MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864

WoRMS name details

Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864

AphiaID

568083 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568083)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851 [Annelida]; Phyllobranchillus and Branchophyllum are replacement names)

Accepted name

Polybranchia Pease, 1860

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Proctonotus orientalis Kelaart, 1858 accepted as Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Original name

Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864

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Species Phyllobranchus borgninii Trinchese, 1896 accepted as Mourgona borgninii (Trinchese, 1896) (original combination)
Species Phyllobranchus orientalis (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858)
Species Phyllobranchus prasinus Bergh, 1871 accepted as Polybranchia prasina (Bergh, 1871) (original combination)
Species Phyllobranchus rubicundus Bergh, 1871 accepted as Polybranchia rubicunda (Bergh, 1871) (original combnation)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate Mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 5: 113-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28909400
page(s): 145 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568083 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-11 21:31:49Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2013-08-29 09:33:55Z

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Caballer, Manuel

2018-09-03 23:56:15Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate Mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 5: 113-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28909400
page(s): 145 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Medrano S., Krug P.J., Gosliner T.M., Biju Kumar A. & Valdés Á. (2018). Systematics of Polybranchia Pease, 1860 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Sacoglossa) based on molecular and morphological data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. , available online at http://10.1093/zoolinnean/zly050/5077298 [details]