WoRMS name details
Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
152320 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152320)
unaccepted (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
Species
Sabella penicillum [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (lapsus for penicillus)
Sabella viridis Milne Edwards in Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Note Europe
Unreviewed
Type locality Europe [details]
Nomenclature Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 (10th ed), here recombined as Sabella penicillus as transferred by Linnaeus 1767 (12th...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the...
Nomenclature Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 (10th ed), here recombined as Sabella penicillus as transferred by Linnaeus 1767 (12th ed) is obviously senior (when treated as synonymous) to Sabella spallanzanii, the name treated as valid (Knight-Jones & Perkins, 1998). Those authors analyse the priority and nomenclature issues. [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152320 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 788 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference 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): 1269; note: clearly a new combination (from Serpula) [details]
page(s): 788 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference 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): 1269; note: clearly a new combination (from Serpula) [details]
Taxonomy
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]
status source 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): 393; note: analyse priority and nomenclature issues [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source 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): 393; note: analyse priority and nomenclature issues [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 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 McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111 [details]
additional source Viviani, Domenico. (1803). Mémoire sur le Sabella penicillus de Linné. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts.</em> 57: 321-329., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6080423
note: record & description from Genoa [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111 [details]
additional source Viviani, Domenico. (1803). Mémoire sur le Sabella penicillus de Linné. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts.</em> 57: 321-329., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6080423
note: record & description from Genoa [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment WoRMS until January 2016 was reporting this entry as Sabella penicillus Linnaeus, 1767, thus incorrectly as a new species. This was an error, also present in the Hartman catalogue entry p.563. The name clearly arises as a simple recombination from Serpula penicillus. Linnaeus created Sabella genus in 1767. [details]Nomenclature Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 (10th ed), here recombined as Sabella penicillus as transferred by Linnaeus 1767 (12th ed) is obviously senior (when treated as synonymous) to Sabella spallanzanii, the name treated as valid (Knight-Jones & Perkins, 1998). Those authors analyse the priority and nomenclature issues. [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]Habitat Bathyal and intertidal [details]
Type locality Europe [details]
