WoRMS taxon details
Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862)
131053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131053)
accepted
Species
Placostegus lima (Grube, 1862) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Placostegus quinquecostatus (Daudin, 1800) · unaccepted (subjective synonym; nomen oblitum)
Serpula (Placostegus) lima Grube, 1862 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Serpula quinquecostata (Daudin, 1800) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Vermetus quinquecostatus Daudin, 1800 · unaccepted (original combination; subjective...)
original combination; subjective synonym; nomen oblitum
marine
recent + fossil
(of Serpula (Placostegus) lima Grube, 1862) Grube, A.E. (1862). Mittheilungen ueber die Serpulen, mit besonderer Beruecksichtigungihrer Deckel. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 39: 53-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46567746 [details]
Taxonomy Records from non Mediterranean localities should be reidentified, for instance that by Amoureux et al (1978) from the Red...
Taxonomy Records from non Mediterranean localities should be reidentified, for instance that by Amoureux et al (1978) from the Red Sea most probably belongs to S. latiscapus according to Wehe & Fiege (2002) [details]
WoRMS (2025). Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131053 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serpula (Placostegus) lima Grube, 1862) Grube, A.E. (1862). Mittheilungen ueber die Serpulen, mit besonderer Beruecksichtigungihrer Deckel. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 39: 53-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46567746 [details]
original description (of Vermetus quinquecostatus Daudin, 1800) Daudin, François Marie. (1800). Receuil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de Mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes. xviii & 19-50. Fuchs & Treuttel et Wurtz. Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96153
page(s): 46 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Vermetus quinquecostatus Daudin, 1800) Daudin, François Marie. (1800). Receuil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de Mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes. xviii & 19-50. Fuchs & Treuttel et Wurtz. Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96153
page(s): 46 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Synonymy Zibrowius (1968: 159) mentions Vermilia polytrema digitata Langerhans, 1884 as possible synonym of S. lima [details]Taxonomy Records from non Mediterranean localities should be reidentified, for instance that by Amoureux et al (1978) from the Red Sea most probably belongs to S. latiscapus according to Wehe & Fiege (2002) [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]