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title: "Red Tubeworm"
description: "Serpula vermicularis — Other animals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-tubeworm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Tubeworm

> Serpula vermicularis — Other animals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Serpula vermicularis*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1462
- Wikidata: [Q1115120](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1115120)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117576](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117576)

## Names

- en: Red Tubeworm
- de: Bunter Kalkröhrenwurm
- fr: Serpule
- nl: Kleine kalkkokerworm

## Countries with the most observations

FR (387), ES (270), GR (62), GB (58), HR (55), IT (53), PT (35), ZA (13), JE (7), NO (7), IE (5), MA (5)

## Photo

![Red Tubeworm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-tubeworm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steve Lonhart / MBNMS · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serpula_vermicularis_1.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-tubeworm?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).