WoRMS name details
Protoserpula pacificum Uchida, 1978
331339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331339)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Protoserpula Uchida, 1978 accepted as Serpula Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98. [details]
Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, Japan
type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan [details]
Taxonomy The genus Protoserpula was synonymised with Serpula by ten Hove (1984: 193). Pillai & ten Hove (1994: 40, 100) regard the...
Taxonomy The genus Protoserpula was synonymised with Serpula by ten Hove (1984: 193). Pillai & ten Hove (1994: 40, 100) regard the only species to be either a juvenile Serpula, or Spiraserpula. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Protoserpula pacificum Uchida, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331339 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Uchida, Hiro'omi 1978. Serpulid tube worms (Polychaeta, Sedentaria) from Japan with the systematic review of the group. Bulletin of the Marine Park Research Stations, 2(1/2): 1-98. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Pillai, T. Gottfried and Hove, Harry A. ten 1994. On recent species of Spiraserpula Regenhardt, 1961, a serpulid polychaete genus hitherto known only from Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London 60(1): 39-104.
page(s): 100-103 [details]
page(s): 100-103 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
