• Pseudobranchiomma Jones, M.L. 1962. On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 124(5): 169-212 [198–201, figs 115–124].

  Type species:

   Pseudobranchiomma emersoni Jones, 1962 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Pseudobranchiomma cf. emersoni Jones, M.L. 1962. On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 124(5): 169-212 [198–201, figs 115–124].

Introduction

Pseudobranchiomma emersoni Jones, 1962 is a species that was originally described from Jamaica.
A specimen (AM W.36365) from Heron Island, First Point, North Heron Reef, is tentatively assigned to this taxon pending further material becomes available.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Jamaica.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Capa, M. & Murray, A. 2016. Combined morphological and molecular data unveils relationships of Pseudobranchiomma (Sabellidae, Annelida) and reveals higher diversity of this intriguing group of fan worms in Australia, including potentially introduced species. ZooKeys 622: 1-36

History of changes

• Dasychone orientalis McIntosh, W.C. 1885. Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 12: 1-554 [498—500, pl. LII, fig 5, Pl.XXXA, figs 19–21, pl. XXXIXA, fig 4].

Generic Combinations

• Pseudobranchiomma cf. orientalis (McIntosh, 1885).

Introduction

Pseudobranchiomma orientalis is a species originally described from Hong Kong, that has been already reported in some ports in Northern Territory (Russell and Hewitt 2000).
The specimens so far examined are preliminarly assigned to P. cf. orientalis until further sampling and molecular data confirm the status of P. orientalis in Australia (Capa & Murray 2016).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Hong Kong.

General References

Capa, M. & Murray, A. 2016. Combined morphological and molecular data unveils relationships of Pseudobranchiomma (Sabellidae, Annelida) and reveals higher diversity of this intriguing group of fan worms in Australia, including potentially introduced species. ZooKeys 622: 1-36

Russell, B.C., Hewitt, C.L. 2000. Baseline Survey of the Port of Darwin for Introduced Marine Species. CSIRO.

History of changes

• Pseudobranchiomma cf. schizogenica Tovar-Hernández, M.A. & Dean, H. 2014. A new gregarious sabellid worm from the Gulf of California reproducing by spontaneous fission (Polychaeta, Sabellidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (new series) 94(5): 935–946 [936–945, figs 1–5.].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Gulf of California, Mexico, and Hawaii, USA.

Distribution References

History of changes

• Pseudobranchiomma pallida Capa, M. & Murray, A. 2016. Combined morphological and molecular data unveils relationships of Pseudobranchiomma (Sabellidae, Annelida) and reveals higher diversity of this intriguing group of fan worms in Australia, including potentially introduced species. ZooKeys 622: 1-36 [21, Figures 3M–T, 7].
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/91A0A21F-530D-48BE-AB44-5DF464BA2E73

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W.36366, Heron Island, QLD [23°25'48"S, 151°55'48"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes