WoRMS taxon details
Protula balboensis Monro, 1933
369260 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369260)
accepted
Species
Protula tubularia balboensis Monro, 1933 · unaccepted (original subspecies named as a...)
original subspecies named as a variety elevated to full species
Spiramella balboensis (Monro, 1933) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Protula tubularia balboensis Monro, 1933) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1088-1090, text figure 30a-d; note: Named as variety balboensis. From Balboa, Panama, Taboga Island, Gorgona Island, low tide shore or on quay piles. Live colour notes are by Crossland [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1088-1090, text figure 30a-d; note: Named as variety balboensis. From Balboa, Panama, Taboga Island, Gorgona Island, low tide shore or on quay piles. Live colour notes are by Crossland [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Balboa
type locality contained in Balboa [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Protula balboensis Monro, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369260 on 2026-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Protula tubularia balboensis Monro, 1933) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1088-1090, text figure 30a-d; note: Named as variety balboensis. From Balboa, Panama, Taboga Island, Gorgona Island, low tide shore or on quay piles. Live colour notes are by Crossland [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1088-1090, text figure 30a-d; note: Named as variety balboensis. From Balboa, Panama, Taboga Island, Gorgona Island, low tide shore or on quay piles. Live colour notes are by Crossland [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Bastida-Zavala, J.R. (2008). Serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific, including a brief mention of Hawaiian serpulids. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1722: 1-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1722.1.1
page(s): 37, figure 8H; note: records and description for Baja California, Mexico [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando; McCann, Linda D.; Keppel, Erica; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2017). The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (344): 1-76., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.344
page(s): 42, figures 7B–E, 8; note: description, full synonymy of records, new record for Bocas del Toro, Caribbean Panama. [details]
page(s): 37, figure 8H; note: records and description for Baja California, Mexico [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando; McCann, Linda D.; Keppel, Erica; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2017). The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (344): 1-76., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.344
page(s): 42, figures 7B–E, 8; note: description, full synonymy of records, new record for Bocas del Toro, Caribbean Panama. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Syntype BMNH 1933:7:10:265-266 [details]
