WoRMS name details
Vermilia multicristata Philippi, 1844
155031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155031)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 193, plate VI fig. K [details]
page(s): 193, plate VI fig. K [details]
Note Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed
Type locality Mediterranean Sea [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Vermilia multicristata Philippi, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155031 on 2026-05-25
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 193, plate VI fig. K [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 193, plate VI fig. K [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
source of synonymy 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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status source Zibrowius, H. (1971). Revision of <i>Metavermilia</i> Bush (Polychaeta, Serpulidae), with descriptions of three new species from off Portugal, Gulf of Guinea, and Western Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 28 (10): 1373-1383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f71-215 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy 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
[request]status source Zibrowius, H. (1971). Revision of <i>Metavermilia</i> Bush (Polychaeta, Serpulidae), with descriptions of three new species from off Portugal, Gulf of Guinea, and Western Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 28 (10): 1373-1383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f71-215 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
