WoRMS taxon details
Bispira Krøyer, 1856
129523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129523)
accepted
Genus
Distylia Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (objective synonym (proposed to...)
objective synonym (proposed to have same type)
Metalaonome Bush, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Bispira beatrizae Tovar-Hernández, De León-González & Hendrickx, 2025
- Species Bispira brunnea (Treadwell, 1917)
- Species Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851)
- Species Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905)
- Species Bispira fabricii (Krøyer, 1856)
- Species Bispira guinensis (Augener, 1918)
- Species Bispira klautae Costa-Paiva & Paiva, 2007
- Species Bispira manicata (Grube, 1878)
- Species Bispira mariae Lo Bianco, 1893
- Species Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Bispira monroi (Hartman, 1961)
- Species Bispira nunezi Tovar-Hernández, De León-González & Hendrickx, 2025
- Species Bispira oatesiana (Benham, 1927)
- Species Bispira pacifica (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954)
- Species Bispira paraporifera Tovar-Hernandez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2006
- Species Bispira polyomma Giangrande & Faasse, 2012
- Species Bispira porifera (Grube, 1878)
- Species Bispira primaoculata Cepeda & Lattig, 2017
- Species Bispira riccardi Giangrande, Putignano & Enrichetti, In Enrichetti, Baldrighi, Bavestrello, Betti, Canese, Costa, Del Pasqua, Giangrande, Langeneck, Misic, Putignano, Toma & Bo, 2022
- Species Bispira secusoluta (Hoagland, 1920)
- Species Bispira serrata Capa, 2007
- Species Bispira spirobranchia (Zachs, 1933)
- Species Bispira tricyclia (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Bispira turneri Hartman, 1969
- Species Bispira viola (Grube, 1863)
- Species Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804)
- Species Bispira wireni (Johansson, 1922)
- Species Bispira mariae sensu Pratt, 1901 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unlikely record, not a new name by Pratt)
- Species Bispira magalhaensis (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Perkinsiana magalhaensis (Kinberg, 1867) (superseded recombination)
- Species Bispira melania (Schmarda, 1861) sensu Mullin, 1923 accepted as Sabellastarte magnifica (Shaw, 1800) (subjective synonym)
- Species Bispira nigromaculata (Baird, 1865) accepted as Branchiomma nigromaculatum (Baird, 1865) (superseded recombination)
- Species Bispira polymorpha Johnson, 1901 accepted as Eudistylia polymorpha (Johnson, 1901) (superseded original combination)
- Species Bispira rugosa (Moore, 1904) accepted as Parasabella rugosa (Moore, 1904) (superseded combination)
- Species Bispira secusolutus (Hoagland, 1920) accepted as Bispira secusoluta (Hoagland, 1920) (spelling correction for gender of adjectival name)
- Species Bispira variegata (Krøyer, 1856) accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (reversal of precedence for senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1856: 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Bispira Krøyer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129523 on 2026-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1856: 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Distylia Quatrefages, 1866) 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): 421; note: New genus for 4 prior species with spiralled crowns that were previously in Amphitrite and Sabella, and one new species, D. punctata [details]
original description (of Metalaonome Bush, 1905) Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Distylia Quatrefages, 1866) 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): 421; note: New genus for 4 prior species with spiralled crowns that were previously in Amphitrite and Sabella, and one new species, D. punctata [details]
original description (of Metalaonome Bush, 1905) Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Cepeda, Diego; Lattig, Patricia. (2017). New reports and description of a new species of Sabellidae (Annelida) for the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Archipelago. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-22 [online before print, 26 Jun 2017]., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2017.1303576
page(s): [5 of 23]; note: comments on the genus, and lack of apomorphies [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
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): [5 of 23]; note: comments on the genus, and lack of apomorphies [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
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
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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]
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)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (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)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
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| Russian | Трубчатый веерный (перьевой) червь | [details] |
