Spirobranchus kraussii ( Baird, 1865 )

Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando, Buelna, Alondra Sofía Rodríguez, León-González, Jesús Angel De, Camacho-Cruz, Karla Andrea & Carmona, Isabel, 2016, New records of sabellids and serpulids (Polychaeta: Sabellidae, Serpulidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific, Zootaxa 4184 (3), pp. 401-457 : 435

Spirobranchus kraussii ( Baird, 1865)

Placostegus cariniferus var. Kraussii Baird, 1865: 13 –15. Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Pomatoleios kraussii .— Straughan 1969: 235–236 ( Coconut Island , Hawaii; intertidal to 1.5 m; rocks and coral rubble on reef flat and on fouling plates); Bailey-Brock 1976: 77–78 ( Oahu Island , Maui Island and Hawaii Island, rocky intertidal, reef flats, epifauna of mollusks and crustaceans and boat harbors); Bailey-Brock 1987: 421, fig. 3.11.193 (Hawaii, in intertidal reefs flats and in shallow subtidal waters).

Spirobranchus kraussii .— Pillai 2009: 146 –148, 168, fig. 49E–G (new combination).

Habitat. Intertidal to 1 m. Fouling species, on rocks and coral rubble on reef flat ( Bailey-Brock 1976). Distribution. Indo-West Pacific. South Africa , Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, India, Australia, Japan, Hawaii (Day 1967; Straughan 1969; Bailey-Brock 1987).

Remarks. Spirobranchus kraussii was not found in this study, but see Overview of the sabellid and serpulid introductions, below.