WoRMS taxon details
Spirobranchus multicornis (Grube, 1862)
465339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465339)
accepted
Species
Pomatoceros multicornis Grube, 1862 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Serpula (Pomatoceros) multicornis Grube, 1862 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Spirobranchus semperi Mörch, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Spirobranchus semperi aceros Pixell, 1913 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Spirobranchus semperi acroceros Willey, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Spirobranchus semperi papillosus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Serpula (Pomatoceros) multicornis Grube, 1862) Grube, A.E. (1862). Mittheilungen ueber die Serpulen, mit besonderer Beruecksichtigungihrer Deckel. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 39: 53-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46567746
page(s): 67; note: Grube is unclear on the subgeneric structure of his new name which he writes as 'S. crucigera' within a section on Pomatoceros , presumably meaning Serpula (Pomatoceros) crucigera [details]
page(s): 67; note: Grube is unclear on the subgeneric structure of his new name which he writes as 'S. crucigera' within a section on Pomatoceros , presumably meaning Serpula (Pomatoceros) crucigera [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus multicornis (Grube, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465339 on 2026-08-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pomatoceros multicornis Grube, 1862) Grube, A.E. (1862). Mittheilungen ueber die Serpulen, mit besonderer Beruecksichtigungihrer Deckel. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 39: 53-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46567746 [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus semperi Mörch, 1863) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft
page(s): 405, plate 11, figures 24-25; note: The existence of figures isn't indicated in the text for this name, but plate 11 has good operculum figures. [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus semperi aceros Pixell, 1913) Pixell, Helen L. M. (1913). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean, together with some species from the Cape Verde Islands. The Serpulidae, with a classification of the genera Hydroides and Eupomatus. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> (Series 2) 16: 69-92., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25257250
page(s): 83; note: no figures [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus semperi acroceros Willey, 1905) 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): 318, plate VII fig. 193 [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus semperi papillosus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949) Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1949). Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. <em>Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran.</em> 4: 247-400.
page(s): 361, fig. 47a; note: described as a new variety of Spirobranchus semperi [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Serpula (Pomatoceros) multicornis Grube, 1862) Grube, A.E. (1862). Mittheilungen ueber die Serpulen, mit besonderer Beruecksichtigungihrer Deckel. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 39: 53-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46567746
page(s): 67; note: Grube is unclear on the subgeneric structure of his new name which he writes as 'S. crucigera' within a section on Pomatoceros , presumably meaning Serpula (Pomatoceros) crucigera [details]
new combination reference Fauvel, Pierre. (1911). Annélides Polychètes du Golfe Persique recueillies par M. M. Bogoyawlensky. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 5e Série, 6: 353-439, plates XIX-XXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6200721 [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus semperi Mörch, 1863) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft
page(s): 405, plate 11, figures 24-25; note: The existence of figures isn't indicated in the text for this name, but plate 11 has good operculum figures. [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus semperi aceros Pixell, 1913) Pixell, Helen L. M. (1913). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean, together with some species from the Cape Verde Islands. The Serpulidae, with a classification of the genera Hydroides and Eupomatus. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> (Series 2) 16: 69-92., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25257250
page(s): 83; note: no figures [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus semperi acroceros Willey, 1905) 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): 318, plate VII fig. 193 [details]
original description (of Spirobranchus semperi papillosus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949) Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1949). Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. <em>Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran.</em> 4: 247-400.
page(s): 361, fig. 47a; note: described as a new variety of Spirobranchus semperi [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Serpula (Pomatoceros) multicornis Grube, 1862) Grube, A.E. (1862). Mittheilungen ueber die Serpulen, mit besonderer Beruecksichtigungihrer Deckel. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 39: 53-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46567746
page(s): 67; note: Grube is unclear on the subgeneric structure of his new name which he writes as 'S. crucigera' within a section on Pomatoceros , presumably meaning Serpula (Pomatoceros) crucigera [details]
new combination reference Fauvel, Pierre. (1911). Annélides Polychètes du Golfe Persique recueillies par M. M. Bogoyawlensky. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 5e Série, 6: 353-439, plates XIX-XXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6200721 [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 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Flaxman, Beth; Burghardt, Ingo. (2022). A puzzle no more: the identity of Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Serpulidae) is revealed. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 74(5): 201-214., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/kupriyanova-2022-rec-aust-mus-745-201214/
page(s): 213; note: In Discussion revalidate Spirobranchus multicornis, formerly treated as a synonym of S. tetraceros [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Flaxman, Beth; Burghardt, Ingo. (2022). A puzzle no more: the identity of Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Serpulidae) is revealed. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 74(5): 201-214., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/kupriyanova-2022-rec-aust-mus-745-201214/
page(s): 213; note: In Discussion revalidate Spirobranchus multicornis, formerly treated as a synonym of S. tetraceros [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
