WoRMS taxon details
original description
Ben Eliahu, M. Nechama and Dafni, J. 1979. A new reef-building serpulid genus and species from the Gulf of Elat and the Red Sea, with notes on other gregarious tubeworms from Israeli waters. Israel Journal of Zoology, 28: 199-208. [details]
redescription
Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173 page(s): 44 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Filogranella aggregations have been mentioned from various locations around the world (see ten Hove & Kupriyanova 2009 for details) and some colonies have specimens with opercula with flat chitinous endplates on a flat peduncle inserted as the second dorsal radiole. Apparently it is a complex of related species that needs to be revised. [details]
Type locality Elait, Red Sea [details]
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