WoRMS taxon details
Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861)
334834 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334834)
accepted
Species
Cymospira polycera Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Spirobranchus insignifer Augener, 1922 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cymospira polycera Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details]
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Type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomy in view of reported reproductive isolation between S. polycerus s.str. and its sympatric "variety" S. polycerus augeneri,...
Taxonomy in view of reported reproductive isolation between S. polycerus s.str. and its sympatric "variety" S. polycerus augeneri, the latter might be a full species [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334834 on 2024-08-15
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original description
(of Cymospira polycera Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus insignifer Augener, 1922) Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 50 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Marsden, Joan Rattenbury 1992. Reproductive isolation in two forms of the serpulid polychaete, Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda) in Barbados. Bulletin of Marine Science 51(1): 14-18. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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redescription ten Hove, Harry A. (1970). Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus <i>Spirobranchus</i>. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 32: 1-57, plates I-V., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506140 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Augener, Hermann. (1927). Polychaeten von Curaçao. [Bijdragen tot de Kennis der Fauna van Curaçao. Resultaten eener Reis van Dr. C.J. van der Horst in 1920.]. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25(1): 39-82., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504195 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Spirobranchus insignifer Augener, 1922) Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 50 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Marsden, Joan Rattenbury 1992. Reproductive isolation in two forms of the serpulid polychaete, Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda) in Barbados. Bulletin of Marine Science 51(1): 14-18. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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redescription ten Hove, Harry A. (1970). Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus <i>Spirobranchus</i>. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 32: 1-57, plates I-V., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506140 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Augener, Hermann. (1927). Polychaeten von Curaçao. [Bijdragen tot de Kennis der Fauna van Curaçao. Resultaten eener Reis van Dr. C.J. van der Horst in 1920.]. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 25(1): 39-82., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504195 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy in view of reported reproductive isolation between S. polycerus s.str. and its sympatric "variety" S. polycerus augeneri, the latter might be a full species [details]