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Protula Risso, 1826 
AphiaID: 129575

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Protula rudolphi Risso, 1826 (type by original designation)
Parent Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa
  Ehlerprotula Uchida, 1978 (junior synonym)
Lemintina Risso, 1826 (subjective synonym)
Longitubus Howell, 1943 † (subjective synonym)
Membranopsis Bush, 1910 (subjective synonym)
Paraprotula Uchida, 1978 (junior synonym)
Peotula Sun, 1998
Protula (Philippiprotula) Uchida, 1978 (subgenus not recognized any longer)
Protula (Protula) Risso, 1826 (subgenus not longer recognised)
Protula (Psygmobranchus) Philippi, 1844 (subgenus not recognised any longer)
Protulopsis Saint-Joseph, 1894 (synonym)
Psygmobranchus Philippi, 1844 (junior synonym)
Salmacinopsis Bush, 1910
Serpula (Helena) Castelnau
Serpula (Spiramella)
Spiramella Blainville, 1828 (junior synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

redescription: Hove, Harry A. ten, & E.K. Kupriyanova, 2009. Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa 2036, 126 pp., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02036p126.pdf
page(s): 81 [details] [full text]


from synonym: Bush, Katharine J. 1910. Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 62: 490-501. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Mörch, O. A. L. 1863. Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, København, 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): 358 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Philippi, A. 1844. Einige Bemerkungen ueber die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzaehlung der vonmir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobathteten Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 10(1): 186-189,plate6.
page(s): 196 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Ehlers, E. 1887. Report on the annelids of the dredging expedition of the U.S. coast survey steamer Blake. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 15: VIand335pp. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lommerzheim, A. 1979. Monographische Bearbeitung der Serpulidae (Polychaeta sedentaria) aus dem Cenoman (Oberkreide) am Südwestrand des Münsterländer Beckens. Decheniana - Beihefte (Bonn)., 132: 110-195.
page(s): 131 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Howell, Benjamin F. 1943. New records and descriptions of Upper Cretaceous and Eocene serpulid worms from New Jersey. Notulae Naturae 202: 1-7. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Jager, M. 1993. Danian Serpulidae and Spirorbidae from NE Belgium and SE Netherlands: K/T boundary extinction, survival, and origination patterns. Meded.Werkgr.Tertiaire.Kwart.Geol. 29(3-4): 73-137.
page(s): 113 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Sun, Ruiping 1998. The Polynoidae, Eunicidae and Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Nansha Islands and adjacent waters. p. 79-114, 20 figs in: Studies on marine fauna and flora and biogeography of the Nansha Islands and neighbouring waters. III. Contribution 2942 from the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. ISBN 7-5027-4471-1.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Blainville, H. de 1828. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des differens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connaisance, soit relativement a l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. Volume 57. 628FG Levrault. Strasbourg & Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25317004#5
page(s): 432 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Saint-Joseph, Antoine de 1894. Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. 7, 17: 1-395.
page(s): 263 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Castelnau, F. L. de Laporte de, 1842. L'Histoire naturelle des Annélides. p.1-46, pls.1-7, in P.H. Lucas ed., Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. 1. Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Myriopodes: Paris. 600 pp., 46 pls.
page(s): 25 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Lucas H. (1842). Histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des myriapodes. P. Duménil, Paris, 601 pp. [details] [view taxon]

All child
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 Subgenus Protula (Hydroides)
  » Species Protula (Hydroides) piranga Grube, 1872 accepted as Salmacina piranga (Grube, 1872)
Subgenus Protula (Protulopsis)
  » Species Protula (Protulopsis) nigranucha Fischli, 1903 accepted as Spirobranchus nigranucha (Fischli, 1903)
» Species Protula (Protulopsis) palliata Willey, 1905 accepted as Protula palliata (Willey, 1905)
Species Protula alba Benedict, 1887
Species Protula alberti Fauvel, 1909
Species Protula americana McIntosh, 1885
Species Protula anomala Day, 1955
Species Protula antennata Ehlers, 1887
Species Protula apomatoides (Uchida, 1978)
Species Protula atypha Bush, 1905
Species Protula balboensis Monro, 1933
Species Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822)
Species Protula canavarii Roverto, 1899 †
Species Protula diomedeae Benedict, 1887
Species Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Protula longiseta Schmarda, 1861
Species Protula media Stimpson, 1854
Species Protula pacifica Pixell, 1912
Species Protula palliata (Willey, 1905)
Species Protula planianica Ziegler, 1984 †
Species Protula submedia Augener, 1906
Species Protula superba Moore, 1909
Species Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
  » Subspecies Protula tubularia caeca Imajima, 1977
» Subspecies Protula tubularia anomala Day, 1955 accepted as Protula anomala Day, 1955
» Subspecies Protula tubularia balboensis Monro, 1933 accepted as Protula balboensis Monro, 1933
» Subspecies Protula tubularia capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
» Subspecies Protula tubularia tubularia (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)

Species Protula appendiculata Schmarda, 1861 (species inquirenda)
Species Protula arafurensis McIntosh, 1885 (species inquirenda)
Species Protula desiderata Quatrefages, 1850 (species inquirenda)
Species Protula lusitanica McIntosh, 1885 (species inquirenda)
Species Protula procera Ehlers, 1918 (species inquirenda)
Species Protula setosa (Bush, 1910) (species inquirenda)
Species Protula soofita Ben-Eliahu, 1976 (species inquirenda)

Species Protula tabularia (Montagu, 1803) represented as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (alternate representation)

Subgenus Protula (Philippiprotula) Uchida, 1978 accepted as Protula Risso, 1826
  » Species Protula (Philippiprotula) magnifica Straughan, 1967 accepted as Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822)
» Species Protula (Philippiprotula) pacifica Pixell, 1912 accepted as Protula pacifica Pixell, 1912
Subgenus Protula (Protula) Risso, 1826 accepted as Protula Risso, 1826
  » Species Protula (Protula) tuburalia (Montagu, 1803) represented as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (alternate representation)
» Species Protula (Protula) palliata (Willey, 1905) accepted as Protula palliata (Willey, 1905)
» Species Protula (Protula) tubularia (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Subgenus Protula (Psygmobranchus) Philippi, 1844 accepted as Protula Risso, 1826
  » Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) cinerea (Forskal, 1775) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
» Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) intricata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Salmacina incrustans Claparède, 1870
» Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) longiseta Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Protula longiseta Schmarda, 1861
» Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) protensa not Gmelin, Philippi, 1844 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
» Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) tubularia (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Subgenus Protula (Salmacina) accepted as Salmacina Claparède, 1870
  » Species Protula (Salmacina) dysteri Huxley, 1855 accepted as Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855)
Species Protula arctica Hansen, 1879 accepted as Protis arctica (Hansen, 1879)
Species Protula borealis M. Sars, 1866 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Species Protula capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Species Protula cinerea (Forskal, 1775) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Protula dysteri Huxley, 1855 accepted as Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855)
Species Protula elegans Milne Edwards, 1845 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Species Protula furugelmi Zachs, 1933 accepted as Protula pacifica Pixell, 1912
Species Protula geniculata Moore & Bush, 1904 accepted as Apomatus geniculata (Moore & Bush, 1904)
Species Protula globifera (Théel, 1878) accepted as Apomatus globifer Théel, 1878
Species Protula graeca (Brullé, 1836) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Protula infundibulum Claparède, 1873 accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Protula intricata non Linnaeus, 1758, sensu Grube, 1850 accepted as Salmacina incrustans Claparède, 1870
Species Protula longisetoides Rioja, 1942 accepted as Vermiliopsis longiseta (Bush, 1910)
Species Protula magnifica Straughan, 1967 accepted as Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822)
Species Protula marioni Marenzeller, 1893 accepted as Apomatus ampulliferus Philippi, 1844
Species Protula meilhaci Soulier, 1908 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Species Protula nigranucha (Fischli, 1903) accepted as Spirobranchus nigranucha (Fischli, 1903)
Species Protula pallida Iroso, 1921 accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Protula piranga Grube, 1872 accepted as Salmacina piranga (Grube, 1872)
Species Protula protensa not (Gmelin, 1791), sensu Philippi, 1844 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Species Protula protula (Cuvier, 1830) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Protula rubra Iroso, 1921 accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Protula rudolphi Risso, 1826 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
Species Protula similis (Marion & Bobretzky, 1875) accepted as Apomatus similis Marion & Bobretzky, 1875
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
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Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type species: Type species Serpula tubularia Montagu 1803 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Image 
Protula sp.
Protula sp.
added on 2010-02-13 - author: Collection VLIZ ()
qualitystatus: checked by ten Hove, Harry on 2012-09-07 19:49:56
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129575
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2007-03-12 12:43:33Z  checked  Fiege, Dieter
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2009-10-06 21:01:45Z  changed  ten Hove, Harry
  
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  Citation: ten Hove, H.; Fauchald, K.; Fiege, D.; Bellan, G. (2013). Protula Risso, 1826. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129575 on 2013-05-21
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