WoRMS taxon details
Terebellobranchia Day, 1951
325279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325279)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1951). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 1. The intertidal and estuarine Polychaeta of Natal and Mosambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(1): 1-67.
page(s): 58; note: uMthwalume, a coastal settlement in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 58; note: uMthwalume, a coastal settlement in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa [details] Available for editors
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Note Umtwalumi. Day does not give a geolocation for...
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Type locality Umtwalumi. Day does not give a geolocation for Umtwalumi but it appears to be "uMthwalume" a coastal town at -30.483, 30.633 in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. [details]
Etymology Terebellobranchia is named to draw attention to the branchiae which are spaced at intervals, arising from segments 3, 7 and...
Etymology Terebellobranchia is named to draw attention to the branchiae which are spaced at intervals, arising from segments 3, 7 and 13. However, Day has no actual comment on his choice of genus name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Terebellobranchia Day, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325279 on 2026-02-09
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Day, John H. (1951). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 1. The intertidal and estuarine Polychaeta of Natal and Mosambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(1): 1-67.
page(s): 58; note: uMthwalume, a coastal settlement in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 58; note: uMthwalume, a coastal settlement in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Etymology Terebellobranchia is named to draw attention to the branchiae which are spaced at intervals, arising from segments 3, 7 and 13. However, Day has no actual comment on his choice of genus name. [details]Type locality Umtwalumi. Day does not give a geolocation for Umtwalumi but it appears to be "uMthwalume" a coastal town at -30.483, 30.633 in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. [details]
