MolluscaBase taxon details
Spirobranchus cariniferus (Gray, 1843)
369294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369294)
accepted
Species
Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
Dieffenbach, E., 1843. Travels in New Zealand. 2, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.25939
page(s): 242 [details]
(of Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843) Gray, John Edward. (1843). [Annelida] Fauna of New Zealand. Materials towards a fauna of New Zealand, Auckland Island, and Chatham Island. <b>volume 2</b>, pages 178-296 <i>In</i>: Dieffenbach, Ernst. Travels in New Zealand. With contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. <em>[book].</em> London, J. Murray., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20760154 [details]
page(s): 242 [details]
(of Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843) Gray, John Edward. (1843). [Annelida] Fauna of New Zealand. Materials towards a fauna of New Zealand, Auckland Island, and Chatham Island. <b>volume 2</b>, pages 178-296 <i>In</i>: Dieffenbach, Ernst. Travels in New Zealand. With contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. <em>[book].</em> London, J. Murray., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20760154 [details]
Type locality contained in North Cape (New Zealand)
type locality contained in North Cape (New Zealand) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase (2025). Spirobranchus cariniferus (Gray, 1843). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369294 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Dieffenbach, E., 1843. Travels in New Zealand. 2, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.25939
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843) Gray, John Edward. (1843). [Annelida] Fauna of New Zealand. Materials towards a fauna of New Zealand, Auckland Island, and Chatham Island. <b>volume 2</b>, pages 178-296 <i>In</i>: Dieffenbach, Ernst. Travels in New Zealand. With contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. <em>[book].</em> London, J. Murray., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20760154 [details]
additional source Glasby, C.J. and Read, Geoffrey B. 1998. A chronological review of polychaete taxonomy in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(3): 347-374. [details]
additional source Gosselin, L. A.; Sewell, M. A. (2012). Reproduction, larval development and settlement of the intertidal serpulid polychaete Spirobranchus cariniferus. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom</i>. 93(05): 1249-1256., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315412001701
page(s): [reproduction] [details]
new combination reference Ehlers, Ernst. (1907). Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge.</em> 5(4): 3-31., available online at http://goo.gl/Jpqjvv
page(s): 29; note: recombined from Vermetus [details]
biology source Knox, George A. (1949). Studies on a New Zealand serpulid Pomatoceros coeruleus [sic], Schmarda. <em>[thesis].</em> 127 pp. University of New Zealand Thesis for M. Sc., available online at https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/5635
note: Knox's thesis work is a pioneering study of the NZ intertidal serpulid Spirobranchus cariniferus. At the time he used an invalid name, misspelled in the title [details]
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843) Gray, John Edward. (1843). [Annelida] Fauna of New Zealand. Materials towards a fauna of New Zealand, Auckland Island, and Chatham Island. <b>volume 2</b>, pages 178-296 <i>In</i>: Dieffenbach, Ernst. Travels in New Zealand. With contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. <em>[book].</em> London, J. Murray., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20760154 [details]
additional source Glasby, C.J. and Read, Geoffrey B. 1998. A chronological review of polychaete taxonomy in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(3): 347-374. [details]
additional source Gosselin, L. A.; Sewell, M. A. (2012). Reproduction, larval development and settlement of the intertidal serpulid polychaete Spirobranchus cariniferus. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom</i>. 93(05): 1249-1256., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315412001701
page(s): [reproduction] [details]
new combination reference Ehlers, Ernst. (1907). Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge.</em> 5(4): 3-31., available online at http://goo.gl/Jpqjvv
page(s): 29; note: recombined from Vermetus [details]
biology source Knox, George A. (1949). Studies on a New Zealand serpulid Pomatoceros coeruleus [sic], Schmarda. <em>[thesis].</em> 127 pp. University of New Zealand Thesis for M. Sc., available online at https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/5635
note: Knox's thesis work is a pioneering study of the NZ intertidal serpulid Spirobranchus cariniferus. At the time he used an invalid name, misspelled in the title [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
