Protula

Protula
Protula bispiralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Order:	Sabellida
Family:	Serpulidae
Genus:	Protula Risso, 1826 [1]

Protula is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Serpulidae.^[1]

Subgenera[]

This genus has two subgenera:^[1]

Species[]

The following species are classified in this genus:^[1]

• Benedict, 1887
• Fauvel, 1909
• McIntosh, 1885
• Day, 1955
• Ehlers, 1887
• (Uchida, 1978)
• Bush, 1905
• Monro, 1933
• Protula bispiralis (Savigny, 1822)
• Roverto, 1899 †
• Benedict, 1887
• Solander in Brander, 1766
• (Lamarck, 1818)
• Schmarda, 1861
• Stimpson, 1854
• Pixell, 1912
• (Willey, 1905)
• Ziegler, 1984 †
• Augener, 1906
• Moore, 1909
• (Montagu, 1803)
• Rovereto, 1904
• Rovereto, 1904

Synonyms[]

The following genera are synonyms of Protula:^[1]

• Ehlerprotula Uchida, 1978 (junior synonym)
• Lemintina Risso, 1826 (subjective synonym)
• Longitubus Howell, 1943 † (subjective synonym)
• Membranopsis Bush, 1910 (subjective synonym)
• Paraprotula Uchida, 1978 (junior synonym)
• Peotula Sun, 1998
• Protula (Philippiprotula) Uchida, 1978 (subgenus not recognized any longer)
• Protula (Protula) Risso, 1826 (subgenus not longer recognised)
• Protula (Psygmobranchus) Philippi, 1844 (subgenus not recognised any longer)
• Protulopsis Saint-Joseph, 1894 (synonym)
• Psygmobranchus Philippi, 1844 (junior synonym)
• Salmacinopsis Bush, 1910
• Serpula (Helena) Castelnau
• Serpula (Spiramella)
• Spiramella Blainville, 1828 (junior synonym)

References[]

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