WoRMS name details
Protoserpula Uchida, 1978
325135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325135)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Protoserpula pacificum Uchida, 1978 (type by monotypy)
- Species Protoserpula pacificum Uchida, 1978 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98.
page(s): 22-23 [details]
page(s): 22-23 [details]
Taxonomy The genus was synonymised with Serpula by ten Hove (1984: 193). Pillai & ten Hove (1994: 40, 100) regard the only species...
Taxonomy The genus was synonymised with Serpula by ten Hove (1984: 193). Pillai & ten Hove (1994: 40, 100) regard the only species to be either a juvenile Serpula, or Spiraserpula. An unnecessary genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Protoserpula Uchida, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325135 on 2026-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98.
page(s): 22-23 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
page(s): 22-23 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hove, Harry A. ten 1984. Towards a phylogeny in serpulids (Annelida; Polychaeta), in P.A. Hutchings ed., Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 181-196.
page(s): 193; note: with Serpula [details]
page(s): 193; note: with Serpula [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The genus was synonymised with Serpula by ten Hove (1984: 193). Pillai & ten Hove (1994: 40, 100) regard the only species to be either a juvenile Serpula, or Spiraserpula. An unnecessary genus. [details]
