WoRMS name details
Sabella saxicava Quatrefages, 1866
339998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339998)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 437-438; note: specimen from Guettary [details]
page(s): 437-438; note: specimen from Guettary [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella saxicava Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339998 on 2026-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 437-438; note: specimen from Guettary [details]
new combination reference Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Darbyshire, Teresa; Petersen, Mary E.; Tovar-Hernández, María Ana. (2017). What is <em>Pseudopotamilla </em><em>reniformis </em>(Sabellidae)? Comparisons of populations from Britain, Iceland and Canada with comments on <em>Eudistylia</em> and <em>Schizobranchia</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4254(2): 201-220., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4254.2.3
page(s): 210; note: reinstated and recombined in Pseudopotamilla [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 437-438; note: specimen from Guettary [details]
new combination reference Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Darbyshire, Teresa; Petersen, Mary E.; Tovar-Hernández, María Ana. (2017). What is <em>Pseudopotamilla </em><em>reniformis </em>(Sabellidae)? Comparisons of populations from Britain, Iceland and Canada with comments on <em>Eudistylia</em> and <em>Schizobranchia</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4254(2): 201-220., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4254.2.3
page(s): 210; note: reinstated and recombined in Pseudopotamilla [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf
note: outdated synonymy to Potamilla reniformis [details]
note: outdated synonymy to Potamilla reniformis [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
