WoRMS taxon details
Protula Risso, 1826
129575 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129575)
accepted
Genus
Protula rudolphi Risso, 1826 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (type by original designation)
Ehlerprotula Uchida, 1978 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Longitubus Howell, 1943 † · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Membranopsis Bush, 1910 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Paraprotula Uchida, 1978 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Peotula Sun, 1998 · alternative representation
Protula (Philippiprotula) Uchida, 1978 · unaccepted (subgenus not recognized any longer)
Protula (Protula) Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (subgenus not longer recognised)
Protula (Psygmobranchus) Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted (subgenus not recognised any longer)
Protulopsis Saint-Joseph, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Psygmobranchus Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Salmacinopsis Bush, 1910 · unaccepted
Serpula (Helena) Castelnau, 1842 · unaccepted
Serpula (Spiramella) · unaccepted
Spiramella Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Protula (Hydroides)
- Species Protula (Hydroides) piranga Grube, 1872 accepted as Salmacina piranga (Grube, 1872) (superseded original combination, erroneous subgeneric attribution)
- Subgenus Protula (Protulopsis)
- Species Protula (Protulopsis) nigranucha Fischli, 1903 accepted as Spirobranchus nigranucha (Fischli, 1903) (superseded original combination)
- Species Protula (Protulopsis) palliata Willey, 1905 accepted as Protula palliata (Willey, 1905) (superseded original combination)
- Species Protula alba Benedict, 1887
- Species Protula alberti Fauvel, 1909
- Species Protula americana McIntosh, 1885
- Species Protula anomala Day, 1955
- Species Protula antennata Ehlers, 1887
- Species Protula apomatoides (Uchida, 1978)
- Species Protula atypha Bush, 1905
- Species Protula balboensis Monro, 1933
- Species Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822)
- Species Protula diomedeae Benedict, 1887
- Species Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Protula longiseta Schmarda, 1861
- Species Protula media Stimpson, 1853
- Species Protula pacifica Pixell, 1912
- Species Protula palliata (Willey, 1905)
- Species Protula submedia Augener, 1906
- Species Protula superba Moore, 1909
- Species Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
- Subgenus Protula (Philippiprotula) Uchida, 1978 accepted as Protula Risso, 1826 (subgenus not recognized any longer)
- Species Protula (Philippiprotula) magnifica Straughan, 1967 accepted as Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula (Philippiprotula) pacifica Pixell, 1912 accepted as Protula pacifica Pixell, 1912 (subgenus no longer recognized)
- Subgenus Protula (Protula) Risso, 1826 accepted as Protula Risso, 1826 (subgenus not longer recognised)
- Species Protula (Protula) palliata (Willey, 1905) accepted as Protula palliata (Willey, 1905)
- Species Protula (Protula) tubularia (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Protula (Protula) tuburalia (Montagu, 1803) represented as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
- Subgenus Protula (Psygmobranchus) Philippi, 1844 accepted as Protula Risso, 1826 (subgenus not recognised any longer)
- Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) cinerea (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) intricata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Salmacina incrustans Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) longiseta Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Protula longiseta Schmarda, 1861 (superseded subgeneric recombination)
- Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) protensa not Gmelin, Philippi, 1844 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula (Psygmobranchus) tubularia (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (subgenus disused)
- Subgenus Protula (Salmacina) accepted as Salmacina Claparède, 1870
- Species Protula (Salmacina) dysteri Huxley, 1855 accepted as Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855)
- Species Protula arctica Hansen, 1879 accepted as Protis arctica (Hansen, 1879) (superseded original combination)
- Species Protula borealis M. Sars, 1866 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula cinerea (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula dysteri Huxley, 1855 accepted as Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855) (superseded original combination)
- Species Protula elegans Milne Edwards, 1845 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula furugelmi Zachs, 1933 accepted as Protula pacifica Pixell, 1912 (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula geniculata Moore & Bush, 1904 accepted as Apomatus geniculata (Moore & Bush, 1904) represented as Apomatus geniculatus (Moore & Bush, 1904) (superseded original combination)
- Species Protula globifera (Théel, 1879) accepted as Apomatus globifer Théel, 1879 (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Protula graeca (Brullé, 1836) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula infundibulum [auct. lapsus for 'intestinum'] accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818) (lapsus for intended P. intestinum)
- Species Protula intricata non Linnaeus, 1758, sensu Grube, 1850 accepted as Salmacina incrustans Claparède, 1870 (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula longisetoides Rioja, 1942 accepted as Vermiliopsis longiseta (Bush, 1910) (superseded original combination)
- Species Protula magnifica Straughan, 1967 accepted as Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula marioni Marenzeller, 1893 accepted as Apomatus ampulliferus Philippi, 1844 (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula meilhaci Marion, 1876 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula nigranucha (Fischli, 1903) accepted as Spirobranchus nigranucha (Fischli, 1903) (superseded recombination)
- Species Protula pallida Iroso, 1921 accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula piranga Grube, 1872 accepted as Salmacina piranga (Grube, 1872) (superseded original combination)
- Species Protula protensa (not Gmelin, 1791) sensu Philippi, 1844 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula protula (Cuvier, 1830) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula rubra Iroso, 1921 accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula rudolphi Risso, 1826 accepted as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) (subjective synonym)
- Species Protula similis (Marion & Bobretzky, 1875) accepted as Apomatus similis Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Protula tabularia (Montagu, 1803) represented as Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Protula appendiculata Schmarda, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Protula arafurensis McIntosh, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Protula desiderata Quatrefages, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Protula lusitanica McIntosh, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Protula procera Ehlers, 1918 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Protula setosa (Bush, 1910) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Protula soofita Ben-Eliahu, 1976 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 405 [details]
page(s): 405 [details]
Note Type species Serpula tubularia Montagu 1803 in...
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Type species Type species Serpula tubularia Montagu 1803 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Protula Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129575 on 2025-01-25
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original description
Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 405 [details]
original description (of Membranopsis Bush, 1910) Bush, Katharine J. (1910). Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 62: 490-501, plate 36 (separate from text)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26294605 [details]
original description (of Paraprotula Uchida, 1978) Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98. [details]
original description (of Psygmobranchus 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): 196 [details]
original description (of Salmacinopsis Bush, 1910) Bush, Katharine J. (1910). Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 62: 490-501, plate 36 (separate from text)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26294605 [details]
original description (of Ehlerprotula Uchida, 1978) Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98.
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Protula (Philippiprotula) Uchida, 1978) Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98.
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Spiramella Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 432 [details]
original description (of Longitubus Howell, 1943 †) Howell, Benjamin Franklin. (1943). <i>Hamulus</i>, "<i>Falcula</i>", and other Cretaceous Tubicola of New Jersey. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 95: 139-166, plates 19-20., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4064345
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Protulopsis Saint-Joseph, 1894) Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1894). Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Série 7.</em> 17: 1-395, plates I-XIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35662416
page(s): 263 [details]
original description (of Serpula (Helena) Castelnau, 1842) Castelnau, F. L. de Laporte de. (1842). L'Histoire naturelle des Annélides. p.1-46, pls.1-7, in P.H. Lucas ed., Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. 1. Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Myriopodes: Paris. 600 pp., 46 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33043318
page(s): 25 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [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 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]
redescription 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): 81 [details]
page(s): 405 [details]
original description (of Membranopsis Bush, 1910) Bush, Katharine J. (1910). Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 62: 490-501, plate 36 (separate from text)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26294605 [details]
original description (of Paraprotula Uchida, 1978) Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98. [details]
original description (of Psygmobranchus 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): 196 [details]
original description (of Salmacinopsis Bush, 1910) Bush, Katharine J. (1910). Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 62: 490-501, plate 36 (separate from text)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26294605 [details]
original description (of Ehlerprotula Uchida, 1978) Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98.
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Protula (Philippiprotula) Uchida, 1978) Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98.
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Spiramella Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 432 [details]
original description (of Longitubus Howell, 1943 †) Howell, Benjamin Franklin. (1943). <i>Hamulus</i>, "<i>Falcula</i>", and other Cretaceous Tubicola of New Jersey. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 95: 139-166, plates 19-20., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4064345
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Protulopsis Saint-Joseph, 1894) Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1894). Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Série 7.</em> 17: 1-395, plates I-XIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35662416
page(s): 263 [details]
original description (of Serpula (Helena) Castelnau, 1842) Castelnau, F. L. de Laporte de. (1842). L'Histoire naturelle des Annélides. p.1-46, pls.1-7, in P.H. Lucas ed., Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. 1. Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Myriopodes: Paris. 600 pp., 46 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33043318
page(s): 25 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [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 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]
redescription 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): 81 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]Type species Type species Serpula tubularia Montagu 1803 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
