Serpula maorica (Benham, 1927) 
AphiaID: 334779

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family) > Serpula (Genus)

Status		species inquirenda
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Serpula Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised taxa		Zopyrus maoricus Benham, 1927
Sources		basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details] additional source: Glasby, C.J. and Read, Geoffrey B. 1998. A chronological review of polychaete taxonomy in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(3): 347-374. [details] status source: Hove, Harry A. ten and Jansen-Jacobs, M. J. 1984. A revision of the genus Crucigera (Polychaeta; Serpulidae); a proposed methodological approach to serpulids, with special reference to the variation in Serpula and Hydroides. 143-180. IN: Hutchings ed., Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 143-180. page(s): 151, 176 [details] original description (from synonym): Benham, W.B. 1927. Polychaeta. British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition Natural History Reports, Zoology, 7(2): 47-182. page(s): 153-154 [details] [view taxon] additional source (from synonym): Fyfe, M.L., 1952 List of New Zealand polychaetes, based on the manuscript of the late Sir William Benham. New Zealand Dept. sci. ind. Res., Bull. 105: 1-38 [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334779
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-17 10:44:16Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-11-04 07:12:01Z   changed   ten Hove, Harry 2009-12-28 10:37:17Z   changed   ten Hove, Harry
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		Citation: ten Hove, H.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Serpula maorica (Benham, 1927). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334779 on 2013-06-19