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Type species Type species Sabella indica Savigny, 1822, junior primary homonym to Sabella indica Gmelin, a pectinariid. The valid name Sabella spectabilis (Grube, 1878) (now Sabellastarte) is the next available synonym, but Sabella indica Savigny remains the type species (Article 67.1.2) although permanently invalid. See Knight-Jones & Mackie (2003:2272) for nomenclature history. [details]