WoRMS name details

Protula (Psygmobranchus) protensa not Gmelin, Philippi, 1844

423977  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:423977)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Protula (Psygmobranchus) protensa not Gmelin, Philippi, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=423977 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
2009-10-16 13:20:37Z
created
2009-10-20 13:23:19Z
changed

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basis of record Mörch, 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): 359 [details]   
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Mörch's discussion is very noteworthy! According to him "Serpula protensa Gmelin" is not a Serpula, but a Teredo or Kuphus. Protula protensa sensu Philippi most probably is the same as P. tubularia (see Mörch 1863: 359). [details]