Deep-Sea taxon details
Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844)
131054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131054)
accepted
Species
Pomatostegus polytrema (Philippi, 1844) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine
(of ) Philippi, A. (1844). Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzählung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 186-198, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704089
page(s): 194 [details]
page(s): 194 [details]
Taxonomy Spirobanchus polytrema sensu auct. most probably is a complex of species. Records under this name from outside the...
Taxonomy See notes Pomatoceros strigiceps Mörch, 1863, and Vermilia punctata Chenu, 1838 .
Taxonomy Spirobanchus polytrema sensu auct. most probably is a complex of species. Records under this name from outside the Mediterranean/Atlantic probably should be attributed to other species; see discussion in Pillai (2009c) as well. [details]
Taxonomy See notes Pomatoceros strigiceps Mörch, 1863, and Vermilia punctata Chenu, 1838 .
Taxonomy See notes Pomatoceros strigiceps Mörch, 1863, and Vermilia punctata Chenu, 1838 . [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131054 on 2025-05-30
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131054 on 2025-05-30
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(of ) Philippi, A. (1844). Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzählung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 186-198, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704089
page(s): 194 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source 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/
page(s): 153, 176 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kupriyanova, Elena; Sun, Yanan; ten Hove, Harry A.; Wong, Eunice; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Serpulidae (Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 275-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.13
page(s): 336; note: Spirobranchus cf. polytrema record for Lizard Island [details]
additional source Di Geronimo, I.; Costa, B.; Perna, R. L.; Randazzo, G.; Rosso, A.; Sanfilippo, R.;. (1994). The Pleistocene “Case Catarinicchia” section (Belice, SW Sicily). <em>Boll. Soc. Paleontol. Ital., spec.vol.</em> 2: 93-113. [details]
redescription Zibrowius, H. (1968). Étude morphologique, systématique et écologique des Serpulidae (Annelida Polychaeta) de la région de Marseille. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 43 (59): 81-252.
page(s): 123, 127, 135 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 194 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source 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/
page(s): 153, 176 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kupriyanova, Elena; Sun, Yanan; ten Hove, Harry A.; Wong, Eunice; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Serpulidae (Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 275-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.13
page(s): 336; note: Spirobranchus cf. polytrema record for Lizard Island [details]
additional source Di Geronimo, I.; Costa, B.; Perna, R. L.; Randazzo, G.; Rosso, A.; Sanfilippo, R.;. (1994). The Pleistocene “Case Catarinicchia” section (Belice, SW Sicily). <em>Boll. Soc. Paleontol. Ital., spec.vol.</em> 2: 93-113. [details]
redescription Zibrowius, H. (1968). Étude morphologique, systématique et écologique des Serpulidae (Annelida Polychaeta) de la région de Marseille. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume.</em> 43 (59): 81-252.
page(s): 123, 127, 135 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Editor's comment The diagnosis of Placostegus porosus in Mörch (1863: 418) is rather reminiscent of Spirobranchus cf. polytrema. Plate 2 fig.8 of Sowerby & Sowerby's Serpula ornata depicts an attached tube with medial keel flanked by two rows of pits, rather reminiscent of Spirobranchus polytrema! S. ornata was attributed to Placostegus by Mörch (1863: 420) [details]Editor's comment records from the Indo-West Pacific probably are a complex of species by themselves [details]
Spelling See etymology remarks for Vermilia polytrema. Vermilia is feminine, Spirobranchus is masculine. Trema by itself is a neuter Greek noun, and there is some uncertainty that 'polytremus' would be the correct masculine form as an adjective. As S. polytrema is so widely used, it seems best at the moment not to force a mandatory gender suffix change in WoRMS to 'polytremus' for apparent agreement with the masculine genus, until/unless adopted in print [details]
Taxonomy Spirobanchus polytrema sensu auct. most probably is a complex of species. Records under this name from outside the Mediterranean/Atlantic probably should be attributed to other species; see discussion in Pillai (2009c) as well. [details]
Taxonomy See notes Pomatoceros strigiceps Mörch, 1863, and Vermilia punctata Chenu, 1838 . [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | フタコブカンザシゴカイ | [details] |
