Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Serpulidae

Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pomatoceros*	Philippi, 1844	heterotypic synonym
*Pomatoleios*	Pixell, 1913	heterotypic synonym

Children

Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1865)
Spirobranchus lamarcki (Quatrefages, 1866)
Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862)
Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844)
Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)
Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: christmastree worms; X-mas tree worms; X-mas tree worms, Christmastree worms

Literature

original description	Blainville, H. de 1818. Mémoire sur la classe des Sétipodes partie des Vers á sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique de Paris.
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	Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188
additional source	Hove, Harry A. ten, & E.K. Kupriyanova, 2009. Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa 2036, 126 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818. 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:129582