Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Amplaria spiculosa				1973
Anomalorbis manuatus		Western Indian Ocean		1972
Apomatus ampulliferus		Mediterranean Sea.		1844
Apomatus enosimae		Northwest Pacific		1885
Apomatus geniculata	Pearl-topped calcareous worm	Eastern Pacific.		1904
Apomatus globifer		Arctic and Northeast Atla		1878
Apomatus similis		Arctic, Eastern Pacific a		1875
Apomatus timsii	Pearl-topped calcareous tubeworm	Northeast Pacific		1912
Bathyvermilia islandica		Northeast Atlantic		2001
Bathyvermilia langerhansi		Mediterranean Sea.		1909
Bushiella granulata		Arctic, Northern Atlantic		1767
Bushiella quadrangularis		Arctic and Northeast Atla		1854
Chitinopoma groenlandica		Arctic and Northeast Atla		1863
Chitinopoma occidentalis		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Chitinopoma serrula		Northeast Atlantic and th		1854
Circeis armoricana		Eastern Pacific		1894
Circeis spirillum		Northwest Pacific		1758
Crucigera irregularis	Irregular calcareous tubeworm	Northeast Pacific
Crucigera tricornis		Western Indian Ocean		1906
Crucigera websteri		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Crucigera zygophora	Yolk-bearer calcareous tubeworm	Northeast Pacific
Dexiospira corrugata		Northeast Pacific		1803
Dexiospira spirillum		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Ditrupa arietina	Horn-tusk	Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1776
Ditrupa gracillima		Indo-West Pacific.		1878
Eulaeospira orientalis		Indian Ocean		1960
Eupomatus brachyacantha		Eastern Pacific		1941
Eupomatus recurvispina		Eastern Pacific		1941
Eupomatus sanctaecrucis		Eastern Pacific		1863
Eupomatus uncinatus		Eastern Pacific		1844
Ficopomatus enigmaticus	Australian tubeworm	Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1923
Ficopomatus macrodon		Atlantic Ocean and the Me		1921
Ficopomatus miamensis		Western Central Atlantic		1934
Ficopomatus uschakovi		Western Central Pacific		1960
Filograna implexa	Filigreed coral-worm	Indo-Pacific, Northeast A		1827
Filogranella elatensis	Segmented worm	Western Indian Ocean		1979
Filogranula annulata		Mediterranean Sea.		1861
Filogranula calyculata		Mediterranean Sea
Filogranula gracilis		Mediterranean Sea		1884
Galeolaria caespitosa		Indo-West Pacific		1818
Helicosiphon biscoeensis		Antarctic Atlantic		1907
Hyalopomatus biformis		Antarctic Atlantic		1960
Hyalopomatus cancerum		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Hyalopomatus claparedii		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1878
Hyalopomatus langerhansi		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Hyalopomatus marenzelleri		Mediterranean Sea.		1884
Hyalopomatus variorugosus		Mediterranean Sea.		1996
Hydroides alatalateralis		Western Central Atlantic		1962
Hydroides albiceps		Indo-Pacific and the Medi		1870
Hydroides bifurcatus		Western Central Pacific		1913
Hydroides bispinosa		Western Central Atlantic		1910
Hydroides brachyacanthus		Pacific Ocean and the Med		1941
Hydroides bulbosus		Western Indian Ocean		1990
Hydroides centrospina		Northwest Pacific		1981
Hydroides chilensis		Eastern Pacific		1962
Hydroides crucigera		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Hydroides deleoni		Eastern Pacific		2003
Hydroides dianthus	Hard tube worm	Western Central Atlantic,		1873
Hydroides dipoma		Southeast Atlantic and We		1861
Hydroides diramphus		Circumglobal. Tropical a		1863
Hydroides elegans	Calcareous tube worm	Circumglobal.		1883
Hydroides exaltata		Indo-Pacific.		1884
Hydroides exaltatus		Indo-West Pacific.		1884
Hydroides ezoensis	Hydroid worm	Northwest Pacific
Hydroides furcifer		Western Central Pacific		1878
Hydroides fusca		Western Pacific		1976
Hydroides gairacensis		Western Central Atlantic		1934
Hydroides gracilis		Eastern Pacific		1904
Hydroides helmatus		Mediterranean Sea.		1921
Hydroides heterocerus		Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1868
Hydroides homoceros		Northeast Atlantic, Weste		1913
Hydroides inermis		Eastern Pacific		1933
Hydroides inornata		Northwest Pacific		1960
Hydroides jusicola		Northwest Pacific		1863
Hydroides longispinosus		Western Pacific		1976
Hydroides longistylaris		Northwest Pacific		1980
Hydroides lunulifera		Eastern Pacific		1868
Hydroides malleolaspinus		Western Central Pacific		1967
Hydroides malleophorus		Eastern Pacific		1942
Hydroides microtis		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Hydroides minax		Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1878
Hydroides mongeslopezi		Western Central Atlantic		1958
Hydroides mucronatus		Western Central Atlantic		1958
Hydroides nanhaiensis		Northwest Pacific		1981
Hydroides niger		Mediterranean Sea.		1971
Hydroides norvegicus		Indo-Pacific, Northeast A		1768
Hydroides novaepommeraniae		Western Central Pacific a		1925
Hydroides ochoterenai		Eastern Pacific		1941
Hydroides operculata		Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1929
Hydroides panamensis		Eastern Pacific		2003
Hydroides parvus		Western Central Atlantic		1901
Hydroides perezi		Western Indian Ocean		1918
Hydroides protulicola		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Hydroides pseudouncinatus		Mediterranean Sea.		1968
Hydroides ralumianus		Western Central Pacific		1927
Hydroides rhombobulus		Northwest Pacific		1980
Hydroides salazarvallejoi		Eastern Pacific		2002
Hydroides sanctaecrucis		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Hydroides spongicola		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Hydroides steinitzi		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1972
Hydroides stoichadon		Mediterranean Sea.		1971
Hydroides tenhovei		Eastern Pacific		2002
Hydroides trilobulus		Northwest Pacific		1978
Hydroides trompi		Eastern Pacific		2003
Hydroides tuberculatus		Western Pacific		1976
Hydroides uncinata		Western Central Atlantic		1844
Janita fimbriata		Western Indian Ocean and		1822
Janua brasiliensis		Circumglobal.		1872
Janua corrugatus		Circumglobal.		1903
Janua foraminosa		Indo-West Pacific		1904
Janua kayi		Western Indian Ocean		1972
Janua marioni		Eastern Pacific. Tropica		1897
Janua pagenstecheri		Cosmopolitan.		1865
Janua preacuta		Western Indian Ocean		1972
Janua steueri		Indo-West Pacific		1909
Janua steureri		Western Central Atlantic		1909
Josephella marenzelleri		Western Indian Ocean, Atl		1896
Laminatubus alvini		Eastern Pacific		1986
Laminatubus joycebrooksae		Eastern Pacific		2021
Laminatubus paulbrooksi		Eastern Pacific		2021
Leodora abnormis		Eastern Pacific
Leodora laevis		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1866
Leodora perrieri		Antarctic		1897
Leodora valida		Antarctic
Metavermilia acanthophora		Pacific Ocean.		1914
Metavermilia annobonensis		Northwest Pacific		1971
Metavermilia arctica		Central Arctic.		1993
Metavermilia inflata		Northwest Pacific		1977
Metavermilia multicristata		Mediterranean Sea		1844
Metavermilia taenia		Northwest Pacific		1971
Neodexiospira brasiliensis		Northwest Pacific		1872
Neodexiospira foraminosa		Indo-West Pacific and Wes		1904
Neodexiospira preacuta		Northwest Pacific		1972
Neodexiospira pseudocorrugata		Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1904
Neodexiospira steueri		Northwest Pacific		1909
Neovermilia anoperculata		Western Central Pacific.		1992
Neovermilia capensis		Western Central Pacific.
Nidificaria clavus		Mediterranean Sea
Nidificaria dalestraughanae		Mediterranean Sea		1972
Olgaharmania glandifera		Eastern Pacific		1941
Paradexiospira violaceus		Eastern Pacific
Paradexiospira vitrea		Eastern Pacific		1780
Paralaeospira aggregata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1897
Paralaeospira levinseni		Antarctic		1897
Paralaeospira malardi		Antarctic		1897
Paralaeospira pseudotenuis		Southern Indian Ocean		1997
Paralaeospira sicula		Antarctic Atlantic		1994
Pileolaria berkeleyana		Pacific Ocean, Northeast		1942
Pileolaria heteropoma		Mediterranean Sea		1968
Pileolaria lateralis		Eastern Pacific		1978
Pileolaria marginata		Eastern Pacific		1978
Pileolaria militaris		Indo-West Pacific and the		1870
Pileolaria pettiboneae		Northwest Pacific		1987
Pileolaria pseudoclavus		Western Indian Ocean		1972
Pileolaria spinifer		Eastern Pacific		1978
Placostegus assimilis		Western Central Atlantic		1885
Placostegus crystallinus		Mediterranean Sea.		1968
Placostegus incomptus		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Placostegus tridentatus		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1779
Pomatoceros americanus		Western Central Atlantic		1973
Pomatoceros caeruleus		Indo-Pacific and Western		1861
Pomatoceros minutus		Eastern Pacific		1941
Pomatoceros triqueter	Keelworm	Western Indian Ocean, Atl		1767
Pomatoleios caerulescens		Western Indian Ocean, Atl
Pomatostegus macrosoma		Western Indian Ocean, Atl		1861
Pomatostegus stellatus	Star horseshoe worm	Indo-Pacific and Western		1789
Protis arctica		Arctic and the Mediterran		1879
Protis hydrotherma		Eastern Pacific		1986
Protis hydrothermica		Pacific Ocean.		1986
Protis simplex		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Protis torquata		Western Central Atlantic		1919
Protolaeospira ambilateralis		Western Central Atlantic		1912
Protolaeospira capensis		Western Central Atlantic		1961
Protolaeospira cavata		Antarctic Atlantic		1994
Protolaeospira eximia		Eastern Pacific		1904
Protolaeospira pedalis		Antarctic Atlantic		1994
Protolaeospira stalagmia		Antarctic Atlantic		1973
Protolaeospira striata		Mediterranean Sea		1963
Protolaeospira triflabellis		Antarctic Atlantic		1973
Protula alba		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Protula antennata		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Protula atypha		Eastern Pacific		1904
Protula balboensis		Eastern Pacific		1933
Protula bispiralis	Red fanworm	Indo-West Pacific.		1822
Protula diomedeae		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Protula intestinum		Mediterranean Sea.
Protula longiseta		Western Central Atlantic		1861
Protula pacifica	White-crowned calcareous tubeworm	Northeast Pacific		1912
Protula palliata		Indian Ocean		1905
Protula soofita		Western Indian Ocean		1976
Protula superba	Chalktube worm	Eastern Central Pacific
Protula tubularia	Red-spotted horseshoe	Arctic, Indo-West Pacific		1803
Pseudochitinopoma occidentalis	Western calcareous tubeworm	Northeast Pacific		1909
Pseudovermilia conchata		Eastern Pacific		1975
Pseudovermilia fuscostriata		Western Central Atlantic		1975
Pseudovermilia holcopleura		Western Central Atlantic		1975
Pseudovermilia madracicola		Western Central Atlantic		1975
Pseudovermilia multispinosa		Western Central Atlantic		1933
Pseudovermilia occidentalis		Western Central Atlantic		1885
Rhodopsis pusilla		Western Central Atlantic		1905
Romanchella sepicula		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1997
Salmacina amphidentata		Western Central Atlantic		1962
Salmacina dysteri		Circumglobal in warm seas	1.5 DL	1855
Salmacina huxleyi	Sea frost	Western Central Atlantic		1887
Salmacina incrustans		Western Central Atlantic		1870
Salmacina tribranchiata	Fragile tube worm	Eastern Pacific.		1923
Sclerostyla ctenactis		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Sclerostyla differens		Western Central Atlantic		1922
Sclerostyla semiannulata		Western Central Atlantic		1973
Semivermilia agglutinata		Mediterranean Sea.		1893
Semivermilia crenata		Mediterranean Sea.		1861
Semivermilia cribrata		Mediterranean Sea.		1861
Semivermilia pomatostegoides		Western Indian Ocean and		1969
Semivermilia torulosa		Mediterranean Sea.		1822
Serpula cavernicola		Mediterranean Sea.		1991
Serpula columbiana	Red trumpet calcareous tubeworm	Northeast Pacific		1901
Serpula concharum		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc		1880
Serpula hartmanae		Western Central Pacific		1968
Serpula israelitica		Mediterranean Sea.		1977
Serpula jukesii		Indo-West Pacific.		1865
Serpula lobiancoi		Northeast Atlantic, West		1917
Serpula narconensis	Loop worm	Southeast Pacific and the		1865
Serpula oshimae		Western Central Pacific.		1984
Serpula sinica		Northwest Pacific		1979
Serpula sombreriana		Western Central Atlantic		1885
Serpula stellata		Eastern Pacific and the M		1789
Serpula vermicularis	Serpulid worm	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	10 TL	1767
Serpula vittata		Indo-West Pacific		1914
Serpula watsoni		Indo-West Pacific.		1905
Serpula websteri		Eastern Pacific		1887
Spiraserpula caribensis		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Spiraserpula karpatensis		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Spiraserpula massiliensis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1968
Spiraserpula nudicristata		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Spiraserpula paraypsilon		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Spiraserpula plaiae		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Spiraserpula singularis		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Spiraserpula ypsilon		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Spiraserpula zibrowii		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Spirobranchus akitsushima		Western Central Atlantic		2022
Spirobranchus bakau		Western Central Atlantic		2021
Spirobranchus corniculatus		Indo-West Pacific		1862
Spirobranchus cruciger		Western Indian Ocean		1862
Spirobranchus gardineri		Western Indian Ocean		1913
Spirobranchus gaymardi		Western Central Pacific.		1866
Spirobranchus giganteus	Christmas tree worm	Circumtropical.	20 DL	1766
Spirobranchus incrassatus		Eastern Pacific		1856
Spirobranchus kraussii	Large hydroid worm	Indo-West Pacific, Southe		1864
Spirobranchus lamarcki	Keel worm	Northeast Atlantic and Me		1866
Spirobranchus latiscapus		Indo-West Pacific.		1884

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Family: Serpulidae (See list of species below)

Family: Serpulidae

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