WoRMS name details

Serpula minax Grube, 1878

338116  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338116)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Sabellida (Order)
  8. Serpulidae (Family)
  9. Serpulinae (Subfamily)
  10. Serpulini (Tribe)
  11. Serpula (Genus)
  12. Serpula minax (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 269-271, plate XV fig. 5 [details] 
Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Philippines Islands from unspecified location  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Philippines Islands from unspecified location [details]
Etymology Not stated, but for S. minax the Latin adjective minax –acis meaning ‘jutting out’ is likely referring to the...  
Etymology Not stated, but for S. minax the Latin adjective minax –acis meaning ‘jutting out’ is likely referring to the enormous dorsal verticil spine [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula minax Grube, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338116 on 2025-12-16
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-20 06:44:16Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

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Nomenclature

original description Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 269-271, plate XV fig. 5 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but for S. minax the Latin adjective minax –acis meaning ‘jutting out’ is likely referring to the enormous dorsal verticil spine [details]

Type locality Philippines Islands from unspecified location [details]

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