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Polychaeta source details
ten Hove, Harry A. (1970). Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus Spirobranchus. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 32: 1-57, plates I-V.
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ten Hove, Harry A.
1970
Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus <i>Spirobranchus</i>.
Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands
32: 1-57, plates I-V
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[From introduction:]
After studying more than thousand Spirobranchus worms from Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, and after comparison with the material from other tropical and subtropical regions, it appeared that in the West Indies 3 species and 1 variety of Spirobranchus could be recognized; viz: Sp. giganteus giganteus: large (45—66 mm), more or less solitary; operculum with 2 or 3 antler-like horns; branchiae in a spiral. Sp. tetraceros: smaller (30—40 mm), more or less gregarious; operculum as a rule with 3 groups of much branched horns, appearing as 6 or 8 distinct horns; branchiae not in a spiral. Sp. polycerus: small (about 15 mm), usually forming colonies; operculum in general with 7 small horns, sometimes small secondary spines; branchiae in a spiral. Sp. polycerus var. augeneri n. var.: small (about 14 mm), usually colonial; operculum with 2 ox-horn shaped horns, also a medio dorsal knob may be present; branchiae in a spiral. The material studied was mainly collected by Dr. P. WAGENAAR HUMMELINCK (1930, 1948—49, 1955, 1963—64, 1967), when sampling a number of habitats in the tidal zone and below, to a depth of about 2 m. The material, as a rule, has been preserved with formaldehyde, and was, after a short period, transferred to alcohol. The specimens studied are mainly in the author’s collection or in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden (nrs. 04400—04429, 04431); small, but representative series are in the Zoological Musea of Amsterdam, Utrecht, Copenhagen, Hamburg and Jerusalem.
Caribbean region
Systematics, Taxonomy
Conopomatus Pillai, 1960 accepted as Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818 (source of synonymy)
Cymospira bicornis (Abildgaard, 1789) accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (additional source) Cymospira brachycera Baird, 1864 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Cymospira cervina Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (additional source) Cymospira crescentigera Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (additional source) Cymospira incrassata Kroeyer in Mörch 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 (source of synonymy) Cymospira litigera Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus dendropoma Mörch, 1863 (additional source) Cymospira macgillivrayi Baird, 1864 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (additional source) Cymospira megasoma Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (additional source) Cymospira morchii Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus cruciger (Grube, 1862) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (additional source) Cymospira polycera Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861) (additional source) Cymospira quoyi Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Cymospira tricornis Baird, 1864 accepted as Spirobranchus cruciger (Grube, 1862) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (additional source) Olga elegantissima Jones, 1962 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (status source) Penicillum marinum Seba, 1758 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (source of synonymy) Pomatoceros bucephalus Mörch, 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus cruciger (Grube, 1862) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Pomatoceros corniculata Grube, 1862 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Pomatoceros davaoensis Treadwell, 1942 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Pomatoceros elaphus Haswell, 1885 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Pomatoceros luzonica (Grube, 1881) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Pomatoceros multicornis Grube, 1862 accepted as Spirobranchus multicornis (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Pomatoceros tetraceros Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (redescription) Pomatoceros tricornigera (Grube, 1878) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Pomatoceros tricornis (Grube, 1881) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Serpula (Pomatoceros) corniculata Grube, 1862 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Serpula (Pomatoceros) luzonica Grube, 1881 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Serpula (Pomatoceros) multicornis Grube, 1862 accepted as Spirobranchus multicornis (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Serpula (Pomatoceros) tricornis Grube, 1881 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Serpula tricornigera Grube, 1878 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus cervicornis Willey, 1905 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus crescentigera (Quatrefages, 1866) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus dendropoma Mörch, 1863 (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (redescription) Spirobranchus giganteus arabica Monro, 1937 accepted as Spirobranchus arabicus Monro, 1937 (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (basis of record) Spirobranchus giganteus coutierei (Gravier, 1905) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus giganteus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (basis of record) Spirobranchus giganteus microceras Mörch, 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (additional source) Spirobranchus giganteus tricornis Mörch, 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus giganteus turbinatus Pixell, 1913 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 (additional source) Spirobranchus jousseaumei (Gravier, 1906) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus kroyeri Augener, 1925 accepted as Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus latiscapus (Marenzeller, 1884) (additional source) Spirobranchus maldivensis Pixell, 1913 (additional source) Spirobranchus multicornis (Grube, 1862) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861) (redescription) Spirobranchus polycerus augeneri ten Hove, 1970 (original description) Spirobranchus pseudoincrassatus Bush, 1905 accepted as Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 (additional source) Spirobranchus semperi Mörch, 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus semperi aceros Pixell, 1913 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus semperi acroceros Willey, 1905 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus semperi papillosus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus spinosus Moore, 1923 (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (redescription) Spirobranchus tricornigerus (Grube, 1878) accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy) Spirobranchus tricornis Mörch, 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (source of synonymy) Editor's comment based on the examination of material from the Gulf of Eilath, erroneously identified as S. gardineri by Fauvel ... [details] Nomenclature just a new name based on Mörch's diagnosis for Spirobranchus dendropoma Mörch, 1863 [details] Status Synonymized by e.g. ten Hove (1970) with Spirobranchus tetraceros, the taxon has been reinstated by Pillai (2009: ... [details] |