#4993 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Red-spotted Horseshoe
🇳🇱 Witte waaierkokerworm ·Protula tubularia
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in Europe, not in NL
📍 Golfo di Taranto, , , 
📍 West Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece
📍 Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece
📍 Île Moyade, Marseille, France
📍 Golfo di Taranto, Puglia, IT
📍 Italy
📍 Le Rove, France
📍 Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © sandra_bracun · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Gianfrs · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. Golfo di Taranto, , , :© Gianfrs · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. West Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Île Moyade, Marseille, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Golfo di Taranto, Puglia, IT:© Gianfrs · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. Italy:© ilsignorvega · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Le Rove, France:© Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Protula tubularia is a species of polychaete in the family Serpulidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,374 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by George Montagu in 1803 (223 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Red-spotted Horseshoe
- Nederlands
- Witte waaierkokerworm
- scientific name
- Protula tubularia
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Sabellida
- family
- Serpulidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,289
- sightings worldwide
- 2,374
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1803 by George Montagu
relatives· Serpulidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 359065, Wikidata Q531987, GBIF 2328063, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.