WoRMS name details
Serpula gigantea Pallas, 1766
155346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155346)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 139; note: Serpula gigantea (in large font) is title of a section, beginning p.139 [details]
page(s): 139; note: Serpula gigantea (in large font) is title of a section, beginning p.139 [details]
Note Antigua, St. Thomas, Curacao, Caribbean Sea
From editor or global species database
Type locality Antigua, St. Thomas, Curacao, Caribbean Sea [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula gigantea Pallas, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155346 on 2026-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 139; note: Serpula gigantea (in large font) is title of a section, beginning p.139 [details]
page(s): 139; note: Serpula gigantea (in large font) is title of a section, beginning p.139 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
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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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
[request]Other
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Blainville (incorrectly) attributes the authorship to Linnaeus, but gives no date. As yet unchecked when/if/how an edition of Systema Naturae included the species. [details]Type locality Antigua, St. Thomas, Curacao, Caribbean Sea [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
