WoRMS taxon details
Spirobranchus paumotanus (Chamberlin, 1919)
369300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369300)
accepted
Species
Pomatoceros paumotanus Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
(of Pomatoceros paumotanus Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 479-480, plate 78 figs. 6-9 [details]
page(s): 479-480, plate 78 figs. 6-9 [details]
Type locality contained in Tuamotu Islands
type locality contained in Tuamotu Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus paumotanus (Chamberlin, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369300 on 2026-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomatoceros paumotanus Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 479-480, plate 78 figs. 6-9 [details]
new combination reference Hove, Harry A. ten 1979. Different causes of mass occurrence in serpulids, in G. Larwood and B.R. Rosen eds., Biology and Systematics of Colonial Organisms: London & New York, Academic Press, p. 281-298.
page(s): 284, 285 [details]
page(s): 479-480, plate 78 figs. 6-9 [details]
new combination reference Hove, Harry A. ten 1979. Different causes of mass occurrence in serpulids, in G. Larwood and B.R. Rosen eds., Biology and Systematics of Colonial Organisms: London & New York, Academic Press, p. 281-298.
page(s): 284, 285 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Pillai, T. G. (2009). Descriptions of new serpulid polychaetes from the Kimberleys of Australia and discussion of Australian and Indo-West Pacific species of Spirobranchus and superficially similar taxa. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 61(2): 93-199., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Pillai-2009-Rec-Aust-Mus-612-93199/
page(s): 173 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Nishi, Eijiroh and Asakura, Akira 1996. Serpulid polychaetes (Annelida) from the northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Journal of the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba 4(1): 51-58. [details]
page(s): 173 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Nishi, Eijiroh and Asakura, Akira 1996. Serpulid polychaetes (Annelida) from the northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Journal of the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba 4(1): 51-58. [details]
Other
additional source
Fiege, D., Hove, Harry A. ten. 1999. Redescription of Spirobranchus gaymardi (Quatrefages, 1866) (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Indo-Pacific with remarks on the Spirobranchus giganteus complex. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 126: 355-364., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb01376.x
page(s): 362, 363 [details]
additional source Pillai, T. G. (2009). Descriptions of new serpulid polychaetes from the Kimberleys of Australia and discussion of Australian and Indo-West Pacific species of Spirobranchus and superficially similar taxa. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 61(2): 93-199., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Pillai-2009-Rec-Aust-Mus-612-93199/
page(s): 174-176 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 362, 363 [details]
additional source Pillai, T. G. (2009). Descriptions of new serpulid polychaetes from the Kimberleys of Australia and discussion of Australian and Indo-West Pacific species of Spirobranchus and superficially similar taxa. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 61(2): 93-199., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Pillai-2009-Rec-Aust-Mus-612-93199/
page(s): 174-176 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy see remark under Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) as well. [details]
