WoRMS name details
Spirobranchus giganteus arabica Monro, 1937
465249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465249)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, C.C.A. (1937). Polychaeta. <em>The John Murray Expedition 1933-1934 Scientific Reports.</em> 4(8): 243-321., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49518757
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Note South Arabian coast, from station 45, 38 m. ...
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Type locality South Arabian coast, from station 45, 38 m. The station location is available in the first volume of the reports as 18 deg 03 30 N, 57 deg 02 30 E. [details]
Status Originally described as a variety of S. giganteus. Regarded to be a synonym of Spirobranchus tetraceros by ten Hove (1970:...
Status Originally described as a variety of S. giganteus. Regarded to be a synonym of Spirobranchus tetraceros by ten Hove (1970: 4), but elevated to full specific rank by Pillai (2009: 163), who also corrected the gender ending to masculine [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus giganteus arabica Monro, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465249 on 2026-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Monro, C.C.A. (1937). Polychaeta. <em>The John Murray Expedition 1933-1934 Scientific Reports.</em> 4(8): 243-321., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49518757
page(s): 317 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 317 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
ten Hove, Harry A. (1970). Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus <i>Spirobranchus</i>. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 32: 1-57, plates I-V., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506140
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redescription Pillai, T. G. (2009). Descriptions of new serpulid polychaetes from the Kimberleys of Australia and discussion of Australian and Indo-West Pacific species of Spirobranchus and superficially similar taxa. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 61(2): 93-199., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Pillai-2009-Rec-Aust-Mus-612-93199/ [details] Available for editors [request]
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[request]redescription Pillai, T. G. (2009). Descriptions of new serpulid polychaetes from the Kimberleys of Australia and discussion of Australian and Indo-West Pacific species of Spirobranchus and superficially similar taxa. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 61(2): 93-199., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Pillai-2009-Rec-Aust-Mus-612-93199/ [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Status Originally described as a variety of S. giganteus. Regarded to be a synonym of Spirobranchus tetraceros by ten Hove (1970: 4), but elevated to full specific rank by Pillai (2009: 163), who also corrected the gender ending to masculine [details]Type locality South Arabian coast, from station 45, 38 m. The station location is available in the first volume of the reports as 18 deg 03 30 N, 57 deg 02 30 E. [details]
