NARMS taxon details
Sabella Linnaeus, 1767
129549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129549)
accepted
Genus
Spirographis Viviani, 1805 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Sabella amaeana Johnston, 1833
- Species Sabella chloraema Williams, 1851
- Species Sabella compressa Montagu, 1803
- Species Sabella curta Montagu, 1803
- Species Sabella discifera Grube, 1874
- Species Sabella hospita Williams, 1859
- Species Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822
- Species Sabella setiformis Montagu, 1803
- Species Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Sabella subcylindrica Montagu, 1803
- Species Sabella zonalis Stimpson, 1853
- Species Sabella alveolaria Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Sabella bipunctata Baird, 1865 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
- Species Sabella carnea Johnston, 1846 accepted as Branchiomma argus (Sars, 1862) (subjective synonym)
- Species Sabella conchilega Montagu, 1818 accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
- Species Sabella crassicornis Sars, 1851 accepted as Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sabella murrayi McIntosh, 1916 accepted as Potamethus murrayi (McIntosh, 1916) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sabella pavonia [auct. lapsus] accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (misspelling for pavonina)
- Species Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling] accepted as Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
- Species Sabella tubiformis Pennant, 1777 accepted as Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (subjective senior synonym, suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1225)
- Species Sabella variabilis Langerhans, 1884 accepted as Sabella discifera Grube, 1874 (subjective synonym)
- Species Sabella viridis McIntosh, 1874 accepted as Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808) (subjective synonym)
- Species Sabella flabellata Savigny, 1822 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1268 [details]
page(s): 1268 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129549 on 2025-05-03
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Sabella Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129549 on 2025-05-03
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1268 [details]
original description (of Spirographis Viviani, 1805) Viviani, Dominico. (1805). Phosphorescentia maris quatuordecim lucescentium animaliculorum novis speciebus illustrata [Marine phosphorescence of ??fourteen luminous animals illustrated by new species]. <em>[booklet].</em> 1-17, plates 1-5, printed by Joannis Giossi, of Genuae., available online at https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nD4Kwfccn8kC/mode/2up
page(s): 14-17, plate 4 [details]
taxonomy source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 432; note: Quatrefages (1866:432- ) has a long section on Sabella names, with his treatment and comments on them, and descriptions. [details]
taxonomy source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 336; note: Grube checklist of Sabella species by 1850. Grube has short details of the works in which the names were published, and the list shows how certain names such as Spirographis spallanzanii were treated ...
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [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]
redescription Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 123: 385-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01370.x [details] Available for editors
page(s): 1268 [details]
original description (of Spirographis Viviani, 1805) Viviani, Dominico. (1805). Phosphorescentia maris quatuordecim lucescentium animaliculorum novis speciebus illustrata [Marine phosphorescence of ??fourteen luminous animals illustrated by new species]. <em>[booklet].</em> 1-17, plates 1-5, printed by Joannis Giossi, of Genuae., available online at https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nD4Kwfccn8kC/mode/2up
page(s): 14-17, plate 4 [details]
taxonomy source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 432; note: Quatrefages (1866:432- ) has a long section on Sabella names, with his treatment and comments on them, and descriptions. [details]
taxonomy source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 336; note: Grube checklist of Sabella species by 1850. Grube has short details of the works in which the names were published, and the list shows how certain names such as Spirographis spallanzanii were treated ...
Grube checklist of Sabella species by 1850. Grube has short details of the works in which the names were published, and the list shows how certain names such as Spirographis spallanzanii were treated at the time.
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [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]
redescription Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 123: 385-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01370.x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
