WoRMS name details
Serpula pallida Philippi, 1844
338120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338120)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
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): 190 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 190 [no figures] [details]
Note Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed
Type locality Mediterranean Sea [details]
Status Although generally synonymized with S. vermicularis, this should be regarded with caution: a re-examination of Grube (1861:...
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Status Although generally synonymized with S. vermicularis, this should be regarded with caution: a re-examination of Grube (1861: 128) showed it to be a mix of S. vermicularis and concharum (ten Hove & Jansen-Jacobs 1984: 151). [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula pallida Philippi, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338120 on 2026-06-04
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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): 190 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 190 [no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
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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additional source
Grube, A.E. (1861). Ein Ausflug nach Triest und dem Quarnero. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Thierwelt dieses Gebietes. [An excursion to Trieste and the Quarnero. Contributions to the knowledge of the animal world of this area]. <em>Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Thierwelt dieses Gebietes. Berlin.</em> 175 pp. 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6944841
page(s): 128 [details]
page(s): 128 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Although generally synonymized with S. vermicularis, this should be regarded with caution: a re-examination of Grube (1861: 128) showed it to be a mix of S. vermicularis and concharum (ten Hove & Jansen-Jacobs 1984: 151). [details]Unreviewed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]Type locality Mediterranean Sea [details]
