WoRMS taxon details
Sabellidae Latreille, 1825
Caobangiidae Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sabellongidae Hartman, 1969 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Genus Archesabella Hayward, 1977 †
- Subfamily Myxicolinae Rioja, 1923
- Tribe Amphiglenini Tilic, Sayyari, Stiller, Mirarab & Rouse, 2020
- Tribe Myxicolini Rioja, 1923
- Genus Amphicorina Claparède, 1864
- Genus Chone Krøyer, 1856
- Genus Dialychone Claparède, 1868
- Genus Euchone Malmgren, 1866
- Genus Fabrisabella Hartman, 1969
- Genus Myxicola Meneghini, 1847
- Genus Eriographis Grube, 1850 accepted as Myxicola Meneghini, 1847 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Leptochone Claparède, 1870 accepted as Myxicola Meneghini, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tuba Renier, 1807 accepted as Myxicola Meneghini, 1847 (although in an unavailable work (Opinion 427), Tuba, T. divisa, and some other names were not rejected until Opinion 436.)
- Subfamily Sabellinae Chamberlin, 1919
- Genus Acromegalomma Gil & Nishi, 2017
- Genus Anamobaea Krøyer, 1856
- Genus Aracia Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Rossi, 2010
- Genus Bispira Krøyer, 1856
- Genus Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858
- Genus Caobangia Giard, 1893
- Genus Claviramus Fitzhugh, 2002
- Genus Clymeneis Rathke, 1843
- Genus Desdemona Banse, 1957
- Genus Euchoneira Licciano, Giangrande & Gambi, 2009
- Genus Euchonoides Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Tovar-Hernández, 2020
- Genus Eudistylia Bush, 1905
- Genus Euratella Chamberlin, 1919
- Genus Glomerula Nielsen, 1931
- Genus Hypsicomus Grube, 1870
- Genus Jasmineira Langerhans, 1880
- Genus Laonome Malmgren, 1866
- Genus Notaulax Tauber, 1879
- Genus Panoumethus Fitzhugh, 2002
- Genus Panousea Rullier & Amoureux, 1970
- Genus Paradialychone Tovar-Hernández, 2008
- Genus Parasabella Bush, 1905
- Genus Perkinsiana Knight-Jones, 1983
- Genus Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919
- Genus Potamilla Malmgren, 1866
- Genus Potaspina Hartman, 1969
- Genus Pseudobranchiomma Jones, 1962
- Genus Pseudopotamilla Bush, 1905
- Genus Sabella Linnaeus, 1767
- Genus Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856
- Genus Sabellomma Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Rossi, 2010
- Genus Sabellonga Hartman, 1969
- Genus Schizobranchia Bush, 1905
- Genus Stylomma Knight-Jones, 1997
- Genus Terebrasabella Fitzhugh & Rouse, 1999
- Genus Chaponella Rullier, 1972 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Corallina [sensu Ellis, 1755] (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Gymnosoma Quatrefages, 1866 (uncertain > nomen dubium, junior homonym )
- Genus Penicillus Guettard, 1770 (uncertain > nomen dubium, uncertain availability, probable nomen oblitum as homonym)
- Genus Sabellina Dujardin, 1839 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
- Genus Sabina Williams, 1851 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
- Genus Aspeira (Bush, 1905) accepted as Potamilla Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym (type placed in Potamilla))
- Genus Calcisabella Perkins, 1991 accepted as Glomerula Nielsen, 1931 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Dasychone Sars, 1862 accepted as Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Dasychonopsis Bush, 1905 accepted as Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858 (subjective synonymy (type species))
- Genus Demonax Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Parasabella Bush, 1905 (junior homonym, replaced by next synonym)
- Genus Distylia Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Bispira Krøyer, 1856 (objective synonym (proposed to have same type))
- Genus Distylidia Hartman, 1961 accepted as Parasabella Bush, 1905 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Euchonella Fauchald, 1972 accepted as Euchone Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Eurato Saint-Joseph, 1894 accepted as Notaulax Tauber, 1879 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Fucus Ellis in McIntosh, 1922 accepted as Fucus Linnaeus, 1753 (Lapsus)
- Genus Gorbunovia Annenkova, 1952 accepted as Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Hypsicomatides Augener, 1922 accepted as Notaulax Tauber, 1879 (subjective synonym (type species))
- Genus Hypsicomatopsis Augener, 1922 accepted as Notaulax Tauber, 1879 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Kirkia Nogueira, López & Rossi, 2004 accepted as Aracia Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Rossi, 2010 (generic homonym in Mollusca)
- Genus Megachone Johnson, 1901 accepted as Chone Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonymy of type species)
- Genus Megalomma Johansson, 1926 accepted as Acromegalomma Gil & Nishi, 2017 (replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Metachone Bush, 1905 accepted as Chone Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonymy of type species)
- Genus Metalaonome Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Oria Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Amphicorina Claparède, 1864 (junior homonym, invalid replacement name for (and objective synonym of) Amphicorina)
- Genus Oriopsis Caullery & Mesnil, 1896 accepted as Amphicorina Claparède, 1864 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Parachonia Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Chone Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Paralaonome Bush, 1904 accepted as Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Penicillus [Rondelet, 1555] accepted as Sabella Linnaeus, 1767 (pre-Linnaean name, subjective synonym)
- Genus Pomatilla [lapsus auctt.] accepted as Potamilla Malmgren, 1866 (misspelling)
- Genus Potamis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Potamethus n.n. pro Potamis Ehlers 1887 = junior homonym)
- Genus Pothametus [auct. misspelling] accepted as Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919 (lapsus)
- Genus Protulides Webster, 1884 accepted as Notaulax Tauber, 1879 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Sabellata Quatrefages, 1850 accepted as Sabella Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, lapsus for Sabella flabellata Savigny, 1822)
- Genus Spirographis Viviani, 1805 accepted as Sabella Linnaeus, 1767 (subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Fabricinae Rioja, 1923 accepted as Fabriciinae Rioja, 1923 (original spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Latreille, P. A. (1825). <i>Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres</i>. Paris: J. B. Baillière. 570 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 242 [details]
page(s): 242 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sabellidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=985 on 2026-02-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Latreille, P. A. (1825). <i>Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres</i>. Paris: J. B. Baillière. 570 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Sabellongidae Hartman, 1969) Hartman, O. (1969). Atlas of the sedentariate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-812. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles.
page(s): 737 [details]
original description (of Caobangiidae Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 470 [as Caobangiiniae] [details]
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Sabellongidae Hartman, 1969) Hartman, O. (1969). Atlas of the sedentariate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-812. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles.
page(s): 737 [details]
original description (of Caobangiidae Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 470 [as Caobangiiniae] [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Smith, Richard S. 1991. Relationships within the order Sabeliida (Polychaeta). Ophelia suppement 5: 239-248. [details]
status source Capa, María; Hutchings, Pat; Teresa Aguado, M.; Bott, Nathan J. (2011). Phylogeny of Sabellidae (Annelida) and relationships with other taxa inferred from morphology and multiple genes. <em>Cladistics.</em> 7(5): 449–469., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00341.x [details]
status source Capa, María; Hutchings, Pat; Teresa Aguado, M.; Bott, Nathan J. (2011). Phylogeny of Sabellidae (Annelida) and relationships with other taxa inferred from morphology and multiple genes. <em>Cladistics.</em> 7(5): 449–469., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00341.x [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
biology source Capa, María; Kupriyanova, Elena; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Bick, Andreas; Tovar-Hernández, María Ana. (2021). Fanworms: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. <em>Diversity.</em> 13 (130): 1-73., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/3/130 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
biology source Capa, María; Kupriyanova, Elena; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Bick, Andreas; Tovar-Hernández, María Ana. (2021). Fanworms: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. <em>Diversity.</em> 13 (130): 1-73., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/3/130 [details]
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Authority Johnston (1846) and Malmgren (1867) may also be seen used as authors of family Sabellidae [details]Classification Fabriciinae (corrected spelling, original spelling Fabricinae) is now regarded as a separate family. See Fabriciidae. Thus the nominal subfamily Sabellinae within Sabellidae is currently strictly unneeded. However, Capa et al (2011) in a related study, while broadly supportive of the separation of Fabriciinae and its likely sister relationship to Serpulidae, suggest the classification of Sabellida is not yet finalised. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | waaierwormen | [details] |
| English | sabellidssabellid feather-duster wormssabellid fanwormsfanworms | [details] |
| German | FederwürmerFächerwürmer | [details] |
| Japanese | ケヤリムシ科 | [details] |