WoRMS name details
Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836)
130911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130911)
unaccepted (superseded combination of synonym)
Species
- Subspecies Fabricia sabella adriatica Banse, 1956 accepted as Fabricia stellaris adriatica Banse, 1956 (superseded original combination)
- Subspecies Fabricia sabella caspica Zenkevitch, 1922 accepted as Fabricia stellaris caspica Zenkevitch, 1922 (superseded original combination)
- Subspecies Fabricia sabella oregonica Banse, 1956 accepted as Bansella oregonica (Banse, 1956) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg, 1836) Ehrenberg, C.G. 1836. Über Amphicora sabella. [Title of convenience] Mittheilungen aus den Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1836: 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50214#3
page(s): 2 [German description of morphology and behaviour], 4 [Latin description and diagnosis]; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 2 [German description of morphology and behaviour], 4 [Latin description and diagnosis]; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy Widely used name as the distribution records demonstrate, but long a junior synonym to Fabricia stellaris [fide Fitzhugh...
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod
Taxonomy Subfamily: Fabricinae, according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Widely used name as the distribution records demonstrate, but long a junior synonym to Fabricia stellaris [fide Fitzhugh (1990)] [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod [details]
Taxonomy Subfamily: Fabricinae, according to Trott (2004).
Taxonomy Subfamily: Fabricinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130911 on 2026-08-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg, 1836) Ehrenberg, C.G. 1836. Über Amphicora sabella. [Title of convenience] Mittheilungen aus den Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1836: 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50214#3
page(s): 2 [German description of morphology and behaviour], 4 [Latin description and diagnosis]; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 2 [German description of morphology and behaviour], 4 [Latin description and diagnosis]; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Claparède, Édouard 1862. Études anatomiques sur les annélides, turbellairés, opalines, et grégarines, observés dans les Hébrides. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève, 16: 71-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14795 [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Banse, K. 1956. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Fabricia, Manayunkia,und Fabriciola (Sabellidae, Polychaeta). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 84(4/5): 415-438.
page(s): 416-420, 430-431, figs. 1-3, 6.a1-a2, table 1; note: redescription of specimens from the type locality (Helgoland) [details]
status source Fitzhugh, K. (1990). A revision of the genus Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae). <em>Sarsia.</em> 75: 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1990.10413437
page(s): 5 [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Banse, K. 1956. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Fabricia, Manayunkia,und Fabriciola (Sabellidae, Polychaeta). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 84(4/5): 415-438.
page(s): 416-420, 430-431, figs. 1-3, 6.a1-a2, table 1; note: redescription of specimens from the type locality (Helgoland) [details]
status source Fitzhugh, K. (1990). A revision of the genus Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae). <em>Sarsia.</em> 75: 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1990.10413437
page(s): 5 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Lewis, David B. (1968). Some aspects of the ecology of <i>Fabricia sabella</i> (Ehr.) (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 47(313): 515-526, plates 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1968.tb00550d.x [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Banse, Karl. (1979). Sabellidae (Polychaeta) principally from the northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 36(8): 869-882., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f79-125
page(s): 874 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1975). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Sabellidae (Polychaeta Sedentaria. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 24(1-2): 54-70., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1975.10688411
page(s): 59; note: record, description, taxonomic comments, SEM images [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Davoult, D.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Luczak, C.; Migné, A. (1999). Nouvelles signalisations d'espèces benthiques sur les côtes françaises de la Manche orientale et de la Mer du Nord [New reports of benthic species from the french coasts of the eastern English Channel and the North Sea]. <i>Cah. Biol. Mar. 40(2)</i>: 121-127 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 577 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1951). Fabricinae (feather-duster polychaetous annelids) in the Pacific. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 5(4): 379-391., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8871
page(s): 387 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 874 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1975). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Sabellidae (Polychaeta Sedentaria. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 24(1-2): 54-70., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1975.10688411
page(s): 59; note: record, description, taxonomic comments, SEM images [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Davoult, D.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Luczak, C.; Migné, A. (1999). Nouvelles signalisations d'espèces benthiques sur les côtes françaises de la Manche orientale et de la Mer du Nord [New reports of benthic species from the french coasts of the eastern English Channel and the North Sea]. <i>Cah. Biol. Mar. 40(2)</i>: 121-127 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 577 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1951). Fabricinae (feather-duster polychaetous annelids) in the Pacific. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 5(4): 379-391., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10125/8871
page(s): 387 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Widely used name as the distribution records demonstrate, but long a junior synonym to Fabricia stellaris [fide Fitzhugh (1990)] [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod [details]Habitat In the intertidal and subtidal zone, between algae and ascidians.
This animal apparently is able to leave quite easily his mucal tube soaked with mud to swim or crawl freely [details]
Habitat intertidal [details]
Taxonomy Subfamily: Fabricinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | fabricja | [details] |
