WoRMS name details
original description
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 [details]
status source
Zibrowius, H. (1973). Revision of some Serpulidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from abyssal depths in the Atlantic and Pacific, collected by the 'Challenger' and Prince of Monaco Expeditions. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 24 (9): 427-439., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26497963 page(s): 431; note: examined type, but did not assign to synonymy [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Zibrowius (1973) found the Mörch specimen in the British Museum and wrote " The types of Morch's var. articulata have been rediscovered recently (BMNH. 1965. 31. 14-16). These tubes are similar to other serpulids such as Spirobranchus, Pomatoceros, Pomatoleios, and Galeolaria. A preserved operculum was extracted from one of these tubes; it is a massive calcareous operculum similar to that of Pomatoleios kraussii (Baird)." Thus he did not synonymise 'articulata' under 'kraussii', only noted the opercula were 'similar'. Even if they were synonyms this would not be possible as 'articulata' is one year senior to 'kraussii' [details]From other sources
Type locality Philippines [details]
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