WoRMS name details
Psygmobranchus protensus not Gmelin, sensu Philippi, 1844
331449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331449)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Psygmobranchus Philippi, 1844 accepted as Protula Risso, 1826
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Philippi, A. (1844). Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzählung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 186-198, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704089 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Psygmobranchus protensus not Gmelin, sensu Philippi, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331449 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Philippi, A. (1844). Einige Bemerkungen über die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzählung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 10(1): 186-198, plate 6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704089 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 471 [details]
additional source Seguenza, G. (1880). Le formazioni terziarie nella provincia di Reggio (Calabria). <em>Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali della Regia Accademia del Lincei.</em> 3(6):1–445, pl. 1-17., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89318 [details]
page(s): 471 [details]
additional source Seguenza, G. (1880). Le formazioni terziarie nella provincia di Reggio (Calabria). <em>Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali della Regia Accademia del Lincei.</em> 3(6):1–445, pl. 1-17., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89318 [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Mörch's discussion is very noteworthy! According to him "Serpula protensa Gmelin" is not a Serpula, but a Teredo or Kuphus. Protula protensa sensu Philippi most probably is the same as P. tubularia (see Mörch 1863: 359). [details]
