Genus Protula Risso, 1826

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Genus Protula Risso, 1826

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Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Protula Risso, A. 1826. Observations sur differents Annélides des Alpes maritimes. Histoire Naturelle de l'Europe Méridionale 4: 397-432 [405].
Type species:
Serpula tubularia Montagu, 1803 by original designation.
Lemintina Risso, A. 1826. Observations sur differents Annélides des Alpes maritimes. Histoire Naturelle de l'Europe Méridionale 4: 397-432 [414] [junior homonym of Lemintina Risso, 1826 (Mollusca)].
Type species:
Lemintina cuvieri Risso, 1826 by original designation.
Spiramella Blainville, H. de 1828. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes … d'après l'état actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la mediciné. Vol. 1. [550].
Type species:
Serpula bispiralis Lamarck, 1818 by original designation.
Psygmobranchus Philippi, A. 1844. Einige Bemerkungen uber die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzahlung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobacteten Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10: 186-198 [196].
Type species:
Psygmobranchus protenius Philippi, 1844 by original designation.
Protulopsis Saint-Joseph, A. de 1894. Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 7 17: 1-395 [253].
Membranopsis Bush, K.J. 1910. Description of new serpulids from Bermuda, with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 62: 490-501.
Type species:
Membranopsis inconspicua Bush, 1910 by original designation, see Hove, H.A. ten & Kupriyanova, E.K. 2009. Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): the state of affairs. Zootaxa 2036: 1-126.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
New Zealand
- North Island
- South Island

Oriental Region

Sri Lanka

Citations

Protula.
—Straughan, D. 1967. Marine Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of eastern Queensland and New South Wales. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 201–261 [251].

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type
20-Jul-2023	SERPULIDAE	23-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		15-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		03-Nov-2010	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		09-Aug-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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