BeRMS taxon details
Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)
555935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555935)
accepted
Species
Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Serpula triquetra Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Serpula triquetra Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
Type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope)
type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555935 on 2026-06-08
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555935 on 2026-06-08
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original description
(of Serpula triquetra Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
new combination reference 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): 147, 166 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Rzhavsky, Alexander V.; Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Sikorski, Andrei V.; Dahle, Salve. (2014). Calcareous tubeworms (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) of the Arctic Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow. 191 p. [ISBN 978-5-87317-988-6]., available online at http://www.sevin.ru/menues1/index_rus.html?../news/739.html
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
new combination reference 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): 147, 166 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Rzhavsky, Alexander V.; Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Sikorski, Andrei V.; Dahle, Salve. (2014). Calcareous tubeworms (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) of the Arctic Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow. 191 p. [ISBN 978-5-87317-988-6]., available online at http://www.sevin.ru/menues1/index_rus.html?../news/739.html
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | driekantige kalkkokerworm [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | keelworm [from synonym]Christmas tree worm [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | serpule triangulaire [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | KielwurmDreikantwurmDreikantröhrenwurm [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | trekantmark [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | trekantmakk [from synonym] | [details] |
BIOTIC (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (142 publications) (from synonym Serpula triquetra Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirobranchus triqueter)
To GenBank (188 nucleotides; 163 proteins)
To GenBank (188 nucleotides; 163 proteins) (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (142 publications) (from synonym Serpula triquetra Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirobranchus triqueter)
To GenBank (188 nucleotides; 163 proteins)
To GenBank (188 nucleotides; 163 proteins) (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pomatoceros triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
