Spirobranchus
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| Genus: | Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818
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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
- Ruppert, Edward E.; Richard S. Fox; Robert D. Barnes (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach, (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole - Thomson Learning Inc. p. 963. ISBN 0-03-025982-7.
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