World Polychaeta Database - Serpula vermucularis [non Linnaeus, vermicularis auct. misspelling]

WoRMS name details

Serpula vermucularis [non Linnaeus, vermicularis auct. misspelling]

AphiaID

462977 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:462977)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling of misidentification of S. vermicularis)

Accepted name

Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883) [nomen protectum]

Rank

Species

Parent

Serpula Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula vermucularis [non Linnaeus, vermicularis auct. misspelling]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=462977 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-28 09:30:57Z

created

ten Hove, Harry

2016-07-02 05:33:22Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2016-07-22 04:30:43Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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Sources (2)
Notes (1)

Nomenclature

original description (of Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]

basis of record Daniel, A., 1954. The seasonal variation and the succession of the fouling communities in the Madras Harbour waters. J. Madras Univ. B24, 2: 189-212. [details]

From editor or global species database

Editor's comment Lapsus calami for S. vermicularis; many fouling records of "Serpula vermicularis" in reality are juvenile specimens of Hydroides, mostly elegans, and in view of the locality Daniel's record most probably belongs to H. elegans too [details]