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

Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spirobranchus*	Blainville, 1818	accepted genus name
*Pomatoceros*	Philippi, 1844	generic synonym
*Pomatoleios*	Pixell, 1913	generic synonym

Species group names

*Vermilia armata*	Fleming, 1825	subjective synonym
*Vermilia conica*	Fleming, 1825	subjective synonym
*Pomatoceros triqueter*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Serpula triquetra*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: Dreikantwurm

Literature

new combination reference	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].
new combination reference	Pillai, T. G. (2009). Descriptions of new serpulid polychaetes from the Kimberleys of Australia and discussion of Australian and Indo-West Pacific species of Spirobranchus and superficially similar taxa. Records of the Australian Museum. 61(2): 93-199.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555935