WoRMS taxon details
Protis Ehlers, 1887
129574 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129574)
accepted
Genus
Protis simplex Ehlers, 1887 (type by monotypy)
Pixellgrana Uchida, 1978 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Protis akvaplani Rzhavsky, Kupriyanova & Sikorski, 2013
- Species Protis arctica (Hansen, 1879)
- Species Protis brownii (Pixell, 1913)
- Species Protis hydrothermica ten Hove & Zibrowius, 1986
- Species Protis melmackenzieae Kupriyanova & Flaxman, 2024
- Species Protis pacifica Moore, 1923
- Species Protis perneti Kupriyanova & Flaxman, 2024
- Species Protis polyoperculata Kupriyanova, 1993
- Species Protis simplex Ehlers, 1887
- Species Protis chilensis (Gallardo, 1969) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Protis sombreriana non (McIntosh, 1885), sensu Treadwell, 1924 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Protis torquata Hoagland, 1919 accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 325 [details]
page(s): 325 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Protis Ehlers, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129574 on 2025-12-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 325 [details]
original description (of Pixellgrana Uchida, 1978) Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98.
page(s): 74 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 325 [details]
original description (of Pixellgrana Uchida, 1978) Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98.
page(s): 74 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
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): 78 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Kupriyanova, Elena. (1993). [Deep-water Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Kurile-Kamchatka Trench. 2. Genera Bathyditrupa, Bathyvermilia, and Protis] (in Russian). <em>Zoologicheskii zhurnal.</em> 72(3): 21-28.
page(s): 25-26; note: genus emended [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kupriyanova, Elena. (1993). [Deep-water Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Kurile-Kamchatka Trench. 2. Genera Bathyditrupa, Bathyvermilia, and Protis] (in Russian). <em>Zoologicheskii zhurnal.</em> 72(3): 21-28.
page(s): 25-26; note: genus emended [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
