Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Serpulidae > Subfamily Serpulinae > Tribe Ficopomatini > Genus Ficopomatus

Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ficopomatus*	Southern, 1921	accepted genus name
*Mercierella*	Fauvel, 1923	synonym

Species group names

*Mercierella enigmatica*	Fauvel, 1923	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Australsk kalkrørsorm sources: Website on alien species in Swedish Seas and Coastal areas.

Dutch: trompetkalkkokerworm sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

English: Australian tubeworm; tube worm sources: Website on alien species in Swedish Seas and Coastal areas.;Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.

French: mercierelle sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.

German: Tüten-Kalkröhrenwurm sources: Website on alien species in Swedish Seas and Coastal areas.

Japanese: カニヤドリカンザシゴカイ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: Australisk kalkrörsmask

Literature

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source of synonymy	Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120.
taxonomy source	Styan, Craig A. ; McCluskey, Claire F. ; Sun, Yanan; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2017). Cryptic sympatric species across the Australian range of the global estuarine invader Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923) (Serpulidae, Annelida). Aquatic Invasions. 12(1): 53-65.
ecology source	Pernet, B.; Barton, M.; Fitzhugh, K.; Harris, L.; Lizárraga, D.; Ohl, R.; Whitcraft, C. (2016). Establishment of the reef-forming tubeworm Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923) (Annelida: Serpulidae) in southern California. BioInvasions Records. 5(1): 13-19.
ecology source	Hille, Sven; Kunz, Friederike; Markfort, Greta; Ritzenhofen, Lukas; Zettler, Michael. (2021). First record of mass occurrence of the tubeworm Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923) (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) in coastal waters of the Baltic Sea. BioInvasions Records. 10(4): 859-868.
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biology source	Ntzoumani, Athanasia-Violeta; Faulwetter, Sarah; Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos G.; Avramidis, Pavlos; Ramfos, Alexis. (2024). Colonisation patterns and reef growth of the invasive serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus in a Greek coastal lagoon. African Zoology. efirst: 1-16.
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biology source	Sayyadoghly, Fariborz; Mirzajani, Alireza; Shabanipour, Nadir; Ten Hove, Harry A. (2024). Resurgence of massive occurrence of the invasive polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923) in the Caspian Sea. Zoology in the Middle East. 70(3): 267-274.
biology source	Yee, Alison; Mackie, Joshua; Pernet, Bruno. (2019). The distribution and unexpected genetic diversity of the non-indigenous annelid Ficopomatus enigmaticus in California. Aquatic Invasions. 14(2): 250-266.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130988