WoRMS taxon details
Serpula columbiana Johnson, 1901
338088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338088)
accepted
Species
Serpula nannoides Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula splendens Bush, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsbost07unkngoog#page/n436/mode/2up
page(s): 432-433, plate 19 figs. 199-204 [details]
page(s): 432-433, plate 19 figs. 199-204 [details]
Type locality contained in Washington (State)
, Note at Alki Point, Puget Sound, western Seattle,...
type locality contained in Washington (State) [details]
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Type locality at Alki Point, Puget Sound, western Seattle, Washington State, 47.576 N, -122.42 W [details]
Etymology Not stated. Assumed to be named after the nearby province of British Columbia, Canada, although the type locality in Puget...
Taxonomy For a long time regarded to be a synonym of S. vermicularis, it was reinstated by Kupriyanova 1995, 1999
Etymology Not stated. Assumed to be named after the nearby province of British Columbia, Canada, although the type locality in Puget Sound seems to be indicated in Johnson's text as Alki Point, Seattle in the USA. Ultimately, according to Wikipedia, the Columbia in the name British Columbia is derived from the European explorer Christopher Columbus via the name of the Columbia Rediviva, an American ship which lent its name to the Columbia River and later the wider region, with the Columbia in the name Columbia Rediviva from the name Columbia for the New World or parts thereof. [details]
Taxonomy For a long time regarded to be a synonym of S. vermicularis, it was reinstated by Kupriyanova 1995, 1999
Taxonomy For a long time regarded to be a synonym of S. vermicularis, it was reinstated by Kupriyanova 1995, 1999 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula columbiana Johnson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338088 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsbost07unkngoog#page/n436/mode/2up
page(s): 432-433, plate 19 figs. 199-204 [details]
original description (of Serpula nannoides Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 270, plate 2 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Serpula splendens Bush, 1905) Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650 [details]
page(s): 432-433, plate 19 figs. 199-204 [details]
original description (of Serpula nannoides Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 270, plate 2 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Serpula splendens Bush, 1905) Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Kupriyanova, Elena K. (1999). The taxonomic status of Serpula cf. columbiana Johnson, 1901 from the American and Asian coasts of the North Pacific Ocean (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 50(1): 21-34., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00785326.1999.10409386 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Pixell, Helen L. M. (1912). Polychaeta from the Pacific coast of North America. Part I. Serpulidae, with a revised table of classification of the genus Spirorbis. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> [1912 part 3-4]: 784-805, plates 87-89 [follow p.784]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32119350
page(s): 784-786, plate LXXXVII fig. 1 [details]
additional source Bastida-Zavala, J.R. (2008). Serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific, including a brief mention of Hawaiian serpulids. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1722: 1-61.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 784-786, plate LXXXVII fig. 1 [details]
additional source Bastida-Zavala, J.R. (2008). Serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific, including a brief mention of Hawaiian serpulids. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1722: 1-61.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated. Assumed to be named after the nearby province of British Columbia, Canada, although the type locality in Puget Sound seems to be indicated in Johnson's text as Alki Point, Seattle in the USA. Ultimately, according to Wikipedia, the Columbia in the name British Columbia is derived from the European explorer Christopher Columbus via the name of the Columbia Rediviva, an American ship which lent its name to the Columbia River and later the wider region, with the Columbia in the name Columbia Rediviva from the name Columbia for the New World or parts thereof. [details]Taxonomy For a long time regarded to be a synonym of S. vermicularis, it was reinstated by Kupriyanova 1995, 1999 [details]
Type locality at Alki Point, Puget Sound, western Seattle, Washington State, 47.576 N, -122.42 W [details]
Type specimen LACM AHF [details]
