WoRMS taxon details
Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774)
130913 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130913)
accepted
Species
Amphicora fabricia (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Amphicora fabricii [auctt. misspelling] · unaccepted (lapsus)
Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg, 1836 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Fabricia affinis Leuckart, 1849 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Fabricia amphicora Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Fabricia leidyi Verrill, 1873 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836) · unaccepted (superseded combination of synonym)
Novafabricia bilobata Martin & Giangrande, 1991 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Othonia fabricii (Johnston, 1835) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Othonia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
Tubularia fabricia Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
- Subspecies Fabricia stellaris adriatica Banse, 1956
- Subspecies Fabricia stellaris caspica Zenkevitch, 1922
- Subspecies Fabricia stellaris stellaris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol. 1 [part 2]: 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774]; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): vol 1, p18-19; note: in Fucus, maris Balthici (Baltic) [details]
page(s): vol 1, p18-19; note: in Fucus, maris Balthici (Baltic) [details]
Neotype ZMUC ?? unstated, verbatimGeounit...
, Type locality contained in Danish Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Neotype (of Tubularia stellaris) type locality...
Neotype ZMUC ?? unstated, verbatimGeounit Eneboerodde, Odense ... [details]
type locality contained in Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Type locality Neotype (of Tubularia stellaris) type locality Odense Fjord, north coast of Fyn, Denmark, (Odense Fjord 55.4893 N, 10.5590 E) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130913 on 2026-09-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg, 1836) Ehrenberg, C.G. 1836. Über Amphicora sabella. [Title of convenience] Mittheilungen aus den Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1836: 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50214#3
page(s): 2 [German description of morphology and behaviour], 4 [Latin description and diagnosis]; note: no figures [details]
original description (of Fabricia affinis Leuckart, 1849) Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 193-195 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Novafabricia bilobata Martin & Giangrande, 1991) Martin, Daniel; Giangrande, Adriana. (1991). <i>Novafabricia bilobata</i> sp. nov. (Polychaeta, Sabellidae, Fabriciinae) from the Mediterranean. <em>Ophelia.</em> 33(2): 113-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1991.10429734
page(s): 114-118, figs. 2a-e, 3, 4a-f, 5a-e, 6a-g [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol. 1 [part 2]: 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774]; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): vol 1, p18-19; note: in Fucus, maris Balthici (Baltic) [details]
original description (of Tubularia fabricia Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 254, no. 3066; note: no figures, very short description [details]
original description (of Fabricia amphicora Quatrefages, 1866) 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): 464 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Fabricia leidyi Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 619; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 2 [German description of morphology and behaviour], 4 [Latin description and diagnosis]; note: no figures [details]
original description (of Fabricia affinis Leuckart, 1849) Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 193-195 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Novafabricia bilobata Martin & Giangrande, 1991) Martin, Daniel; Giangrande, Adriana. (1991). <i>Novafabricia bilobata</i> sp. nov. (Polychaeta, Sabellidae, Fabriciinae) from the Mediterranean. <em>Ophelia.</em> 33(2): 113-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1991.10429734
page(s): 114-118, figs. 2a-e, 3, 4a-f, 5a-e, 6a-g [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol. 1 [part 2]: 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774]; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): vol 1, p18-19; note: in Fucus, maris Balthici (Baltic) [details]
original description (of Tubularia fabricia Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 254, no. 3066; note: no figures, very short description [details]
original description (of Fabricia amphicora Quatrefages, 1866) 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): 464 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Fabricia leidyi Verrill, 1873) Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 619; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Fitzhugh, K. (1990). A revision of the genus Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae). <em>Sarsia.</em> 75: 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1990.10413437 [details]
[request]status source Fitzhugh, K. (1990). A revision of the genus Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae). <em>Sarsia.</em> 75: 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1990.10413437 [details]
Other
additional source
Banse, Karl. (1959). <i>Fabricia acuseta</i>, n.sp., <i>Fabriciola ghardaqa</i> n.sp. und <i>Oriopsis armandi</i> (Claparède) aus dem Roten Meer (Sabellidae, Polychaeta). <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 15(1): 113-116, plate 23., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf
page(s): 115-116; note: specimens from the Sea of Marmara [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 115-116; note: specimens from the Sea of Marmara [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype ZMUC ?? unstated, verbatimGeounit Eneboerodde, Odense ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Neotype (of Tubularia stellaris) type locality Odense Fjord, north coast of Fyn, Denmark, (Odense Fjord 55.4893 N, 10.5590 E) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | fabricja [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Amphicora fabricia (Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fabricia stellaris)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Novafabricia bilobata Martin & Giangrande, 1991)
To The Arctic Traits Database (25 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Fabricia leidyi Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (18 records) (from synonym Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Amphicora fabricia (Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fabricia stellaris)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Novafabricia bilobata Martin & Giangrande, 1991)
To The Arctic Traits Database (25 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Fabricia leidyi Verrill, 1873)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (18 records) (from synonym Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101832)
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