: 7, 9, 48) did synonymize Brandtika into Monroika and created the combination Monroika asiatica [details]
Taxonomy Fitzhugh (1989) noted that Brandtika Jones, 1974b, was described from dried material and most features of the branchial...
Taxonomy Fitzhugh (1989) noted that Brandtika Jones, 1974b, was described from dried material and most features of the branchial crown are unknown. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Brandtika Jones, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325069 on 2026-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Jones, Meredith L. (1974). <i>Brandtika asiatica</i> new genus, new species, from Southeastern Asia and a redescription of <i>Monroika africana</i> (Monro) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 87(20): 217-230., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34672908
page(s): 221-223 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 221-223 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
Bick, Andreas; Bastrop, Ralf. (2025). Revision of the genus Manayunkia Leidy, 1859, and establishment of two subfamilies within Fabriciidae (Annelida, Sabellida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5661(1): 1-58., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5661.1.1
page(s): 7 of 58; note: Brandtika is placed as a synonym of Monroika [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Fitzhugh, Kirk. (1989). A systematic revision of the Sabellidae-Caobangidae-Sabellongidae complex (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 192: 1-104., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/881
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Bick, Andreas; Armendáriz, Laura. (2021). A new freshwater fabriciid species (Sabellida, Fabriciidae) from the Uruguay River, Argentina, with some remarks on the relationships of <em>Monroika </em>Hartman, 1951, <em>Manayunkia </em>Bourne, 1884 and <em>Brandtika </em>Jones, 1974. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4966(2): 187-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.6
page(s): 198; note: suggest that Brandtika is a synonym of Monroika, but do not synonymize it. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 7 of 58; note: Brandtika is placed as a synonym of Monroika [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Fitzhugh, Kirk. (1989). A systematic revision of the Sabellidae-Caobangidae-Sabellongidae complex (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 192: 1-104., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/881
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Bick, Andreas; Armendáriz, Laura. (2021). A new freshwater fabriciid species (Sabellida, Fabriciidae) from the Uruguay River, Argentina, with some remarks on the relationships of <em>Monroika </em>Hartman, 1951, <em>Manayunkia </em>Bourne, 1884 and <em>Brandtika </em>Jones, 1974. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4966(2): 187-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.6
page(s): 198; note: suggest that Brandtika is a synonym of Monroika, but do not synonymize it. [details] Available for editors
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Status Bick & Armendáriz, (2021: 198) state that there are "no differences between Brandtika and Monroika, but there is one important shared character. Therefore, it is suggested here that B. asiatica should possibly be assigned to Monroika. This is not formally done here, because the characters of the radiolar crown are not known in Brandtika." Subsequently Bick & Bastrop (2025: 7, 9, 48) did synonymize Brandtika into Monroika and created the combination Monroika asiatica [details]Taxonomy Fitzhugh (1989) noted that Brandtika Jones, 1974b, was described from dried material and most features of the branchial crown are unknown. [details]
