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Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878
Name authority
Grube, 1878
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Sabellida
Family
Serpulidae
Genus
Ditrupa
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumAnnelida
  4. classPolychaeta Grube, 1850
  5. subclassSedentaria Lamarck, 1818
  6. infraclassCanalipalpata Rouse & Fauchald, 1997 non Linnaean
  7. orderSabellida Levinsen, 1883
  8. familySerpulidae Rafinesque, 1815
  9. subfamilySerpulinae Rafinesque, 1815
  10. tribeFicopomatini Pillai, 1960
  11. genusDitrupa Berkeley, 1835
  12. speciesDitrupa gracillima Grube, 1878

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Ditrupa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Ditrupa (Ditrupa) geniculata Chiplonkar, 1976SerpulidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Ditrupa arietina (O. F. Müller, 1776)SerpulidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ditrupa brevis Sanfilippo, 1999SerpulidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Ditrupa parki Finlay, 1924SerpulidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extinct

Browse 8 records assigned to Serpulidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Ditrupa amphora Dew, 1959 Dew, 1959synonym
Ditrupa australis Bretnall, 1921 Bretnall, 1921synonym
Ditrupa brazieri Bretnall, 1921 Bretnall, 1921synonym
Ditrupa arietina monilifera Fauvel, 1932 Fauvel, 1932synonym
Bonhourella insignis Gravier, 1905 Gravier, 1905synonym
Ditrupa laeve (Brazier, 1877) (Brazier, 1877)synonym
Ditrypa brazieri Bretnall, 1921 Bretnall, 1921synonym
Ditrypa australis Bretnall, 1921 Bretnall, 1921synonym
Ditrypa gracillima Grube, 1878 Grube, 1878synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338323 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:36ZGZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.