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Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818

Spirobranchus giganteus
Spirobranchus giganteus

129582  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129582)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Sabellida (Order)
  8. Serpulidae (Family)
  9. Serpulinae (Subfamily)
  10. Ficopomatini (Tribe)
  11. Spirobranchus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Conchoserpula Blainville, 1818 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, nomen oblitum)
Conopomatus Pillai, 1960 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cymospira Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Olga Jones, 1962 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Penicillum Seba, 1758 · unaccepted (pre Linnean name)
Podioceros Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pomatoceropsis Holly, 1935 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pomatoceropsis Gravier, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior synonym)
Pomatoceros Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pomatoceros (Pomatoleios) Pixell, 1913 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent rank of...)  
superseded subsequent rank of subjective synonym
Pomatocerus [Pomatoceros auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling by Mörch)
Pomatoleios Pixell, 1913 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Potamoceras [Pomatoceros auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (misspelling including letter...)  
misspelling including letter transpositions of Pomatoceros
Potamoceros [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (transposition error for intended...)  
transposition error for intended Pomatoceros
Pseudopomatoceros Holly, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Serpula (Cymospira) Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Spirabranchus [misspelling of Spirobranchus] · unaccepted (spelling error in text flow in...)  
spelling error in text flow in non-taxonomic work
Spirobranchus (Cymospira) Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (subgenus not recognized)
Temporaria Straughan, 1967 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Species Spirobranchus akitsushima Nishi, Abe, Tanaka, Jimi & Kupriyanova, 2022
  2. Species Spirobranchus aloni Perry, Bronstein, Simon-Blecher, Atkins, Kupriyanova, ten Hove, Levy & Fine, 2018
  3. Species Spirobranchus americanus (Day, 1973)
  4. Species Spirobranchus arabicus Monro, 1937
  5. Species Spirobranchus baileybrockae Pillai, 2009
  6. Species Spirobranchus bakau Sivananthan, Shantti, Kupriyanova, Quek, Yap & Teo, 2021
  7. Species Spirobranchus cariniferus (Gray, 1843)
  8. Species Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862)
  9. Species Spirobranchus coronatus Straughan, 1967
  10. Species Spirobranchus corrugatus Straughan, 1967
  11. Species Spirobranchus decoratus Imajima, 1982
  12. Species Spirobranchus dendropoma Mörch, 1863
  13. Species Spirobranchus eitzeni Augener, 1918
  14. Species Spirobranchus gardineri Pixell, 1913
  15. Species Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766)
  16. Species Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863
  17. Species Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1864)
  18. Species Spirobranchus lamarcki (Quatrefages, 1866)
  19. Species Spirobranchus latiscapus (Marenzeller, 1884)
  20. Species Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862)
  21. Species Spirobranchus lirianeae Brandão & Brasil, 2020
  22. Species Spirobranchus maldivensis Pixell, 1913
  23. Species Spirobranchus manilensis Sivananthan, Sivalingam, Kupriyanova, Quek, Yap & Teo, 2022
  24. Species Spirobranchus minutus (Rioja, 1941)
  25. Species Spirobranchus multicornis (Grube, 1862)
  26. Species Spirobranchus murrayi Pillai, 2009
  27. Species Spirobranchus nigranucha (Fischli, 1903)
  28. Species Spirobranchus paumotanus (Chamberlin, 1919)
  29. Species Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861)
  30. Species Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844)
  31. Species Spirobranchus pseudopolytremus Pillai, 2009
  32. Species Spirobranchus richardsmithi Pillai, 2009
  33. Species Spirobranchus schmardai Kupriyanova, Flaxman & Berghardt, 2022
  34. Species Spirobranchus sinuspersicus Pazoki, Rahimian, Struck, Katouzian & Kupriyanova, 2020
  35. Species Spirobranchus spinosus Moore, 1923
  36. Species Spirobranchus taeniatus (Lamarck, 1818)
  37. Species Spirobranchus tenhovi Pillai, 2009
  38. Species Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)
  39. Species Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)
  40. Species Spirobranchus zelandicus Pillai, 2009
  41. Species Spirobranchus zibrowii Pillai, 2009
  42. Subgenus Spirobranchus (Cymospira) Blainville, 1828 accepted as Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818 (subgenus not recognized)
    1. Species Spirobranchus (Cymospira) giganteus (Pallas, 1776) accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (superseded subgenus recombination)
  43. Species Spirobranchus acuiconus (Pillai, 1960) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)
  44. Species Spirobranchus australis accepted as Spirobranchus zibrowii Pillai, 2009 (lapsus calami)
  45. Species Spirobranchus cervicornis Willey, 1905 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
  46. Species Spirobranchus ceylonensis Pillai, 1960 accepted as Spirobranchus maldivensis Pixell, 1913 (subjective synonym)
  47. Species Spirobranchus contierei [misspelling of 'coutierei'] accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (original name a subjective synonym, here a misspelling in Spirobranchus of 'coutierei')
  48. Species Spirobranchus contieri [misspelling of 'coutierei'] accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (original name a subjective synonym, here a misspelling in Spirobranchus of 'coutierei')
  49. Species Spirobranchus corniculus [auct. lapsus] accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (misspelling)
  50. Species Spirobranchus coutierei (Gravier, 1905) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
  51. Species Spirobranchus coutieri [misspelling of 'coutierei'] accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (original name a subjective synonym, here a misspelling in Spirobranchus of 'coutierei')
  52. Species Spirobranchus crescentigera (Quatrefages, 1866) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862)
  53. Species Spirobranchus cristatus Grube, 1862 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  54. Species Spirobranchus cruciger (Grube, 1862) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (subjective synonym)
  55. Species Spirobranchus dennisdevaneyi Bailey-Brock, 1985 accepted as Spirobranchus corrugatus Straughan, 1967 (subjective synonym)
  56. Species Spirobranchus elatensis Pillai, 2009 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
  57. Species Spirobranchus gaymardi (Quatrefages, 1866) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (subjective synonym)
  58. Species Spirobranchus grandis (unaccepted > nomen nudum, lapsus calami)
  59. Species Spirobranchus insignifer Augener, 1922 accepted as Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
  60. Species Spirobranchus jousseaumei (Gravier, 1906) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)
  61. Species Spirobranchus kroyeri Augener, 1925 accepted as Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863
  62. Species Spirobranchus kuwaitensis Pillai, 2009 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  63. Species Spirobranchus megasoma (Quatrefages, 1866) accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766)
  64. Species Spirobranchus occidentalis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Pseudovermilia occidentalis (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
  65. Species Spirobranchus pseudoincrassatus Bush, 1905 accepted as Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 (subjective synonym)
  66. Species Spirobranchus pseudouncinata (Zibrowius, 1968) accepted as Hydroides pseudouncinata Zibrowius, 1968 (superseded subsequent combination, lapsus calami)
  67. Species Spirobranchus quadricornis non (Grube) sensu Treadwell, 1914 accepted as Spirobranchus spinosus Moore, 1923 (subjective synonym)
  68. Species Spirobranchus semperi Mörch, 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
  69. Species Spirobranchus sinensis Wu & Chen, 1981 accepted as Spirobranchus maldivensis Pixell, 1913 (subjective synonym)
  70. Species Spirobranchus tricornigerus (Grube, 1878) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
  71. Species Spirobranchus tricornis Mörch, 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
  72. Species Spirobranchus incompletus (Quatrefages, 1866) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  73. Species Spirobranchus oligotremus (Straughan, 1967) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  74. Species Spirobranchus rostratus (Lamarck, 1818) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. (1818). Mémoire sur la classe des Sétipodes, partie des Vers à sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1818: 78-85., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4146409
page(s): 79 [details] OpenAccess publication
Homonymy Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818 is senior to the homomym Spirobranchus Cuvier, 1829, which is a fish genus in Anabantidae...  
Homonymy Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818 is senior to the homomym Spirobranchus Cuvier, 1829, which is a fish genus in Anabantidae (Perciformes), with a current valid name of Sandelia Castelnau, 1861, according to WoRMS. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129582 on 2024-11-07
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan, Gérard
2007-03-13 07:45:24Z
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Fiege, Dieter
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2016-07-06 02:43:40Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2023-03-15 06:29:40Z
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Kupriyanova, Elena

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original description Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. (1818). Mémoire sur la classe des Sétipodes, partie des Vers à sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1818: 78-85., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4146409
page(s): 79 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pomatoleios Pixell, 1913) Pixell, Helen L. M. (1913). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean, together with some species from the Cape Verde Islands. The Serpulidae, with a classification of the genera Hydroides and Eupomatus. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> (Series 2) 16: 69-92., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25257250
page(s): 85; note: for Pomatoleios crosslandi Pixell [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pomatoceros Philippi, 1844) Philippi, A. (1844). Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzählung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 186-198, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704089
page(s): 194; note: For Pomatoceros tricuspis Philippi [details] 

original description (of Cymospira Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 430; note: for 3 species already described [details] 

original description (of Olga Jones, 1962) Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Conopomatus Pillai, 1960) Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1960). Some marine and brackish-water serpulid Polychaeta from Ceylon, including new genera and species. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 3(1): 1-40, plates 1-2.
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Pomatoceropsis Gravier, 1905) Gravier, Charles. (1905). Sur deux types nouveaux de Serpuliens, <i>Pomatoceropsis</i> nov. gen.; <i>Coutierei</i> nov. sp.; <i>Bonhourella</i> nov. gen.; <i>insignis</i> nov. sp. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (Series 1) 11(6): 445-451., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42898018
page(s): 445-448 [diagnosis in page 448] [details] 

original description (of Conchoserpula Blainville, 1818) Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. (1818). Mémoire sur la classe des Sétipodes, partie des Vers à sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1818: 78-85., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4146409
page(s): 79; note: Blainville uses only the spelling 'Conchoserpule' and also 'Spirobranche' [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Penicillum Seba, 1758) Seba, A. (1734-1765). Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physiees historiam : Opus, cui, in hoc rerum genere, nullum par exstitit / Description exacte des principales curiosités naturelles du magnifique cabinet d'Albert Seba. 4 vols (v1 1734, v2 1735, v3 1759, v4 1765), Amstelaedami :Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & J. Wetstenium & Gul. Smith., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/62760
page(s): 39 [volume 3] [details] 

original description (of Podioceros Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 513 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pomatoceropsis Holly, 1935) Holly, Maximilian 1935. Polychaeten von Philippinen. Zweite Mittheilung ueber Polychaeten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 111: 96-100,figs. [details] 

original description (of Temporaria Straughan, 1967) Straughan, Dale. (1967). Marine Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of eastern Queensland and New South Wales. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(1): 201-261., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=ZO9670201 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

additional source Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173
page(s): 96 [details] OpenAccess publication

ecology source Luthfi, Oktiyas M.; Isdianto, Andik; Akbar, Dzikrillah. (2024). Reef-Dwelling Christmas Tree Worms (Spirobranchus, Serpulidae, Polychaeta), on Porites Corals: Densities and Age Structure. <em>Polish Journal of Ecology.</em> 71(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.3161/15052249pje2023.71.4.002 [details] 

biology source Sánchez-Ovando, J. Pablo; Re, Denise; Díaz, Fernando; Iñiguez, Enrique; Norzagaray-López, C. Orión; Vinn, Olev. (2024). Microstructure and mineralogy of the tube and operculum of serpulid polychaetes from temperate and warm waters. <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 143(1): 31-46., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00435-023-00637-0 [details] 
 
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Homonymy Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818 is senior to the homomym Spirobranchus Cuvier, 1829, which is a fish genus in Anabantidae (Perciformes), with a current valid name of Sandelia Castelnau, 1861, according to WoRMS. [details]

Spelling Here Blainville uses only the informal spelling 'Spirobranche', and also 'Conchoserpule', although for some other names he gives italic Latin equivalents [details]
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LanguageName 
English X-mas tree wormschristmastree worms  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirobranchus) 
To Genbank (from synonym Pomatoceros Philippi, 1844)
To Genbank (from synonym Pomatoleios Pixell, 1913)
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Spirobranchus giganteus
Spirobranchus giganteus
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Spirobranchus giganteus
Spirobranchus giganteus
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Spirobranchus giganteus
Spirobranchus giganteus
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