WoRMS name details

Spirobranchus coutierei (Gravier, 1905)

464591  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464591)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pomatoceropsis coutierei Gravier, 1905) Gravier, Charles. (1905). Sur deux types nouveaux de Serpuliens, <i>Pomatoceropsis</i> nov. gen.; <i>Coutierei</i> nov. sp.; <i>Bonhourella</i> nov. gen.; <i>insignis</i> nov. sp. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (Series 1) 11(6): 445-451., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42898018
page(s): 445-448; note: no figures [details] 
Note Djibouti and Gulf of Aden   
From editor or global species database
Type locality Djibouti and Gulf of Aden  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus coutierei (Gravier, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464591 on 2026-05-11
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2010-03-09 19:48:41Z
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2016-10-11 21:52:23Z
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2020-02-02 21:03:56Z
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2025-08-18 00:46:32Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Pomatoceropsis coutierei Gravier, 1905) Gravier, Charles. (1905). Sur deux types nouveaux de Serpuliens, <i>Pomatoceropsis</i> nov. gen.; <i>Coutierei</i> nov. sp.; <i>Bonhourella</i> nov. gen.; <i>insignis</i> nov. sp. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> (Series 1) 11(6): 445-451., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42898018
page(s): 445-448; note: no figures [details] 

new combination reference Straughan, Dale 1967. A small collection of Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Zoologist 14(2): 222-225. [details] 

Other

additional source Amoureux, Louis. (1976). <i>Serpula (Paraserpula) israelitica</i>, nouvelle espèce de Serpulidae (Annélides Polychètes) et une petite collection annélidienne de la Méditerranée orientale. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 3 (404), Zoologie.</em> 281: 1047-1059., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57669159 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gibbs, Peter E. (1971). The polychaete fauna of the Solomon Islands. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology.</em> 21(5): 99-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2283038 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Spelling Spirobranchus coutierei (Gravier, 1905) is correclly spelled here, but note there are several other variants recombined in Spirobranchus which are misspellings of the species-group name. [details]

Type locality Djibouti and Gulf of Aden  [details]