WoRMS name details
original description
Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650 page(s): 179, 226, 287; note: Bush used the accented spelling mörchii. She did NOT use moerchii. [details]
status source
Zibrowius, H. (1973). Revision of some Serpulidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from abyssal depths in the Atlantic and Pacific, collected by the 'Challenger' and Prince of Monaco Expeditions. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 24 (9): 427-439., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26497963 page(s): 437 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Its only species, moerchii, is indeterminable according to Zibrowius 1973; it cannot be a Placostegus by the shape of the uncinus figured (Fig.8) [details]
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