WoRMS name details
original description
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): 128-131, figs. 22A-F, 23A-J [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Sun, Yanan; Wong, Eunice; ten Hove, Harry A.; Hutchings, Pat A.; Williamson, Jane E.; Kupriyanova, Elena. (2015). Revision of the genus <em>Hydroides </em>(Annelida: Serpulidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4009(1): 1-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4009.1.1 page(s): 10; note: to Hydroides albiceps [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "Named after the spirally coiled tube". No derivation given. 'Tubus' is a masculine Latin noun, spira a feminine Latin noun
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Grammatical gender author's species name 'spiratubus' appears to be a compound noun in apposition, unchanging for gender agreement
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Status placed in to synonymy of H. albiceps by Sun et al 2015 [details]
Type locality east side of Fenelon Island, Kimberleys, Western Australia, 30 m, -15.2167°, 124.5167° [details]
Type material holotype: Australian Museum W21392, Paratype: AM W202955 [details]
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