Spirobranchus

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Spirobranchus
Spirobranchus giganteus, a popular species in the genus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Polychaeta Order: Canalipalpata Family: Serpulidae Genus: Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818
Species
See text.

Spirobranchus is a small genus of tube-building annelid fanworms in the family Serpulidae.

[edit] Species

There are currently two known species in the genus.

• Spirobranchus giganteus Pallas, 1766. Christmas-tree worm.
• Spirobranchus latiscapus Marenzeller, 1885.

[edit] Bibliography

• Spirobranchus (TSN 68303). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 24 January 2007.

• Ruppert, Edward E.; Richard S. Fox and Robert D. Barnes (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach,, 7th edition, Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole - Thomson Learning Inc., pp. 963. ISBN 0-03-025982-7. 

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