307 Species in Family Serpulidae
Nominal species list for Serpulidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Amplaria spiculosa Knight-Jones, 1973
Anomalorbis manuatus Vine, 1972
Apomatus ampulliferus Philippi, 1844
Apomatus enosimae Marenzeller, 1885
Apomatus geniculata (Moore & Bush, 1904) Pearl-topped calcareous worm
Apomatus globifer Théel, 1878
Apomatus similis Marion & Bobretsky, 1875
Apomatus timsii Pixell, 1912 Pearl-topped calcareous tubeworm
Bathyvermilia islandica Sanfilippo, 2001
Bathyvermilia langerhansi (Fauvel, 1909)
Bushiella granulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Bushiella quadrangularis (Stimpson, 1854)
Chitinopoma groenlandica (Morch, 1863)
Chitinopoma occidentalis unspecified
Chitinopoma serrula (Stimpson, 1854)
Circeis armoricana Saint-Joseph, 1894
Circeis spirillum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Crucigera irregularis unspecified Irregular calcareous tubeworm
Crucigera tricornis Gravier, 1906
Crucigera websteri Benedict, 1887
Crucigera zygophora unspecified Yolk-bearer calcareous tubeworm
Dexiospira corrugata (Montagu, 1803)
Dexiospira spirillum (Linnaeus)
Ditrupa arietina (Müller, 1776) Horn-tusk
Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878
Eulaeospira orientalis (Pillai, 1960)
Eupomatus brachyacantha (Rioja, 1941)
Eupomatus recurvispina (Rioja, 1941)
Eupomatus sanctaecrucis (Kröyer, 1863)
Eupomatus uncinatus Philippi, 1844
Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923) Australian tubeworm
Ficopomatus macrodon Southern, 1921
Ficopomatus miamensis (Treadwell, 1934)
Ficopomatus uschakovi (Pillai, 1960)
Filograna implexa Berkeley, 1827 Filigreed coral-worm
Filogranella elatensis Ben-Eliahu & Dafni, 1979 Segmented worm
Filogranula annulata (Costa, 1861)
Filogranula calyculata (Costa)
Filogranula gracilis Langerhans, 1884
Galeolaria caespitosa Lamarck, 1818
Helicosiphon biscoeensis Gravier, 1907
Hyalopomatus biformis (Hartman, 1960)
Hyalopomatus cancerum Knight-Jones, Knight-Jones, Oliver & Mackie, 1997
Hyalopomatus claparedii Marenzeller, 1878
Hyalopomatus langerhansi Ehlers, 1887
Hyalopomatus marenzelleri Langerhans, 1884
Hyalopomatus variorugosus Ben-Eliahu & Fiege, 1996
Hydroides alatalateralis (Jones, 1962)
Hydroides albiceps (Grube, 1870)
Hydroides bifurcatus Pixell, 1913
Hydroides bispinosa Bush, 1910
Hydroides brachyacanthus Rioja, 1941
Hydroides bulbosus ten Hove, 1990
Hydroides centrospina Wu & Chen, 1981
Hydroides chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Hydroides crucigera (Mörch, 1863)
Hydroides deleoni Bastida-Zavala & ten Hove, 2003
Hydroides dianthus (Verrill, 1873) Hard tube worm
Hydroides dipoma (Schmarda, 1861)
Hydroides diramphus Mörch, 1863
Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883) Calcareous tube worm
Hydroides exaltata (Marenzeller, 1884)
Hydroides exaltatus (von Marenzeller, 1884)
Hydroides ezoensis Okuda Hydroid worm
Hydroides furcifer (Grube, 1878)
Hydroides fusca Imajima, 1976
Hydroides gairacensis Augener, 1934
Hydroides gracilis Bush, 1904
Hydroides helmatus (Iroso, 1921)
Hydroides heterocerus (Grube, 1868)
Hydroides homoceros Pixell, 1913
Hydroides inermis Monro, 1933
Hydroides inornata Pillai, 1960
Hydroides jusicola March, 1863
Hydroides longispinosus Imajima, 1976
Hydroides longistylaris Chen & Wu, 1980
Hydroides lunulifera (Claparède 1868)
Hydroides malleolaspinus Straughan, 1967
Hydroides malleophorus Rioja, 1942
Hydroides microtis Mörch, 1863
Hydroides minax (Grube, 1878)
Hydroides mongeslopezi Rioja, 1958
Hydroides mucronatus Rioja, 1958
Hydroides nanhaiensis Wu & Chen, 1981
Hydroides niger Zibrowius, 1971
Hydroides norvegicus Gunnerus, 1768
Hydroides novaepommeraniae Augener, 1925
Hydroides ochoterenai Rioja, 1941
Hydroides operculata (Treadwell, 1929)
Hydroides panamensis Bastida-Zavala & ten Hove, 2003
Hydroides parvus (Treadwell, 1901)
Hydroides perezi Fauvel, 1918
Hydroides protulicola Benedict, 1887
Hydroides pseudouncinatus Zibrowius, 1968
Hydroides ralumianus Augener, 1927
Hydroides rhombobulus Chen & Wu,1980
Hydroides salazarvallejoi Bastida-Zavala, 2002
Hydroides sanctaecrucis (Kröyer, 1863)
Hydroides spongicola Benedict, 1887
Hydroides steinitzi Ben-Eliahu, 1972
Hydroides stoichadon Zibrowius, 1971
Hydroides tenhovei Bastida-Zavala & de León-González, 2002
Hydroides trilobulus Chen & Wu, 1978
Hydroides trompi Bastida-Zavala & ten Hove, 2003
Hydroides tuberculatus Imajima, 1976
Hydroides uncinata (Philippi, 1844)
Janita fimbriata (Delle Chiaje, 1822)
Janua brasiliensis (Grube, 1872)
Janua corrugatus (Montagu, 1903)
Janua foraminosa (Bush, 1904)
Janua kayi Knight-jones, 1972
Janua marioni (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897)
Janua pagenstecheri (Quatrefages, 1865)
Janua preacuta Vine, 1972
Janua steueri (Sterzinger, 1909)
Janua steureri (Sterzinger, 1909)
Josephella marenzelleri Caullery & Mesnil, 1896
Laminatubus alvini ten Hove & Zibrowius, 1986
Laminatubus joycebrooksae Rouse & Kupriyanova, 2021
Laminatubus paulbrooksi Rouse & Kupriyanova, 2021
Leodora abnormis unspecified
Leodora laevis (Quatrefages, 1866)
Leodora perrieri (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897)
Leodora valida unspecified
Metavermilia acanthophora (Augener, 1914)
Metavermilia annobonensis Zibrowius, 1971
Metavermilia arctica Kupriyanova, 1993
Metavermilia inflata Imajima, 1977
Metavermilia multicristata (Philippi, 1844)
Metavermilia taenia Zibrowius, 1971
Neodexiospira brasiliensis (Grube, 1872)
Neodexiospira foraminosa (Bush, 1904)
Neodexiospira preacuta Vine, 1972
Neodexiospira pseudocorrugata (Bush, 1904)
Neodexiospira steueri (Sterzinger, 1909)
Neovermilia anoperculata Lechapt, 1992
Neovermilia capensis unspecified
Nidificaria clavus (Harris)
Nidificaria dalestraughanae (Vine, 1972)
Olgaharmania glandifera (Rioja, 1941)
Paradexiospira violaceus unspecified
Paradexiospira vitrea (Fabricius, 1780)
Paralaeospira aggregata (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897)
Paralaeospira levinseni Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
Paralaeospira malardi Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
Paralaeospira pseudotenuis Rzhavsky, 1997
Paralaeospira sicula Knight-Jones & Knight-Jones, 1994
Pileolaria berkeleyana (Rioja, 1942)
Pileolaria heteropoma (Zibrowius, 1968)
Pileolaria lateralis Knight-Jones, 1978
Pileolaria marginata Kinght-Jones, 1978
Pileolaria militaris Claparede, 1870
Pileolaria pettiboneae Bailey-Brock, 1987
Pileolaria pseudoclavus Vine, 1972
Pileolaria spinifer Knight-Jones, 1978
Placostegus assimilis McIntosh, 1885
Placostegus crystallinus Zibrowius, 1968
Placostegus incomptus Ehlers, 1887
Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779)
Pomatoceros americanus Day, 1973
Pomatoceros caeruleus (Schmarda, 1861)
Pomatoceros minutus Rioja, 1941
Pomatoceros triqueter (Linneaus, 1767) Keelworm
Pomatoleios caerulescens unspecified
Pomatostegus macrosoma Schmarda, 1861
Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) Star horseshoe worm
Protis arctica (Hansen, 1879)
Protis hydrotherma ten Hove & Zibrowius, 1986
Protis hydrothermica Ten Hove & Zibrowius, 1986
Protis simplex Ehlers, 1887
Protis torquata Hoagland, 1919
Protolaeospira ambilateralis Pixell, 1912
Protolaeospira capensis (Day, 1961)
Protolaeospira cavata Knight-Jones & Knight-Jones, 1994
Protolaeospira eximia Bush, 1904
Protolaeospira pedalis Knight-Jones & Knight-Jones, 1994
Protolaeospira stalagmia Knight-Jones, 1973
Protolaeospira striata (Quievreux, 1963)
Protolaeospira triflabellis Knight-Jones, 1973
Protula alba Benedict, 1887
Protula antennata Ehlers, 1887
Protula atypha Bush, 1904
Protula balboensis Monro, 1933
Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822) Red fanworm
Protula diomedeae Benedict, 1887
Protula intestinum unspecified
Protula longiseta Schmarda, 1861
Protula pacifica Pixell, 1912 White-crowned calcareous tubeworm
Protula palliata (Willey, 1905)
Protula soofita Ben-Eliahu, 1976
Protula superba unspecified Chalktube worm
Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803) Red-spotted horseshoe
Pseudochitinopoma occidentalis Bush, 1909 Western calcareous tubeworm
Pseudovermilia conchata ten Hove,1975
Pseudovermilia fuscostriata ten Hove, 1975
Pseudovermilia holcopleura ten Hove, 1975
Pseudovermilia madracicola ten Hove, 1975
Pseudovermilia multispinosa (Monro, 1933)
Pseudovermilia occidentalis McIntosh, 1885
Rhodopsis pusilla Bush, 1905
Romanchella sepicula Rzhavsky, 1997
Salmacina amphidentata Jones, 1962
Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855)
Salmacina huxleyi (Ehlers, 1887) Sea frost
Salmacina incrustans Claparède, 1870
Salmacina tribranchiata (Moore, 1923) Fragile tube worm
Sclerostyla ctenactis Mörch, 1863
Sclerostyla differens Augener, 1922
Sclerostyla semiannulata ten Hove, 1973
Semivermilia agglutinata (Marenzeller, 1893)
Semivermilia crenata (Costa, 1861)
Semivermilia cribrata (Costa, 1861)
Semivermilia pomatostegoides (Zibrowius, 1969)
Semivermilia torulosa (Delle Chiaje, 1822)
Serpula cavernicola Fassari & Mollica, 1991
Serpula columbiana Johnson, 1901 Red trumpet calcareous tubeworm
Serpula concharum Langerhans, 1880
Serpula hartmanae Reish, 1968
Serpula israelitica Amoureux, 1977
Serpula jukesii Baird, 1865
Serpula lobiancoi Rioja, 1917
Serpula narconensis Baird, 1865 Loop worm
Serpula oshimae Imajima & ten Hove, 1984
Serpula sinica Wu & Chen, 1979
Serpula sombreriana McIntosh, 1885
Serpula stellata (Abildgaard, 1789)
Serpula vermicularis Linnaeus, 1767 Serpulid worm
Serpula vittata Augener, 1914
Serpula watsoni Willey, 1905
Serpula websteri Benedict, 1887
Spiraserpula caribensis Pillai & ten Hove, 1994
Spiraserpula karpatensis Pillai & ten Hove, 1994
Spiraserpula massiliensis (Zibrowius, 1968)
Spiraserpula nudicristata Pillai & ten Hove, 1994
Spiraserpula paraypsilon Pillai & ten Hove, 1994
Spiraserpula plaiae Pillai & ten Hove, 1994
Spiraserpula singularis Pillai & ten Hove, 1994
Spiraserpula ypsilon Pillai & ten Hove, 1994
Spiraserpula zibrowii Pillai & ten Hove, 1994
Spirobranchus akitsushima Nishi, Abe, Tanaka, Jimi & Kupriyanova, 2022
Spirobranchus bakau Sivananthan, Shantti, Kupriyanova, Quek, Yap & Teo, 2021
Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862)
Spirobranchus cruciger (Grube, 1862)
Spirobranchus gardineri Pixell, 1913
Spirobranchus gaymardi (Quatrefages, 1866)
Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) Christmas tree worm
Spirobranchus incrassatus (Kröyer, 1856)
Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1864) Large hydroid worm
Spirobranchus lamarcki (Quatrefages, 1866) Keel worm
Spirobranchus latiscapus (von Marenzeller, 1884)
Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862)
Spirobranchus maldivensis Pixell, 1913
Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844)
Spirobranchus spinosus (Moore, 1923)
Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)
Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spirorbella tricornigera (Rioja, 1942)
Spirorbis africana Sterzinger, 1909
Spirorbis bidentatus Bailey & Harris, 1968
Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800
Spirorbis bushi Rioja, 1942
Spirorbis corallinae De Silva & Knight-jones, 1962
Spirorbis cuneatus Gee, 1964
Spirorbis incongruus unspecified
Spirorbis indica Sterzinger, 1909
Spirorbis infundibulum Harris & Knight-Jones, 1964
Spirorbis inornatus L'hardy & Quievreux, 1962
Spirorbis knightjonesi Desilva, 1965
Spirorbis lineatus unspecified
Spirorbis militaris Claparède, 1868
Spirorbis moerchi (Levinsen, 1883)
Spirorbis nordenskjoldi Ehlers, 1900
Spirorbis pagenstecheri de Quatrefages, 1865
Spirorbis placophora Bailey & Harris, 1968
Spirorbis pseudocorrugatus (Bush, 1904)
Spirorbis racemosus Pixell, 1912
Spirorbis regalis Bailey & Harris, 1968
Spirorbis rothlisbergi Knight-Jones, 1978
Spirorbis rupestris Gee & Knight-jones, 1962
Spirorbis semidentatus unspecified
Spirorbis similis unspecified
Spirorbis spatulatus Knight-Jones, 1978
Spirorbis spirillum (Linnaeus, 1767)
Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spirorbis steueri Sterzinger, 1909
Spirorbis tridentata Levinsen, 1883
Spirorbis tuberculatus Bailey & Harris, 1968
Spirorbis variabilis Bush, 1904
Spirorbis violaceus unspecified
Subprotula appendiculata (Schmarda, 1861)
Tanturia zibrowii Ben-Eliahu, 1976
Vermiliopsis annulata (Schmarda, 1861)
Vermiliopsis babylonia unspecified
Vermiliopsis bermudensis (Bush, 1907)
Vermiliopsis biformis unspecified
Vermiliopsis glacialis Monro, 1939
Vermiliopsis glandigerus Gravier, 1906
Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Philippi, 1844)
Vermiliopsis labiata (Costa, 1861)
Vermiliopsis monodiscus Zibrowius, 1968
Vermiliopsis multiannulata (Moore, 1923)
Vermiliopsis notialis Monro, 1930
Vermiliopsis pygidialis (Willey, 1905)
Vermiliopsis striaticeps (Grube, 1862)
Vermiliopsis torquata Treadwell, 1943
Vinearia endoumensis (Zibrowius, 1968)
Vinearia koehleri (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897)
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