Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Serpulidae > 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	heterotypic synonym
*Pomatoleios*	Pixell, 1913	heterotypic synonym

Literature

basis of record	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: pp. 214-231
basis of record	Fauvel, P. 1930. Annélides Polychètes de Nouvelle-Caledonie, receuillies par Mme A. Pruvot-Fol en 1928. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, 69(5): 501-562.
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	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	Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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.
redescription	Hove, Harry A. ten 1970. Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - the genus Spirobranchus. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 32: 1-57.

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Citation

ten Hove, H.; Fauchald, K.; Fiege, D.; Bellan, G. (2012). Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed) (2012). World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131055