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 kraussii (Baird, 1864)

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

*Placostegus cariniferus kraussii*	Baird, 1864	synonym
*Pomatoleios kraussii*	(Baird, 1864)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヤッコカンザシ

Literature

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.
taxonomy source	Simon, Carol A; van Niekerk, H. Helene; Burghardt, Ingo; ten Hove, Harry A.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2019). Not out of Africa: Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1865) is not a global fouling and invasive serpulid of Indo-Pacific origin. Aquatic Invasions. 14(2): 221-249.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1864). 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:555934