Octobranchus
creator: Bellan, Gérard
creator: Decock, Wim
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
creator: Read, Geoffrey
date: 2026-08-27
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129716 on 2026-08-27
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2019-09-04T03:48:47Z
replaces: 325290
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
class: Polychaeta
family: Trichobranchidae
genus: Octobranchus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Marion, A.F.; Bobretzky, N. (1875). Étude des Annélides du golfe de Marseille. Annales des Sciences naturelles, Paris. 6 (2): 1-106, Pl.1-12.
name published in: Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, C. 1954. Additions to the Polychaete fauna of Canada, with comments on some older records. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 11(4): 454-471.
name published in year: 1875
name published in year: 1954
order: Terebellida
parent name usage ID: 983
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted