WoRMS name details
Serpula (Crucigera) Benedict, 1887
326167 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326167)
unaccepted (superseded as subsequent rank reduced to subgenus)
Subgenus
- Species Serpula (Crucigera) websteri (Benedict, 1887) accepted as Crucigera websteri Benedict, 1887 (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination, subgenus not recognised any longer)
- Species Serpula (Crucigera) zygophora Johnson, 1901 accepted as Crucigera zygophora (Johnson, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Crucigera Benedict, 1887) Benedict, James E. (1887). Descriptions of ten species and one new genus of annelids from the dredging of the U.S. Fish Comm. Steamer Albatross. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 9: 547-553, plates 20-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-594.547
page(s): 550 [details]
page(s): 550 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula (Crucigera) Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326167 on 2026-03-06
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(of Crucigera Benedict, 1887) Benedict, James E. (1887). Descriptions of ten species and one new genus of annelids from the dredging of the U.S. Fish Comm. Steamer Albatross. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 9: 547-553, plates 20-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-594.547
page(s): 550 [details]
new combination reference Gravier, C. (1906). Sur les Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge (Serpulides). <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 12: 110-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.328587
page(s): 111 [details]
page(s): 550 [details]
new combination reference Gravier, C. (1906). Sur les Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge (Serpulides). <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 12: 110-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.328587
page(s): 111 [details]
