WoRMS name details
Spirobranchus cervicornis Willey, 1905
332103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332103)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 317-318, plate VII figs. 188-192 [details]
page(s): 317-318, plate VII figs. 188-192 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus cervicornis Willey, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332103 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 317-318, plate VII figs. 188-192 [details]
page(s): 317-318, plate VII figs. 188-192 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka [details]
