a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
Word origin
C19: Latin, from serpula a little serpent
Examples of 'serpulid' in a sentence
serpulid
Our findings corroborate recent molecular studies that argue for a revision of serpulid systematics.
Wanninger Andreas, Brinkmann Nora 2009, 'Neurogenesis suggests independent evolution of opercula in serpulid polychaetes',BMC Evolutionary Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/270. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Almost 4400 serpulid specimens were examined from selected fouling plates.
J. Rolando Bastida-Zavala, Linda D. McCann, Erica Keppel, Gregory M. Ruiz 2017, 'The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: anoverview', European Journal of Taxonomyhttp://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/469. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Limestones above the reef are serpulid-bryozoan packstones and intraclast-ooid grainstones.
W. Kiessling, R. Scasso, M. Aberhan, L. Ruiz, S. Weidemeyer 2006, 'A Maastrichtian microbial reef and associated limestones in the Roca Formation ofPatagonia (Neuquén Province, Argentina)', Fossil Recordhttp://www.foss-rec.net/9/183/2006/fr-9-183-2006.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
80% of the individuals were found inhabiting empty shells of gastropods or empty tubes of serpulid polychaetes.
L.M. FERRERO-VICENTE, A. LOYA-FERNANDEZ, C. MARCO-MENDEZ, E. MARTINEZ-GARCIA, J.I.SAIZ-SALINAS, J.L. SANCHEZ-LIZASO 2012, 'First record of the sipunculan worm Phascolion (Phascolion) caupo Hendrix, 1975 inthe Mediterranean Sea', Mediterranean Marine Sciencehttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/11997. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Other fossils recovered from this site are numerous serpulid tubes, echinoid spines, one brachiopod fragment and two neogastropods.
Frida Hybertsen, Steffen Kiel 2018, 'A middle Eocene seep deposit with silicified fauna from the Humptulips Formation inwestern Washington State, USA', Acta Palaeontologica Polonicahttp://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app63/app005252018.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Serpulid polychaetes are typically recognized by having fused anterior ends bearing a tentacular crown and an operculum.
Wanninger Andreas, Brinkmann Nora 2009, 'Neurogenesis suggests independent evolution of opercula in serpulid polychaetes',BMC Evolutionary Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/270. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)