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 tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)

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

*Pomatoceros tetraceros*	Schmarda, 1861	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: four-tooth tubeworm 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.

German: Vierzahn-Röhrenwurm 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: ムツエダカンサシゴカイ

Literature

additional source	Fiege, D., Hove, Harry A. ten. 1999. Redescription of Spirobranchus gaymardi (Quatrefages, 1866) (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Indo-Pacific with remarks on the Spirobranchus giganteus complex. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 126: 355-364.
additional source	Frank, U. and Hove, Harry A. ten 1992. In vitro exposure of Spirobranchus giganteus and S. tetraceros (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) to various turbidities; branchial morphologies an expression of filtering strategies? Oebalia 18: 45-52.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
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	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Flaxman, Beth; Burghardt, Ingo. (2022). A puzzle no more: the identity of Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Serpulidae) is revealed. Records of the Australian Museum. 74(5): 201-214.
additional source	Fauvel, Pierre. (1930). Annélides polychètes de Nouvelle-Calédonie, receuillies par Mme A. Pruvot-Fol en 1928. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 69(5): 501-562.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
additional source	Ben Eliahu, M. Nechama and Fiege, D. 1996. Serpulid tube-worms (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the central and eastern Mediterranean with particular attention to the Levant Basin. Senckenbergiana maritima, 28(1/3): 1-51, 12 figures, 7 tables.
additional source	Kupriyanova, Elena; Sun, Yanan; ten Hove, Harry A.; Wong, Eunice; Rouse, Greg W. (2015). Serpulidae (Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa. 4019(1): 275-353.
additional source	Brandão, I. C.; Brasil, A. C. D. S. (2020). On a new species of Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818 (Annelida: Serpulidae) and considerations on the genus along the Brazilian coast. Papéis avulsos de zoologia, (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo). 60: 17-17.
redescription	ten Hove, Harry A. (1970). Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus Spirobranchus. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 32: 1-57, plates I-V.
redescription	Kupriyanova, Elena K.; Flaxman, Beth; Burghardt, Ingo. (2022). A puzzle no more: the identity of Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Serpulidae) is revealed. Records of the Australian Museum. 74(5): 201-214.
new combination reference	Ehlers, Ernst. (1907). Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge. 5(4): 3-31.
taxonomy source	Palero, Ferran;Torrado, Hector; Perry, Orly; Kupriyanova, Elena; Ulman, Aylin; Genis-Armero, Rebeca; ten Hove, Harry A.;Capaccioni-Azzati, Romana. (2020). Following the Phoenician example: western Mediterranean colonization by Spirobranchus cf. tetraceros (Annelida: Serpulidae). Scientia Marina. 84(1): efirst 1-10.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861). 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:131055