African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856

AfReMaS taxon details

Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856

AphiaID

206071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206071)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sabellinae Chamberlin, 1919

Original name

Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856

Direct children (5)

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Species Sabellastarte pectoralis (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Sabellastarte sanctijosephi (Gravier, 1906)
Species Sabellastarte spectabilis (Grube, 1878)
Species Sabellastarte indica (Savigny, 1822) accepted as Sabellastarte spectabilis (Grube, 1878) (original name is an invalid primary junior homonym, therefore replaced by synonym Sabellastarte spectabilis)
Species Sabellastarte longa (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Pseudobranchiomma longa (Kinberg, 1866) (superseded subsequent combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1856: 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509
page(s): 13 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206071 on 2026-02-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206071 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-09-01 14:43:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-01-28 07:15:04Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2010-09-08 06:14:53Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2010-09-09 01:58:24Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2020-08-19 04:15:50Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1856: 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509
page(s): 13 [details]

basis of record Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]

additional source Capa, María; Bybee, David ; Bybee, Seth. 2010. Establishing species and species boundaries in Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856 (Annelida: Sabellidae): an integrative approach. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 10(5): 351-371. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-010-0033-z [details]

additional source Capa, Maria; Murray, Anna. (2015). A taxonomic guide to the fanworms (Sabellidae, Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including new species and new records. Zootaxa. 4019(1): 98-167., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.8
page(s): 151, Fig. 22A–D; note: Possible undescribed species record for Lizard Island [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

status source Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 2003. A revision of Sabellastarte (Polychaete: Sabellidae). Journal of Natural History, 37(19): 2269-2301., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120629 [details]