Spirobranchus
| Spirobranchus | |
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| Spirobranchus giganteus, a popular species in the genus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Subclass: | Palpata |
| Order: | Canalipalpata |
| Family: | Serpulidae |
| Subfamily: | Serpulinae |
| Genus: | Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818 |
| Species | |
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Spirobranchus is a small genus of tube-building annelid fanworms in the family Serpulidae.
Species
There are several species in the genus (World Register of Marine Species), including the following.
- Spirobranchus giganteus Pallas, 1766. Christmas-tree worm.
- Spirobranchus latiscapus Marenzeller, 1885.
Bibliography
- "Spirobranchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
- Ruppert, Edward E.; Richard S. Fox and Robert D. Barnes (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach, (7th edition ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole - Thomson Learning Inc. p. 963. ISBN 0-03-025982-7.