WoRMS taxon details
Fabricia stellaris stellaris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
146433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146433)
accepted
Subspecies
Fabricia atlantica (Treadwell, 1932) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Fabricia dubia Wesenberg-Lund, 1941 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Fabricia quadripunctata Frey & Leuckart, 1847 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Fabriciola bochmanni Friedrich, 1939 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Haplobranchus atlanticus Treadwell, 1932 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Type locality contained in Copenhagen, Helgoland, Baltic sea, Canadian...
type locality contained in Copenhagen [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Helgoland [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Baltic sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Canadian part of the Bay of Fundy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Helgoland [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Baltic sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Canadian part of the Bay of Fundy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Fabricia stellaris stellaris (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146433 on 2026-10-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fabricia quadripunctata Frey & Leuckart, 1847) Frey, H. & R. Leuckart. (1847). Beiträge zur Kenntniss Wirbelloser Thiere mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna des Norddeutschen Meeres. [Contributions to the knowledge of invertebrates with special reference to the fauna of the North German Sea.]. <em>In: Beiträge zur Kenntnis wirbelloser Thiere. Brunswick, Viehweg und Sohn, Braunschweig: Freidrich Vieweg und Sohn. Pp. 1-170, pls. 1, 2.</em> [pp. 110-130]. [:165, Caligus leptochillus]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2128 [details] 
original description (of Fabriciola bochmanni Friedrich, 1939) Friedrich, Hermann. (1939). Polychaeten-Studien. V‒X. Zur Kenntnis einiger wenig bekannter oder neuer Polychaeten aus der westlichen Ostsee. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 3(2): 362-373.
page(s): 364-365, figs. 3a-c, 4 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Haplobranchus atlanticus Treadwell, 1932) Treadwell, Aaron L. (1932). Haplobranchus atlanticus, a new species of polychaetous annelid from St. Andrews, NB. <em>Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries, Ser. A, General.</em> 7: 277-281 [article 18]., available online at https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/f32-021
page(s): 279-280, figs. 1-8 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Fabricia dubia Wesenberg-Lund, 1941) Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1941). Notes on Polychaeta I. 1. Harmothoe bathydomus Hj. Ditlevsen refound. 2. On the sabellid genus Fabricia. 3. Three polychaetes from Ringk bing Fjord, unrecorded from Denmark. 4. Merciella enigmatica Fauvel, a serpulid new to Denmark. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 105: 31-47.
page(s): 33-36, figs. 2-4, 1 table [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Fabriciola bochmanni Friedrich, 1939) Friedrich, Hermann. (1939). Polychaeten-Studien. V‒X. Zur Kenntnis einiger wenig bekannter oder neuer Polychaeten aus der westlichen Ostsee. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 3(2): 362-373.
page(s): 364-365, figs. 3a-c, 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Haplobranchus atlanticus Treadwell, 1932) Treadwell, Aaron L. (1932). Haplobranchus atlanticus, a new species of polychaetous annelid from St. Andrews, NB. <em>Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries, Ser. A, General.</em> 7: 277-281 [article 18]., available online at https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/f32-021
page(s): 279-280, figs. 1-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Fabricia dubia Wesenberg-Lund, 1941) Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1941). Notes on Polychaeta I. 1. Harmothoe bathydomus Hj. Ditlevsen refound. 2. On the sabellid genus Fabricia. 3. Three polychaetes from Ringk bing Fjord, unrecorded from Denmark. 4. Merciella enigmatica Fauvel, a serpulid new to Denmark. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn.</em> 105: 31-47.
page(s): 33-36, figs. 2-4, 1 table [details] Available for editors
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context source (BeRMS 2020)
Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
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 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]
additional source Giangrande, Adriana; Gambi, Maria Cristina; Micheli, Fiorenza; Kroeker, Kristy Jean. (2014). Fabriciidae (Annelida, Sabellida) from a naturally acidified coastal system (Italy) with description of two new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 94(7): 1417-1427., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000678
page(s): 1419-1420, figs. 3A-D, 4A-B; note: Mediterranean specimens [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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 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]
additional source Giangrande, Adriana; Gambi, Maria Cristina; Micheli, Fiorenza; Kroeker, Kristy Jean. (2014). Fabriciidae (Annelida, Sabellida) from a naturally acidified coastal system (Italy) with description of two new species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 94(7): 1417-1427., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000678
page(s): 1419-1420, figs. 3A-D, 4A-B; note: Mediterranean specimens [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
