WoRMS taxon details
Hydroides heterofurcata Pillai, 1971 [original]
328449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328449)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1971). Studies on a collection of marine and brackish-water polychaete annelids of the family Serpulidae from Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 9(2): 88-130.
page(s): 113-114, figs. 6F, 7A-C [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 113-114, figs. 6F, 7A-C [details] Available for editors
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Holotype BM 1968-145, geounit Gulf of Mannar
, Note near Talaimannar Pier, Sri Lanka, 4 m depth,...
Holotype BM 1968-145, geounit Gulf of Mannar [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality near Talaimannar Pier, Sri Lanka, 4 m depth, approx (author map) 9.1079 79.7292 [details]
Etymology not stated, but appears to be derived from presence of both trifurcate and bifurcate spines
Etymology not stated, but appears to be derived from presence of both trifurcate and bifurcate spines [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Hydroides heterofurcata Pillai, 1971 [original]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328449 on 2026-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1971). Studies on a collection of marine and brackish-water polychaete annelids of the family Serpulidae from Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 9(2): 88-130.
page(s): 113-114, figs. 6F, 7A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 113-114, figs. 6F, 7A-C [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Kupriyanova, E.; Sun, Y.; Wong, E.; Ten Hove, H. (2023). Hydroides of the World. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/9781486311590
page(s): 121, fig. 60 [details]
page(s): 121, fig. 60 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BM 1968-145, geounit Gulf of Mannar [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology not stated, but appears to be derived from presence of both trifurcate and bifurcate spines [details]Grammatical gender feminine compound adjective based on furcatus, furcata, forked. Original 'heterofurcata' is correct (WoRMS had been using 'heterofurcatus'). [details]
Type locality near Talaimannar Pier, Sri Lanka, 4 m depth, approx (author map) 9.1079 79.7292 [details]
From editor or global species database
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