Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Brania arminii
poliquetos, Polychaetes
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: Galapagos Islands. Belize. south-east Brazil. Canary Islands, southwest Africa. Angola. coasts of South Africa. Mozambique. Tansania. Red Sea, Seychelles (Böggemann & Westheide, 2004).
- 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.