Serpula

Serpula is a genus of sessile, marine annelid tube worms that belongs to the family Serpulidae. Serpulid worms are very similar to tube worms of the closely related sabellid family, except that the former possess a cartilaginous operculum that occludes the entrance to their protective tube after the animal has withdrawn into it. The most distinctive feature of worms of the genus Serpula is their colorful fan-shaped "crown". The crown, used by these animals for respiration and alimentation, is the structure that is most commonly seen by scuba divers and other casual observers.

Serpula

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
SerpulidaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
stationary, attached, epibiontPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 424 million years on record.

The record covers at least 425 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 432.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Silurian — about 2 of 1100 occurrencesDevonian — about 9 of 1100 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 1 of 1100 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 12 of 1100 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 3 of 1100 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 1 of 1100 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 17 of 1100 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 133 of 1100 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 103 of 1100 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 244 of 1100 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 92 of 1100 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 314 of 1100 occurrencesPaleocene — about 49 of 1100 occurrencesEocene — about 55 of 1100 occurrencesOligocene — about 2 of 1100 occurrencesMiocene — about 33 of 1100 occurrencesPliocene — about 9 of 1100 occurrencesPleistocene — about 19 of 1100 occurrences442–427 Mya — about 1 occurrence427–412 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences412–397 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences397–383 Mya — about 1 occurrence383–368 Mya — about 3 occurrences368–353 Mya — about 4 occurrences353–339 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences339–324 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences280–265 Mya — about 4 occurrences265–250 Mya — about 11 occurrences250–235 Mya — about 4 occurrences235–221 Mya — about 9 occurrences221–206 Mya — about 5 occurrences206–191 Mya — about 30 occurrences191–177 Mya — about 102 occurrences177–162 Mya — about 98 occurrences162–147 Mya — about 210 occurrences147–132 Mya — about 59 occurrences132–118 Mya — about 50 occurrences118–103 Mya — about 21 occurrences103–88 Mya — about 50 occurrences88–74 Mya — about 37 occurrences74–59 Mya — about 269 occurrences59–44 Mya — about 39 occurrences44–29 Mya — about 27 occurrences29–15 Mya — about 25 occurrences15–0 Mya — about 40 occurrences425 Mya11.7 ka442 Mya0 Mya

1,100 occurrences of Serpula on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,100 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

180 formations

Prairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.87°N, 89.00°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.50°N, 88.81°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 32.90°N, 88.46°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.03°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.63°N, 88.22°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.31°N, 87.80°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.03°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 85.92°WKap Leslie — 70.48°N, 21.97°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°ECorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 31.82°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.40°N, 96.73°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.75°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.38°N, 97.49°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.45°WCorsicana Marl — 30.25°N, 97.54°WCorsicana Marl — 30.23°N, 97.52°WCorsicana Marl — 30.20°N, 97.58°WCorsicana Marl — 30.15°N, 97.67°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.80°N, 97.89°WCorsicana Marl — 29.72°N, 97.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.63°N, 98.54°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.43°N, 98.43°WCorsicana Marl — 29.44°N, 98.56°WCorsicana Marl — 29.65°N, 98.38°WCorsicana Marl — 29.39°N, 98.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.48°N, 98.81°WCorsicana Marl — 29.41°N, 98.90°WCorsicana Marl — 29.35°N, 98.88°WArgiles a Lopha gregarea — 49.30°N, 0.07°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.82°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.92°N, 85.35°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.80°N, 85.00°WProvidence — 31.96°N, 85.45°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WJagüel — 38.13°S, 68.41°WEscondido — 29.59°N, 98.07°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 98.90°WEscondido — 29.39°N, 99.02°WEscondido — 29.27°N, 99.05°WEscondido — 29.06°N, 100.06°WEscondido — 28.87°N, 100.16°WEscondido — 28.72°N, 100.48°WEscondido — 28.53°N, 100.32°WEscondido — 28.25°N, 100.27°WVaqueros — 33.54°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 33.68°N, 117.76°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 35.75°N, 121.00°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.36°N, 118.94°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 118.79°WVaqueros — 34.37°N, 119.33°WVaqueros — 34.58°N, 120.14°WVaqueros — 34.57°N, 120.17°WVaqueros — 35.77°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 35.77°N, 120.93°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.94°WChiwapa — 34.63°N, 88.84°WChiwapa — 34.46°N, 88.90°WChiwapa — 34.38°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.36°N, 88.93°WChiwapa — 34.21°N, 88.98°WChiwapa — 34.04°N, 88.93°WCalcaire a oolithes ferrugineuses — 49.30°N, 0.07°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.30°WRoca — 37.56°S, 69.85°WRoca — 37.54°S, 69.87°WAhlen — 51.80°N, 8.05°EAhlen — 51.83°N, 8.02°EPeedee — 33.90°N, 79.43°WPeedee — 33.83°N, 79.25°WPeedee — 34.27°N, 77.95°WPeedee — 35.77°N, 78.64°WPeedee — 34.48°N, 78.41°WPassage Beds — 54.21°N, 0.29°WBlack Creek — 35.77°N, 78.64°WBlack Creek — 34.68°N, 78.23°WBlack Creek — 34.58°N, 78.27°WBlack Creek — 35.23°N, 77.79°WBlack Creek — 35.22°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.46°N, 77.68°WBlack Creek — 35.67°N, 77.47°WDakota — 36.02°N, 111.05°WDakota — 35.99°N, 111.94°WCouches de Birmensdorf — 46.25°N, 5.67°ERio Tascadero — 30.73°S, 70.59°WRio Tascadero — 30.88°S, 70.53°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 36.14°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.04°N, 111.04°WMancos Shale — 34.77°N, 108.78°WBarton Clay — 51.02°N, 1.32°WBarton Clay — 50.74°N, 1.69°WOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.88°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.75°N, 88.93°WOwl Creek — 34.63°N, 88.84°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.85°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.87°WHambleton Oolite — 54.25°N, 1.07°WHambleton Oolite — 54.21°N, 0.29°W

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The named rock units Serpula has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 156 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 288 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Serpula and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Serpula and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,119 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 818 sites for Serpula, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

195 references

Each of the 1,100 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 183 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Linnaeus 1758