---
title: "Red-spotted Horseshoe"
description: "Protula tubularia — Altri animali. Protula tubularia is a species of polychaete in the family Serpulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-spotted-horseshoe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-spotted Horseshoe

> Protula tubularia — Altri animali. Protula tubularia is a species of polychaete in the family  Serpulidae.

- Scientific name: *Protula tubularia*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2293
- Wikidata: [Q531987](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q531987)
- iNaturalist taxon: [359065](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/359065)

## Names

- en: Red-spotted Horseshoe
- de: Glatter Kalkröhrenwurm
- es: Prótula tubularia
- fr: Protule lisse

## Countries with the most observations

FR (469), ES (310), GR (234), HR (145), IT (113), PT (19), TR (19), MT (12), CY (10), GB (8), AL (3)

## Summary

Protula tubularia is a species of polychaete in the family  Serpulidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protula_tubularia

## Photo

![Red-spotted Horseshoe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-spotted-horseshoe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286229987

## Machine access

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