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Definition of Serpula

Serpula
Serpula Ser"pu*la, n.; pl. Serpul[ae], E. Serpulas. [L., a little snake. See Serpent.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulid[ae]. 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 the aperture of its tube when it retracts.

Meaning of Serpula from wikipedia

- Ser**** lacrymans is a species of fungi known for causing dry rot. It is a basidiomycete in the order Boletales. It has the ability to rapidly colonise...
- Ser**** (also known as calcareous tubeworm, serpulid tubeworm, fanworm, or plume worm) is a genus of sessile, marine annelid tube worms that belongs to...
- Ser**** vermicularis, known by common names including the calcareous tubeworm, fan worm, plume worm or red tube worm, is a species of segmented marine...
- the term 'dry rot' is used in reference to damage inflicted by either: Ser**** lacrymans (formerly Merulius lacrymans) predominantly in the United Kingdom...
- Ser**** himantioides is a species of fungus that causes damage to timber referred to as dry rot. It is a basidiomycete in the order Boletales. It has...
- Rhadinastis ser**** is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Taiwan. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble...
- Thylacodes colubrinus (Röding, 1798) Synonyms Ser**** colubrina Röding, 1798 Ser**** fuscata Sowerby, 1825 Ser**** ocrea Gmelin, 1791 Serpulorbis colubrinus...
- Ser**** is a genus of fungi in the family Ser****ceae. The term was originally defined by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon as a section of the genus Merulius...
- Corallina tubularia-melitensis Ellis, 1755 Sabella penicillus Linnaeus, 1767 Ser**** penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 Spirographis spallanzanii (Viviani, 1805) Tubularia...
- hyodysenteriae and Treponema innocens in a new genus, Ser**** gen. nov., as Ser**** hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Ser**** innocens comb. nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol...