Serpula (also known as calcareous tubeworm, serpulid tubeworm, fanworm, or plume worm) is a genus of sessile, marine annelid tube worms that belongs to the Serpulidae family. 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 t...
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[fungus] Serpula is a genus of fungi in the family Serpulaceae. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the family contains two species, although the taxonomical database Index Fungorum indicates four valid species: S. himantioides, S. lacrymans, S. pulverulenta, and S. tignicola. ==Taxonomy and evolution== The term w...
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• (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close...
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(from the article `annelid`) ...featherlike filamentous branchiae; body divided into thorax and abdomen; tube mucoid or calcareous; size, minute to 50 cm; examples of genera: ...
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Origin: L, a little snake. See Serpent. ... <zoology> Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-coloured gills a...
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Ser'pu·la noun ;
plural Serpulæ , English
Serpulas . [ Latin , a little snake. See
Serpent .]
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus
Serpula and allied genera of the family
Serpulidæ . They secrete a calcare...
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