Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Serpulidae > Subfamily Spirorbinae > Tribe Circeini > Genus Circeis

Circeis spirillum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Circeis*	Saint-Joseph, 1894	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spirorbis spirillum*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year: Zoological Society of London City: London, UK
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1920. The Polychaetes Collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 9. Annelids, parasitic worms, Protozoans, etc (B. Polychaeta): 1-41. Pl.1-6. Thomas Mulvey. Ottawa.
additional source	ITIS database
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. 2001. [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Moskva, Yanus-K, 1-632
redescription	Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Knight-Jones, E. Wyn 1977. Taxonomy and Ecology of British Spirorbidae (Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 57(2): 453-500.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Circeis spirillum (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131201