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Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767

131051  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131051)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Sabellida (Order)
  8. Serpulidae (Family)
  9. Serpulinae (Subfamily)
  10. Serpulini (Tribe)
  11. Serpula (Genus)
  12. Serpula vermicularis (Species)
accepted
Species
Amphitrite proboscidea Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Serpula (Serpula) aspera Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula aspera Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula crater Claparède, 1870 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula cristata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1820-25 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula echinata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula fascicularis Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula gervaisii Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula interrupta Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula montagui Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula pallida Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula philippii Mörch, 1863 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula proboscidea (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)  
superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym
Serpula rugosa W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula venusta Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Serpula vermicularis echinata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (infraspecic variation only)
Serpula vermicularis vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Vermilia vermicularis Fleming, 1825 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

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  1. Subspecies Serpula vermicularis chevalensis Pillai, 1960
  2. Subspecies Serpula vermicularis echinata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (infraspecic variation only)
  3. Subspecies Serpula vermicularis granulosa Marenzeller, 1884 accepted as Serpula granulosa Marenzeller, 1884 (superseded original combination)
  4. Subspecies Serpula vermicularis intricata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Serpula intricata Linnaeus, 1758 (superseded original combination)
  5. Subspecies Serpula vermicularis narconensis Baird, 1864 accepted as Serpula narconensis Baird, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination, reverting to the original combination)
  6. Subspecies Serpula vermicularis reversa Montagu, 1803 accepted as Serpula reversa Montagu, 1803 (superseded subsequent combination, genus unchanged)
  7. Subspecies Serpula vermicularis vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (superseded original combination)
  8. Subspecies Serpula vermicularis watsoni Willey, 1905 accepted as Serpula watsoni Willey, 1905 (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy The nominal species Serpula vermicularis has been reported from Arctic to tropical conditions, neither ecologically nor...  
Taxonomy The nominal species Serpula vermicularis has been reported from Arctic to tropical conditions, neither ecologically nor biogeographically a likely distribution. Presently a number of species (partly misidentified previously as S. vermicularis) with a biogeographically more restricted distribution have been discerned, and the name S.vermicularis should be reserved for the Atlantic-Mediterranean taxon (ten Hove & Kupriyanova 2009). Moreover, the name S. vermicularis has been used in the fouling literature for juvenile stages of Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883), with operculum a simple funnel only (ten Hove & Ben-Eliahu 2005). [details]

Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...  
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131051 on 2025-04-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan, Gérard
2007-03-13 07:45:24Z
checked
Fiege, Dieter
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-11-04 07:12:01Z
changed
ten Hove, Harry
2017-07-11 10:35:08Z
changed
ten Hove, Harry

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Nomenclature

original description 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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Serpula aspera 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 [details] 

original description (of Serpula montagui Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 498 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Serpula vermicularis 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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Serpula crater Claparède, 1870) Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 525 [details] 

original description (of Serpula echinata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3744 [details] 

original description (of Serpula fascicularis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 362 [details] 

original description (of Serpula gervaisii Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Serpula interrupta Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 502 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Serpula pallida 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 [details] 

original description (of Serpula philippii Mörch, 1863) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft [details] 

original description (of Serpula venusta 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 [details] 

original description (of Serpula cristata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1820-25) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): fig.7 [details] 

original description (of Serpula rugosa W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 154 [details] 

original description (of Vermilia vermicularis Fleming, 1825) Fleming J. 1825. On the British testaceous annelids. <i>The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal</i>, 12(24): 238-248., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/edinburghphilos02edingoog#page/n255/mode/2up
page(s): 242 [details] 

original description (of Amphitrite proboscidea Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 59, no figures ; note: Bruguière cites previous usages by Baster, Müller, and Martini, but he tags his name as NOB, indicating it is his original new name. [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Kupriyanova, Elena K. (1999). The taxonomic status of Serpula cf. columbiana Johnson, 1901 from the American and Asian coasts of the North Pacific Ocean (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 50(1): 21-34., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00785326.1999.10409386
page(s): 23; note: table 3 compares S. vermicularis, S. columbiana, S. uschakovi [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Budaeva N.E., Jirkov I.A., Savilova T.A., Paterson G.L.J. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Polychaeta. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 217–230 [in English]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 520 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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)
note: checklist listing only [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). The polychaetes collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18. <em>Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18.</em> 9B: 1-41, plates 1-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37673125 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details] 

additional source Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The nominal species Serpula vermicularis has been reported from Arctic to tropical conditions, neither ecologically nor biogeographically a likely distribution. Presently a number of species (partly misidentified previously as S. vermicularis) with a biogeographically more restricted distribution have been discerned, and the name S.vermicularis should be reserved for the Atlantic-Mediterranean taxon (ten Hove & Kupriyanova 2009). Moreover, the name S. vermicularis has been used in the fouling literature for juvenile stages of Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883), with operculum a simple funnel only (ten Hove & Ben-Eliahu 2005). [details]

Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel) [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Catalan sérpula vermellacuc de closca  [details]
Dutch kleine kalkkokerworm  [details]
English tubewormserpulidsred tubewormred tube wormplume wormfan wormcalcareous tubeworm  [details]
French serpule roseserpule communepetite serpule  [details]
German Roter KalkröhrenwurmKleiner KalkröhrenwurmKalkröhrenwurmDeckel-KalkröhrenwurmBunter Kalkröhrenwurm  [details]
Italian serpula  [details]
Japanese ヒトエカンザシゴカイ  [details]
Russian Серпула червеобразная  [details]
Spanish sérpula rojagusano tubícola serpentino  [details]
BIOTIC 
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Serpula vermicularis vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (255 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Serpula aspera Philippi, 1844)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Serpula vermicularis) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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