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NARMS taxon details

Sabellidae Latreille, 1825

AphiaID

985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:985)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Sabella Linnaeus, 1767

Parent

Sabellida

Direct children (36)

Ordering

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By status

Children Display

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Subfamily Myxicolinae Rioja, 1923
1. Tribe Amphiglenini Tilic, Sayyari, Stiller, Mirarab & Rouse, 2020
  1. Genus Amphiglena Clapar�de, 1864
2. Tribe Myxicolini Rioja, 1923
  1. Genus Amphicorina Clapar�de, 1864
  2. Genus Chone Kr�yer, 1856
  3. Genus Dialychone Clapar�de, 1868
  4. Genus Euchone Malmgren, 1866
  5. Genus Myxicola Koch in Renier in Meneghini, 1847
Subfamily Sabellinae Chamberlin, 1919
1. Genus Acromegalomma Gil & Nishi, 2017
2. Genus Bispira Kr�yer, 1856
3. Genus Branchiomma K�lliker, 1858
4. Genus Claviramus Fitzhugh, 2002
5. Genus Desdemona Banse, 1957
6. Genus Euratella Chamberlin, 1919
7. Genus Hypsicomus Grube, 1870
8. Genus Jasmineira Langerhans, 1880
9. Genus Laonome Malmgren, 1866
10. Genus Notaulax Tauber, 1879
11. Genus Panousea Rullier & Amoureux, 1970
12. Genus Paradialychone Tovar-Hern�ndez, 2008
13. Genus Parasabella Bush, 1905
14. Genus Perkinsiana Knight-Jones, 1983
15. Genus Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919
16. Genus Potamilla Malmgren, 1866
17. Genus Pseudopotamilla Bush, 1905
18. Genus Sabella Linnaeus, 1767
19. Genus Demonax Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Parasabella Bush, 1905 (junior homonym, replaced by next synonym)
20. Genus Gorbunovia Annenkova, 1952 accepted as Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919 (subjective synonym)
21. Genus Megalomma Johansson, 1926 accepted as Acromegalomma Gil & Nishi, 2017 (replaced junior homonym)
22. Genus Oriopsis Caullery & Mesnil, 1896 accepted as Amphicorina Clapar�de, 1864 (subjective synonym)
23. Genus Potamis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Potamethus n.n. pro Potamis Ehlers 1887 = junior homonym)
24. Genus Pothametus [auct. misspelling] accepted as Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919 (lapsus)
25. Genus Spirographis Viviani, 1805 accepted as Sabella Linnaeus, 1767 (subjective synonym)
26. Genus Sabina Williams, 1851 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du r�gne animal, expos� succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. J. B. Bailli�re, Paris. 570 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 242 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabellidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=985 on 2025-07-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Sabellidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=985 on 2025-07-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2010-09-12 07:25:51Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2010-09-12 20:35:08Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du r�gne animal, expos� succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. J. B. Bailli�re, Paris. 570 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 242 [details]

taxonomy source Smith, Richard S. 1991. Relationships within the order Sabeliida (Polychaeta). Ophelia suppement 5: 239-248. [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

status source Capa, Mar�a; Hutchings, Pat; Teresa Aguado, M.; Bott, Nathan J. (2011). Phylogeny of Sabellidae (Annelida) and relationships with other taxa inferred from morphology and multiple genes. Cladistics. 7(5): 449�469., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00341.x [details]

biology source Capa, Mar�a; Kupriyanova, Elena; Nogueira, Jo�o Miguel de Matos; Bick, Andreas; Tovar-Hern�ndez, Mar�a Ana. (2021). Fanworms: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Diversity. 13 (130): 1-73., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/3/130 [details]