TY  - JOUR
AB  - [From introduction:]<br>
After studying more than thousand <i>Spirobranchus</i> worms from Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, and after comparison with the material from other tropical and subtropical regions, it appeared that in the West Indies 3 species and 1 variety of <i>Spirobranchus</i> could be recognized; viz:<br>
<i>Sp. giganteus giganteus</i>: large (45—66 mm), more or less solitary; operculum with 2 or 3 antler-like horns; branchiae in a spiral.<br>
<i>Sp. tetraceros</i>: smaller (30—40 mm), more or less gregarious; operculum as a rule with 3 groups of much branched horns, appearing as 6 or 8 distinct horns; branchiae not in a spiral.<br>
<i>Sp. polycerus</i>: small (about 15 mm), usually forming colonies; operculum in general with 7 small horns, sometimes small secondary spines; branchiae in a spiral.<br>
<i>Sp. polycerus</i> var. <i>augeneri</i> n. var.: small (about 14 mm), usually colonial; operculum with 2 ox-horn shaped horns, also a medio dorsal knob may be present; branchiae in a spiral.<br>
The material studied was mainly collected by Dr. P. WAGENAAR HUMMELINCK (1930, 1948—49, 1955, 1963—64, 1967), when sampling a number of habitats in the tidal zone and below, to a depth of about 2 m. The material, as a rule, has been preserved with formaldehyde, and was, after a short period, transferred to alcohol. The specimens studied are mainly in the author’s collection or in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden (nrs. 04400—04429, 04431); small, but representative series are in the Zoological Musea of Amsterdam, Utrecht, Copenhagen, Hamburg and Jerusalem.
A1  - ten Hove, Harry A.
JO  - Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands
N1  - AnnelidaBase
C1  - 32: 1-57, plates I-V
TI  - Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus <i>Spirobranchus</i>.
UR  - https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506140
PY  - 1970
Y2  - 2026-05-20
ER  -