World Polychaeta Database - Serpula (Serpula) Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS name details

Serpula (Serpula) Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

449943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:449943)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Serpula Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Serpula Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (3)

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Species Serpula (Serpula) aspera Philippi, 1844 accepted as Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (subjective synonym)
Species Serpula (Serpula) contortuplicata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Serpula contortuplicata Linnaeus, 1758 (disused nominal subgenus)
Species Serpula (Serpula) pallida Philippi, 1844 accepted as Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula (Serpula) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449943 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-31 10:01:27Z

created

ten Hove, Harry

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Grube, A.E. (1861). Ein Ausflug nach Triest und dem Quarnero. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Thierwelt dieses Gebietes. [An excursion to Trieste and the Quarnero. Contributions to the knowledge of the animal world of this area]. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Thierwelt dieses Gebietes. Berlin. 175 pp. 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6944841
page(s): 128 [details]