Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861) 
AphiaID: 334834

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818
Synonymised taxa		Cymospira polycera Schmarda, 1861 (objective synonym) Spirobranchus insignifer Augener, 1922 (subjective synonym)
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: Marsden, Joan Rattenbury 1992. Reproductive isolation in two forms of the serpulid polychaete, Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda) in Barbados. Bulletin of Marine Science 51(1): 14-18. [details] redescription: Hove, Harry A. ten 1970. Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - the genus Spirobranchus. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 32: 1-57. [details] new combination reference: Augener, H. 1927. Bijdragen tot de Kennis der Fauna van Curacao. Resultaten eener Reis van Dr. C.J. van der Horst in 1920. Polychaeten von Curaçao. Bijdragen tot de dierkunde, 25: 39-82. [details] from synonym: Schmarda, Ludwig K. 1861. Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise un die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. Erster Band (zweite halfte) Turbellarian, Rotatorien un Anneliden. 1-164. Wilhelm Engelmann. Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Augener, H. 1924 (1922). Über litorale polychäten von Westindien. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft der naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin, 1922(3-5): 38-53. page(s): 50 [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Spirobranchus polycerus augeneri ten Hove, 1970
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Note		Taxonomic Remark: in view of reported reproductive isolation between S. polycerus s.str. and its sympatric "variety" S. polycerus augeneri, the latter might be a full species [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334834
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
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		Citation: ten Hove, H.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861). 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=334834 on 2013-05-26