WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Pomatostegus polytrema indica Fauvel, 1928) Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. II. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(2): 159-165., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5532364m/f41.image.r=Ouest-Eclair.langES page(s): 165, fig. 3h-i; note: originally described as a variety [details]
original description
(of Vermilia polytrema Philippi, 1844) 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]
original description
(of Vermilia polytrema digitata Langerhans, 1884) Langerhans, P. (1884). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira, IV. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 40: 247-285, plates15-17., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45395378 [details] 
Taxonomyredescription
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 [request]
Othercontext 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 [request]
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 [request]
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]
From editor or global species database
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]
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