Serpula columbiana Johnson 1901
- Dataset
- The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Sabellida
- family
- Serpulidae
- genus
- Serpula
- species
- Serpula columbiana
biology_ecology
Ecology Intertidal to 60 m. Under stones on the shore-line, in rock-pools (Pixell 1912), and on bottoms with coralline sand and kelp, on shells, cobble and boulders (Bastida-Zavala 2008).
description
Figs 9 A – B, 10
diagnosis
Diagnosis Tube missing. Opercular peduncle smooth, white, with marked constriction. Operculum funnel symmetric, with 46 radii with blunt tips, and concave inner surface, with numerous tiny conical tubercles (Fig. 9 A). Collar with bayonet chaetae, with two blunt, short teeth, smooth distal blade. In adult forms, Serpula columbiana has an operculum with 55 – 160 radii (Fig. 9 B) and a symmetric funnel (Kupriyanova 1999).
discussion
Taxonomic remarks The status of Serpula columbiana was resolved by Kupriyanova (1999). It is mainly a sublittoral species that is extremely unlikely to belong to the fouling fauna.
distribution
Distribution Northeastern Pacific, from Alaska to southern California (San Diego) (Kupriyanova 1999; Bastida-Zavala 2008). In this work, only one specimen of Serpula columbiana was found on a fouling plate from Ketchikan Bay, Alaska (Fig. 10).
materials_examined
Material examined One specimen: KT (1) Sep. 2003.
Name
- Homonyms
- Serpula columbiana Johnson 1901