WoRMS name details
Braniella pupa Hartman, 1965
327306 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327306)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Braniella Hartman, 1965 accepted as Anguillosyllis Day, 1963
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299
page(s): 73, plate 8 figs. a-c [details]
page(s): 73, plate 8 figs. a-c [details]
Holotype AHF, geounit Atlantic Coast of United States...
, Note Atlantic Ocean, off New England, USA, upper...
Holotype AHF, geounit Atlantic Coast of United States of America [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off New England, USA, upper end of canyon just west of Atlantis Canyon (39º56'30"N, 70º39'54"W). [details]
Depth range Off Atlantic coast of the USA: 400-4892 m. Off NE South America: 770-3783 m.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off New England (USA) and off NE South America.
Etymology The specific epithet pupa refers to the grubelike shape of the worm, resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.
Depth range Off Atlantic coast of the USA: 400-4892 m. Off NE South America: 770-3783 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off New England (USA) and off NE South America.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off New England (USA) and off NE South America. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pupa refers to the grubelike shape of the worm, resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.
Etymology The specific epithet pupa refers to the grubelike shape of the worm, resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Braniella pupa Hartman, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327306 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299
page(s): 73, plate 8 figs. a-c [details]
page(s): 73, plate 8 figs. a-c [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 38, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 38, fig. 2 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv [details]
additional source Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 51 [details]
additional source Hartman, O.; Fauchald, K. (1971). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic Areas. Part II. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 6: 1-327., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3458
page(s): 51 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AHF, geounit Atlantic Coast of United States of America [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Off Atlantic coast of the USA: 400-4892 m. Off NE South America: 770-3783 m. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean, off New England (USA) and off NE South America. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pupa refers to the grubelike shape of the worm, resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off New England, USA, upper end of canyon just west of Atlantis Canyon (39º56'30"N, 70º39'54"W). [details]
