Polychaeta name details
Spirorbis formosus Bush, 1905
331227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331227)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]
Note Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Stream and Bermuda
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Stream and Bermuda [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spirorbis formosus Bush, 1905. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331227 on 2025-07-08
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original description
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]
context source (Bermuda) Pocklington, P. (2007). Polychaetes in the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo Collection: Phase II. A Curatorial Report (unpublished), 11 [details]
additional source Bush, Katharine J. (1910). Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 62: 490-501, plate 36 (separate from text)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26294605
page(s): 501, plate XXXVI fig. 5 [details]
additional source Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1984). A new species of Protoleodora (Spirorbidae: Polychaeta) from eastern U.S.S.R., with a brief revision of related genera. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 80(2-3): 109-120., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/80/2-3/109/2703213 [details]
source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Knight-Jones, E. Wyn; Kawahara, Tatuo. (1975). A review of the genus Janua, including Dexiospira (Polychaeta: Spirorbinae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 56(2): 91-129., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/56/2/91/2670957 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda) Pocklington, P. (2007). Polychaetes in the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo Collection: Phase II. A Curatorial Report (unpublished), 11 [details]
additional source Bush, Katharine J. (1910). Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 62: 490-501, plate 36 (separate from text)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26294605
page(s): 501, plate XXXVI fig. 5 [details]
additional source Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1984). A new species of Protoleodora (Spirorbidae: Polychaeta) from eastern U.S.S.R., with a brief revision of related genera. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 80(2-3): 109-120., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/80/2-3/109/2703213 [details]
source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Knight-Jones, E. Wyn; Kawahara, Tatuo. (1975). A review of the genus Janua, including Dexiospira (Polychaeta: Spirorbinae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 56(2): 91-129., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/56/2/91/2670957 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Stream and Bermuda [details]
