Serpula vermicularis

Serpula vermicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Sabellida
Family: Serpulidae
Genus: Serpula
Species:
S. vermicularis
Binomial name
Serpula vermicularis
Synonyms[1]
  • Serpula (Serpula) aspera Philippi, 1844
  • S. aspera Philippi, 1844
  • S. crater Claparède, 1870
  • S. cristata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1820–25
  • S. echinata Gmelin, 1791
  • S. fascicularis Lamarck, 1818
  • S. gervaisii Quatrefages, 1866
  • S. interrupta Quatrefages, 1866
  • S. montagui Quatrefages, 1866
  • S. pallida Philippi, 1844
  • S. philippii Mörch, 1863
  • S. proboscidea (Bruguière, 1789)
  • S. rugosa Turton, 1819
  • S. venusta Philippi, 1844
  • Vermilia vermicularis Fleming, 1825
Serpula vermicularis in the Atlantic coast of Portugal

Serpula vermicularis, known by common names including the calcareous tubeworm, fan worm, plume worm or red tube worm, is a species of segmented marine polychaete worm in the family Serpulidae. It is the type species of the genus Serpula and was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. It lives in a tube into which it can retract.[2]

  1. ^ a b Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WallaWalla was invoked but never defined (see the help page).