Spirobranchus

Taxobox
name = Spirobranchus

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Spirobranchus giganteus", a popular species in the genus.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Annelida
classis = Polychaeta
ordo = Canalipalpata
familia = Serpulidae
genus = "Spirobranchus"
genus_authority = Blainville, 1818
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =See text.

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

pecies

There are currently two known species in the genus.
* "Spirobranchus giganteus" Pallas, 1766. Christmas-tree worm.
* "Spirobranchus latiscapus" Marenzeller, 1885.

Bibliography

*ITIS | ID = 68303 | taxon = Spirobranchus | year = 2007 | date = 24 January

*cite book | last = Ruppert | first = Edward E.| coauthors = Richard S. Fox and Robert D. Barnes | title = Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach, |edition=7th edition | publisher = Brooks/Cole - Thomson Learning Inc.|location=Belmont, CA | date = 2004 | pages = pp. 963| isbn = 0-03-025982-7

References