WoRMS name details
Serpula intricata Linnaeus, 1758
331849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331849)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Serpula vermicularis intricata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Vermilia intricata (Linnaeus, 1758) · uncertain > taxon inquirendum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Note Mediterranean Sea
Type locality Mediterranean Sea [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula intricata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331849 on 2026-06-11
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Nomenclature
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 787 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Serpula vermicularis intricata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 787 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Serpula vermicularis intricata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Although the species intricata generally has been synonymised with Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803), old dry material present in the Zool. Mus. Copenhagen (where some of Mörch's types can be found) under the name P. (P.) intricata belongs to either Filograna or Salmacina. In Hartman's Catalogue S. intricata is "confused". S. intricata non Linnaeus, sensu Grube and derivations of this name traditionally have been attributed to Salmacina incrustans (?); this would apply for the new combination (and only that) Psygmobranchus intricatus as well. [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Mediterranean Sea [details]
