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Serpula vermucularis Linnaeus, 1767 
AphiaID: 462977

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family) > Serpula (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (misidentification)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883)
Rank Species
Parent Serpula Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Daniel, A., 1954. The seasonal variation and the succession of the fouling communities in the Madras Harbour waters. J. Madras Univ. B24, 2: 189-212. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Editor's comment: Lapsus calami for S. vermicularis; many fouling records of "Serpula vermicularis" in reality are juvenile specimens of Hydroides, mostly elegans, and in view of the locality Daniel's record most probably belongs to H. elegans too  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:462977
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2010-02-28 09:30:57Z  created  ten Hove, Harry
  
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  Citation: ten Hove, H. (2013). Serpula vermucularis Linnaeus, 1767. 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=462977 on 2013-05-25
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