MSBIAS taxon details
Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791)
130969 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130969)
accepted
Species
Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded recombination of...)
superseded recombination of subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3834 [details]
page(s): 3834 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791). 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=130969 on 2026-06-30
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 spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130969 on 2026-06-30
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(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3834 [details]
additional source Biosis; Index To Organism Names, available online at http://www.biosis.org.uk/ion/results.asp [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 Fattorini, Daniele and Regoli, Francesco 2006. Arsenic speciation in tissues of the Mediterranean Polychaete Sabella spallanzanii. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23(8):1881-1887 [details]
additional source Wilson, R.S.; Hutchings, P.A. and Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2003. List of Polychaete species introduced to Australia. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne [details]
additional source Brine, O.; Hunt, L.; Costello, M. J. (2013). Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths. <em>Management of Biological Invasions.</em> 4(4): 327-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2013.4.4.07 [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
note: includes analysis of the status of competing names [details] Available for editors
ecology source Read, G. B.; Inglis, G.; Stratford, P.; Ahyong, S. T. (2011). Arrival of the alien fanworm Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in two New Zealand harbours. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 6(3): 273-279., available online at http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2011/AI_2011_6_3_Read_etal.pdf [details]
page(s): 3834 [details]
additional source Biosis; Index To Organism Names, available online at http://www.biosis.org.uk/ion/results.asp [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 Fattorini, Daniele and Regoli, Francesco 2006. Arsenic speciation in tissues of the Mediterranean Polychaete Sabella spallanzanii. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23(8):1881-1887 [details]
additional source Wilson, R.S.; Hutchings, P.A. and Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2003. List of Polychaete species introduced to Australia. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne [details]
additional source Brine, O.; Hunt, L.; Costello, M. J. (2013). Marine biofouling on recreational boats on swing moorings and berths. <em>Management of Biological Invasions.</em> 4(4): 327-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2013.4.4.07 [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
note: includes analysis of the status of competing names [details] Available for editors
ecology source Read, G. B.; Inglis, G.; Stratford, P.; Ahyong, S. T. (2011). Arrival of the alien fanworm Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in two New Zealand harbours. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 6(3): 273-279., available online at http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2011/AI_2011_6_3_Read_etal.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | feather duster wormEuropean fan worm | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (70 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications) (from synonym Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sabella spallanzanii)
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 128 proteins) (from synonym Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 128 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications) (from synonym Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sabella spallanzanii)
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 128 proteins) (from synonym Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (91 nucleotides; 128 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
