Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Trichobranchidae

Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

note: Listed in ERMS V1 also under family Terebellidae (Polychaeta), with same species

Children

Octobranchus floriceps Kingston & Mackie, 1980
Octobranchus lingulatus (Grube, 1863)

Literature

original description	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.
additional source	Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P.Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet, M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. Zootaxa. 5249(2): 213-252.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
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.
taxonomy source	Garraffoni, André Rinaldo Senna; Lana, Paulo da Cunha. (2000). Análise cladística do gênero Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 (Trichobranchidae: Polychaeta). Notas Técnicas da FACIMAR. 4(1): 43-48.
taxonomy source	Kingston, Paul F.; Mackie, Andrew S. Y. (1980). Octobranchus floriceps sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) from the northern North Sea with a re-examination of O. antarcticus Monro. Sarsia. 65(3-4): 249-254.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Octobranchus Marion & Bobretzky, 1875. 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:129716