MSBIAS taxon details
Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822
130967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130967)
accepted
Species
Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 79-80 [details]
page(s): 79-80 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130967 on 2026-06-18
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130967 on 2026-06-18
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Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 79-80 [details]
original description (of Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856) Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1856: 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509
page(s): 23-24, no figures; note: Latin description. From western Norwegian seas [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 199 [details]
additional source Giangrande, A.; Caruso, L. P. G.; Musco, L.; Licciano, M. 2014. Variability among Mediterranean populations of Sabella pavonina (Annelida: Sabellidae). Italian Journal of Zoology 81(1): 100-111, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2014.883445
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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 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 Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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
redescription Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 123: 385-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01370.x [details] Available for editors
page(s): 79-80 [details]
original description (of Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856) Krøyer, H. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger.</em> 1856: 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40359509
page(s): 23-24, no figures; note: Latin description. From western Norwegian seas [details]
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 199 [details]
additional source Giangrande, A.; Caruso, L. P. G.; Musco, L.; Licciano, M. 2014. Variability among Mediterranean populations of Sabella pavonina (Annelida: Sabellidae). Italian Journal of Zoology 81(1): 100-111, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2014.883445
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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 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 Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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
redescription Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 123: 385-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01370.x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | peacock worm | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling])
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sabella pavonina)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Sabella pavonina Savigny; neotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3539170)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling])
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sabella pavonina)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Sabella pavonina Savigny; neotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3539170)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
