Spirobranchus

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Spirobranchus
Spirobranchus giganteus, a popular species in the genus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Sabellida
Family: Serpulidae
Subfamily: Serpulinae
Genus: Spirobranchus
Blainville, 1818
Species

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Synonyms

Pomatoceros Philippi, 1844

Spirobranchus is a small genus of tube-building annelid fanworms in the family Serpulidae.

Species[edit]

The species in the genus (World Register of Marine Species) include:

  • Spirobranchus giganteus Pallas, 1766. Christmas-tree worm
  • Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862)
  • Spirobranchus latiscapus Marenzeller, 1885
  • Spirobranchus aloni Perry, Bronstein, Simon-Blecher, Atkins, Kupriyanova, ten Hove, Levy & Fine, 2018
  • Spirobranchus americanus (Day, 1973)
  • Spirobranchus arabicus Monro, 1937
  • Spirobranchus baileybrockae Pillai. 2009
  • Spirobranchus cariniferus (Gray, 1843)
  • Spirobranchus coronatus Straughan, 1967
  • Spirobranchus corrugatus Straughan, 1967
  • Spirobranchus decoratus Imajima, 1982
  • Spirobranchus dendropoma Mörch, 1863
  • Spirobranchus eitzeni Augener, 1918
  • Spirobranchus gardineri Pixell, 1913
  • Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766)
  • Spirobranchus incrassatus KrøyerinMörch, 1863
  • Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1865)
  • Spirobranchus lamarcki (Quatrefages, 1866)
  • Spirobranchus latiscapus (Marenzeller, 1885)
  • Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862)
  • Spirobranchus maldivensis Pixell, 1913
  • Spirobranchus minutus (Rioja, 1941)
  • Spirobranchus murrayi Pillai, 2009
  • Spirobranchus nigranucha (Fischli, 1903)
  • Spirobranchus paumotanus (Chamberlin, 1919)
  • Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861)
  • Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844)
  • Spirobranchus pseudopolytremus Pillai, 2009
  • Spirobranchus richardsmithi Pillai, 2009
  • Spirobranchus spinosus Moore, 1923
  • Spirobranchus taeniatus (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Spirobranchus tenhovei Pillai, 2009
  • Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)
  • Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Spirobranchus zelandicus Pillai, 2009
  • Spirobranchus zibrowii Pillai, 2009

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Ruppert, Edward E.; Richard S. Fox; Robert D. Barnes (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole - Thomson Learning Inc. pp. 963. ISBN 0-03-025982-7.