WoRMS name details
Calcisabella Perkins, 1991
325070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325070)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Calcisabella piloseta Perkins, 1991 accepted as Glomerula piloseta (Perkins, 1991) (type by original designation)
- Species Calcisabella piloseta Perkins, 1991 accepted as Glomerula piloseta (Perkins, 1991) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Perkins, Thomas H. (1991). Calcisabella piloseta, a new genus and species of Sabellinae (Polychaeta: Sabellidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 48(2): 261-267., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1991/00000048/00000002/art00014
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Etymology "Calcisabella is derived from a cornbination of the Latin calcis, lime, referring to the tube, and the stem name Sabella....
Etymology "Calcisabella is derived from a cornbination of the Latin calcis, lime, referring to the tube, and the stem name Sabella. Gender feminine." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Calcisabella Perkins, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325070 on 2026-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Perkins, Thomas H. (1991). Calcisabella piloseta, a new genus and species of Sabellinae (Polychaeta: Sabellidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 48(2): 261-267., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1991/00000048/00000002/art00014
page(s): 262 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 262 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Jäger, M. 2004. Serpulidae und Spirorbidae (Polychaeta sedentaria) aus Campan und Maastricht von Norddeutschland, den Niederlanden, Belgien und angrenzenden Gebieten. Geol. Jb. A157: 121-249.
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page(s): 127 [details]
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Etymology "Calcisabella is derived from a cornbination of the Latin calcis, lime, referring to the tube, and the stem name Sabella. Gender feminine." [details]Grammatical gender Sabella is feminine therefore Calcisabella is feminine. Also the author states the genus is feminine. [details]
