Talk:Spirobranchus giganteus

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Just created the article. Shrumster 18:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

File:Spirobranchus giganteus (Red and white christmas tree worm).jpg to appear as POTD soon
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Spirobranchus giganteus (Red and white christmas tree worm).jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 30, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-07-30. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! — howcheng  {chat} 17:08, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Size?
It is named "giganteus" yet this article describes it as small.

What size is it please? Wanderer57 (talk) 10:05, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

They are pretty small (each of the crowns is about an inch or so). I do not know why the latin name for the species is "giganteus". Redsteven (talk) 22:57, 16 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I was wondering the same thing. There should be an indication of size given the "giganteus" name, even if we don't know the reason. Otherwise, readers may be left with an impression that this is a gigantic, or at least large worm. Ileanadu (talk) 04:32, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Giganteus / gigantea ?
"Spirobranchus essentially translates to "spiral gills," referring to the worm's unique crown. Two subspecies are recognized by the ITIS: S. gigantea corniculatus and S. gigantea gigantea."

As the species is Spirobranchus giganteus, is it correct that the the sub-species name is gigantea, not giganteus?

Wanderer57 (talk) 00:47, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

IUCN Status
The IUCN currently lists this organism as unevaluated. Can someone remove this or provide a citation? I don't know how to mess with the boxed stuff 132.239.112.44 (talk) 18:04, 21 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello. Welcome to Wikipedia! I have made the suggested edit for you. Editing infoboxes can be a bit confusing at first, but the Visual Editor tool can make it easy to edit templates like the Taxobox on this article. (You can read more about infoboxes at MOS:INFOBOX.) To make the requested change, I opened the Visual Editor, clicked on the Taxobox template, clicked "Edit" in the pop-up, scrolled down to the "Conservation status" option in the next pop-up, and changed the value from "lc" (Least Concern) to "NE" (Not Evaluated). I then saved my change with a short, helpful description. Now you know how to edit infoboxes and other templates, so feel free to try it yourself in the future. If you have any questions, feel free to post a message on my talk page. Happy editing! Matt Heard (talk) 08:54, 5 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you. This was a helpful "how to." Ileanadu (talk) 04:35, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Is https://eol.org/pages/620727 a valid source, or as a 'partner site' would that be problematic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.95.114.141 (talk) 23:52, 21 April 2021 (UTC)