WoRMS name details
Oligobranchus M. Sars, 1846
325941 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325941)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
- Species Oligobranchus groenlandicus Sars, 1846 accepted as Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 1843 (subjective synonym)
- Species Oligobranchus roseus Sars, 1846 accepted as Scalibregma inflatum Rathke, 1843 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
Etymology Oligobranchus translates as 'few branchiae". Clearly Sars (1846) created a masculine genus and added two masculine...
Etymology Oligobranchus translates as 'few branchiae". Clearly Sars (1846) created a masculine genus and added two masculine adjectival names [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Oligobranchus M. Sars, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325941 on 2025-11-10
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Nomenclature
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Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
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Etymology Oligobranchus translates as 'few branchiae". Clearly Sars (1846) created a masculine genus and added two masculine adjectival names [details]
