WoRMS taxon details
Brania Quatrefages, 1866
129648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129648)
accepted
Genus
Exogone pusilla Dujardin, 1851 accepted as Brania pusilla (Dujardin, 1851) (type by monotypy)
- Species Brania arenacea Rioja, 1943
- Species Brania arminii (Langerhans, 1881)
- Species Brania articulata Hartmann-Schröder, 1982
- Species Brania atokalis (Czerniavsky, 1881)
- Species Brania diaphana Ding & Westheide, 2008
- Species Brania furcelligera (Augener, 1913)
- Species Brania gallagheri Perkins, 1981
- Species Brania glandulosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
- Species Brania jonssonii (Sæmundsson, 1918)
- Species Brania longisetis (Fauvel, 1919)
- Species Brania nutrix (Monro, 1936)
- Species Brania pusilla (Dujardin, 1851)
- Species Brania pusilloides (Haswell, 1920)
- Species Brania robusta Rullier, 1973
- Species Brania rugulosa (Verrill, 1900)
- Species Brania russelli Ruíz-Ramírez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2001
- Species Brania uebelackerae Ruíz-Ramírez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2001
- Species Brania wellfleetensis Pettibone, 1956
- Species Brania westheidei Ruíz-Ramírez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2001
- Species Brania balani (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) accepted as Salvatoria balani (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania brevipharyngea Banse, 1972 accepted as Salvatoria brevipharyngea (Banse, 1972) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Brania californiensis Kudenov & Harris, 1995 accepted as Salvatoria californiensis (Kudenov & Harris, 1995) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania clavata (Claparède, 1863) accepted as Salvatoria clavata (Claparède, 1863)
- Species Brania concinna Westheide, 1974 accepted as Salvatoria concinna (Westheide, 1974) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania heterocirra Rioja, 1941 accepted as Salvatoria heterocirra (Rioja, 1941) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania horrocksensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1981 accepted as Erinaceusyllis horrocksensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Salvatoria kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania limbata (Claparède, 1868) accepted as Salvatoria limbata (Claparède, 1868)
- Species Brania longisetosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Salvatoria longisetosa (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania mediodentata Westheide, 1974 accepted as Salvatoria mediodentata (Westheide, 1974) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania nitidula (Verrill, 1900) accepted as Salvatoria nitidula (Verrill, 1900) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Brania oculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) accepted as Brania arminii (Langerhans, 1881)
- Species Brania opisthodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Salvatoria opisthodentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (superseded original combination)
- Species Brania quadrioculata (Augener, 1913) accepted as Salvatoria quadrioculata (Augener, 1913) (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania rhopalophora (Ehlers, 1897) accepted as Salvatoria rhopalophora (Ehlers, 1897) (superseded recombination)
- Species Brania subterranea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1956) accepted as Salvatoria neapolitana (Goodrich, 1930) (superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
- Species Brania swedmarki Gidholm, 1962 accepted as Salvatoria swedmarki (Gidholm, 1962)
- Species Brania tenuicirrata (Claparède, 1864) accepted as Salvatoria tenuicirrata (Claparède, 1864)
- Species Brania adspersa (Grube, 1868) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Brania jonssonii Saemundsson, 1918 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
Etymology Not known.
Etymology Not known. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Brania Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129648 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
