WoRMS name details
original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 page(s): 566; note: To Hypsicomus phaeotaenia, probably following Augener 1914. There is a typographical error creating a non-existent genus (Branchicomus) but clearly Hypsicomus is intended. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Knight-Jones enigmatically mentions Branchiomma violaceum as a valid Branchiomma apparently after examination of the type, but there is absolutely no supporting detail as to how this placement was derived. [details]From other sources
Type locality South Africa [details]
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