Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Sabellidae > Subfamily Sabellinae > Genus Branchiomma

Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branchiomma*	Kölliker, 1858	accepted genus name
*Dasychone*	Sars, 1862	generic synonym
*Sabella (Dasychone)*	Sars, 1862	synonym

Species group names

*Sabella (Dasychone) luctuosa*	Grube, 1870	synonym

Literature

additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Keppel, Erica; Tovar-Hernández, Maria Ana; Ruiz, Gregory. (2015). First record and establishment of Branchiomma coheni (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in the Atlantic Ocean and review of non–indigenous species of the genus. Zootaxa. 4058(4): 499-518.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Licciano, M.; Giangrande, A. 2008. The genus Branchiomma (Polychaeta : Sabellidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with the description of B. maerli n. sp. Scientia Marina 72(2): 383-391
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravili, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2011). Erratum to: Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(2): 531-532.
additional source	Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
taxonomy source	Nogueira, J. M. D.; Rossi, M. C. S.; Lopez, E. 2006. Intertidal species of Branchiomma Kolliker and Pseudobranchiomma Jones (Polychaeta : Sabellidae : Sabellinae) occurring on rocky shores along the state of Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Zoological Studies 45(4): 586-610
ecology source	Licciano, Margherita, Giangrande, A. and Gambi, Maria Cristina. 2002. Reproduction and simultaneous hermaphroditism in Branchiomma luctuosum (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Invertebrate Biology 121(1): 55-65.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130881