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Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa. 2036: 1-126.
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Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K.
2009
Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs
Zootaxa
2036: 1-126
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). There is no DOI at present
The Serpulidae are a large group of sedentary polychaetes inhabiting calcareous tubes. The relationships within the group are poorly understood and taxonomy of the group is very confused which is a major obstacle to accessing their phylogeny. This review provides up-to-date information on the current state of taxonomy of Serpulidae sensu lato (not including Spirorbinae). The morphology of the group is reviewed with special reference to the features that can provide characters for future phylogenetic analyses. Scanning electron micrographs illustrate the structure of the chaetae and uncini. The list of 46—in our opinion valid—genera is accompanied by detailed generic diagnoses, species composition and distribution (checklist), and remarks on major taxonomic literature. A taxonomic key to the genera and a list of invalid genera with synonymy is also provided.
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Hydroides Gunnerus, 1768 (additional source)
Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815 (status source)
Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815 (identification resource)
 Authority
 for Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Philippi, 1844)

As early as 1776 a summary description of Serpula infundibulum was given by Martini (1776: 359, pl. 12 fig. 1). ... [details]
 Classification
 for Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815

For Spirorbidae see Spirorbinae. ten Hove & Kupriyanova (2009: 5) summarized Serpulidae classification history as ... [details]
 Classification
 for Spirorbinae Chamberlin, 1919

Pillai (1970) raised Spirorbinae from the original subfamily rank to separate family rank, but this usage in the ... [details]
 Diagnosis
 for Placostegus Philippi, 1844

Tube triangular in cross-section, with denticulate keels, transparent or semi-transparent. Operculum inverse ... [details]
 Editor's comment
 for Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844)

records from the Indo-West Pacific probably are a complex of species by themselves [details]
 Editor's comment
 for Vermiliopsis multiannulata (Moore, 1923)

Vermiliopsis multiannulata sensu Hartman is rather confused, containing material of Vermiliopsis multiannulata as ... [details]
 Nomenclature
 for Anatomus Montfort, 1810

Erected in Mollusca for Anatomus indicus Montfort. It is difficult to ascertain what Montfort was describing, but ... [details]
 Nomenclature
 for Hydroides furcifera (Grube, 1878)

Some usages incorrectly as (masculine?) 'furcifer', e.g., ten Hove & Kupriyanova (2009:53) [details]
 Nomenclature
 for Hydroides rostrata Pillai, 1971 [original]

The original and correct spelling is rostrata , but the name has incorrectly been given the masculine ending ... [details]
 Nomenclature
 for Serpulinae Rafinesque, 1815

Serpulinae exists by default as the nominal subfamily for all Serpulidae, except those explicitly assigned to ... [details]
 Status
 for Protula tubularia caeca Imajima, 1977

probably full species [details]
 Status
 for Serpula infundibulum Martini, 1776

A name with a very confused history, see ten Hove & Kupriyanova (2009: 100). As figured by Chenu it might be in ... [details]
 Status
 for Vermilia Lamarck, 1818

ten Hove & Kupriyanova (2009) state that Vermilia is confused [unusable?] and refer taxa elsewhere. They state that ... [details]
 Status
 for Vermiliopsis minuta Straughan, 1967

doubtful, maybe composite [details]
 Status
 for Vermiliopsis prampramiana Augener, 1918

Regarded to be undeterminable by Zibrowius (1973b), it is tentatively placed in Filogranella based on its general ... [details]
 Taxonomic remark
 for Spirobranchus dendropoma Mörch, 1863

Regarded to be a synonym of Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) by ten Hove (1970), it was regarded to be a ... [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Metavermilia annobonensis Zibrowius, 1971

reported from Annobón, and further Western Africa; records from elsewhere should be checked [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Neopomatus Pillai, 1960

it should be noted that Pillai (2008) reinstated the genus Neopomatus [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Omphalopomopsis langerhansii (Marenzeller, 1884)

Omphalopomopsis langerhansii not (Marenzeller, 1885) sensu Fauvel (1930, 1953) and Pillai (1960) belong to ... [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Protula alba Benedict, 1887

perhaps synonymous with Protula longiseta [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Serpula crenata (Ehlers, 1908)

Serpula sinica Wu & Chen, 1979 possibly is a synonym, though its distribution then would be exceptionally wide [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Serpula sinica Wu, Sun & Chen, 1979

The taxon is very similar to Serpula crenata (Ehlers, 1908), may be synonymous, though the distribution then would ... [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767

The nominal species Serpula vermicularis has been reported from Arctic to tropical conditions, neither ecologically ... [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Vermiliopsis leptochaeta Pillai, 1971

part of complex with V. pygidialis, V. glandigerus [details]