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

Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Children

Spirobranchus cariniferus (Gray, 1843)
Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1864)
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

Literature

original description	Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. (1818). Mémoire sur la classe des Sétipodes, partie des Vers à sang rouge de M. Cuvier, et des Annélides de M. de Lamarck. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1818: 78-85.
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	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
additional source	Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa. 2036: 1-126.
additional source	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: 214-231.
ecology source	Luthfi, Oktiyas M.; Isdianto, Andik; Akbar, Dzikrillah. (2024). Reef-Dwelling Christmas Tree Worms (Spirobranchus, Serpulidae, Polychaeta), on Porites Corals: Densities and Age Structure. Polish Journal of Ecology. 71(4).
biology source	Sánchez-Ovando, J. Pablo; Re, Denise; Díaz, Fernando; Iñiguez, Enrique; Norzagaray-López, C. Orión; Vinn, Olev. (2024). Microstructure and mineralogy of the tube and operculum of serpulid polychaetes from temperate and warm waters. Zoomorphology. 143(1): 31-46.