Galapagos Species Database

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Brania arminii (Langerhans, 1881)

poliquetos, Polychaetes

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Annelida

Class
Polychaeta

Order
Phyllodocida

Suborder
Nereidiformia

Family
Syllidae

Genus
Brania

Species
arminii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Brania oculata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960), Grubea arminii Langerhans, 1881, Pionosyllis oculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1960, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands. Belize. south-east Brazil. Canary Islands, southwest Africa. Angola. coasts of South Africa. Mozambique. Tansania. Red Sea, Seychelles (Böggemann & Westheide, 2004).

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Böggemann, M. Westheide, W. (2004) Interstitial Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Mahé (Seychelles). Journal of Natural History, 38:4, 403-446, DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000033229
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Brania arminii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15149. Accessed 31 October 2026.