Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858

Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, Zootaxa 3943 (1), pp. 1-172 : 96

Genus Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858

Branchiomma bombyx (Dalyell, 1853)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1864; Stossich 1883; Bellan 1969; Banse 1970; Katzmann 1971, 1972, 1973a; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Velimirov & Sint 1975; Katzmann 1983; Fassari 1983; Giangrande 1989; Gherardi et al. 1993; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Fraschetti et al. 2002; Giangrande et al. 2003; Castelli et al. 2008; Licciano & Giangrande 2008.

NEW RECORDS: BM44, BM45.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Dasychone bombyx (Dalyell, 1853) ; Sabella polyzonos Grube 1863 .

(AL) Branchiomma luctuosum Grube, 1870

DISTRIBUTION: SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Licciano et al. 2002; Castelli et al. 2008.

REMARKS: Alien species with Indo-Pacific origin ( Zenetos et al. 2010). It was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea by Giangrande (1989) from material collected by C.N. Bianchi during an expedition between 1978 and 1979 to Lucrino Lagoon (Naples) ( Bianchi 1983b).

Branchiomma lucullanum (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1861; Lorenz 1863; Grube 1864; Stossich 1876; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Fauvel 1940; Zavodnik 1965, 1967a, 1967b; Banse 1970; Amoureux & Katzmann 1971; Katzmann 1971, 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Katzmann 1973a; Velimirov & Sint 1975; Amoureux 1975, 1976; Amoureux 1983a, 1983c; Fassari 1983; Katzmann 1983; Požar-Domac 1983, 1986; Špan et al. 1989; Gherardi et al. 1993; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Simonini et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Sabella lucullana Delle Chiaje, 1828 ; Dasychone lucullana (Delle Chiaje, 1828) ; Branchiomma lucullana (Delle Chiaje, 1828) ; Branchioma lucullana (Delle Chiaje, 1828) .

Branchiomma maerli Licciano & Giangrande, 2008 DISTRIBUTION: NA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Mikac et al. 2013.

* Branchiomma moebii Knight-Jones, 1994

DISTRIBUTION: SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Knight-Jones 1994; Castelli et al. 2008; Licciano & Giangrande 2008.