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

Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Filograninae Rioja, 1923
Genicularia Quenstedt, 1857
Heterodisca Fleming, 1825
Marifugia Absolon & Hrabe, 1930
Nogrobs Montfort, 1808
Omphalopoma Mörch, 1863
Parsimonia Regenhardt, 1961
Serpulinae Rafinesque, 1815
Spiroglyphus Daudin, 1800 [as Annelida]
Spirorbinae Chamberlin, 1919
Vermilia Lamarck, 1818

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: kalkkokerwormen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: calcareous tubeworms; fanworms; serpulid tubeworms; serpulid worms; serpulids sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Rouse, G.W.; Pleijel, F. (2001). Polychaetes. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK [etc.]. ISBN 0-19-850608-2. 354 pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Kalkröhrenwürmer; Röhrenwürmer sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Japanese: 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.
 Norwegian: kalkrørsormer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: kalkrørsormer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: kalkrøyrsormar

Literature

original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.

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

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière.

additional source

Burmeister, Hermann. (1837). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen. Zweite Abtheilung: Zoologie.. [book]. xii + pp. 858 [Zoology 369-858] T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin.

status source

Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa. 2036: 1-126.

taxonomy source

Kupriyanova, Elena; ten Hove, Harry; Rouse, Greg W. (2023). Phylogeny of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) inferred from morphology and DNA sequences, with a new classification. Diversity. 15(3), 398: 1-24.

taxonomy source

Kupriyanova, Elena K; Rzhavsky, Alexander V.; ten Hove, Harry A. (2019 / 2020). 7.4.7. Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815. [book chapter]. pp. 213-275. In Handbook of Zoology. Annelida: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II; Purschke, Günter; Boggemann, Markus; Westheide, Wilfried Eds; De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany, 2020.

identification resource

Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa. 2036: 1-126.

identification resource

Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando; McCann, Linda D.; Keppel, Erica; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2017). The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview. European Journal of Taxonomy. (344): 1-76.

identification resource

Rzhavsky, Alexander V.; Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Sikorski, Andrei V.; Dahle, Salve. (2014). Calcareous tubeworms (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) of the Arctic Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow. 191 p. [ISBN 978-5-87317-988-6].

identification resource

Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando. (2009). Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815 In. Poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) de México y América Tropical. vol. 3, chapter 43 p. 521-554. de León-González, J.Á.; Et al (eds). Direccion de Publicaciones, Universidad Autonoma de Nueva Leon, Monterrey, Mexico. isbn 978-607-433-235-3.

identification resource

Bianchi, Carlo Nike. (1981). Policheti Serpuloidei. Guide per il riconoscimento delle specie animali delle acque lagunari e costiere italiane. Guide per il riconoscimento delle specie animali delle acque lagunari e costiere italiane AQ/1/96. 5: 1-187.

biology source

Montefalcone, Monica; Oprandi, Alice; Azzola, Annalisa; Morri, Carla; Bianchi, Carlo Nike. (2022). Serpulid reefs and their role in aquatic ecosystems: A global review. Advances in Marine Biology. 92(Chapter 1): 1-54.

biology source

Capa, María; Kupriyanova, Elena; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Bick, Andreas; Tovar-Hernández, María Ana. (2021). Fanworms: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Diversity. 13 (130): 1-73.

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WoRMS (2025). Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=988

Dr. Emilia Rota. Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e990d2b1-bb87-4c29-b6b7-2a5708cc50d8

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

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2024-10-10 by Dr. Emilia Rota & by Geoffrey Read

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