MSBIAS - Sabellidae Latreille, 1825

MSBIAS 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 (30)

Ordering

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Subfamily Myxicolinae Rioja, 1923
1. Tribe Amphiglenini Tilic, Sayyari, Stiller, Mirarab & Rouse, 2020
  1. Genus Amphiglena Claparède, 1864
2. Tribe Myxicolini Rioja, 1923
  1. Genus Amphicorina Claparède, 1864
  2. Genus Chone Krøyer, 1856
  3. Genus Dialychone Claparède, 1868
  4. Genus Euchone Malmgren, 1866
  5. Genus Myxicola Meneghini, 1847
Subfamily Sabellinae Chamberlin, 1919
1. Genus Acromegalomma Gil & Nishi, 2017
2. Genus Bispira Krøyer, 1856
3. Genus Branchiomma Kölliker, 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 Paradialychone Tovar-Hernández, 2008
12. Genus Parasabella Bush, 1905
13. Genus Perkinsiana Knight-Jones, 1983
14. Genus Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919
15. Genus Potamilla Malmgren, 1866
16. Genus Pseudopotamilla Bush, 1905
17. Genus Sabella Linnaeus, 1767
18. Genus Demonax Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Parasabella Bush, 1905 (junior homonym, replaced by next synonym)
19. Genus Megalomma Johansson, 1926 accepted as Acromegalomma Gil & Nishi, 2017 (replaced junior homonym)
20. Genus Oriopsis Caullery & Mesnil, 1896 accepted as Amphicorina Claparède, 1864 (subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. Paris: J. B. Baillière. 570 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094
page(s): 242 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sabellidae Latreille, 1825. 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=985 on 2026-06-26

Regional species database citation

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. Sabellidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=985 on 2026-06-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2010-09-12 07:25:51Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2010-09-12 20:35:08Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. Paris: J. B. Baillière. 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, María; 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, María; Kupriyanova, Elena; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Bick, Andreas; Tovar-Hernández, María 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	fanworms	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sabellidae)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (34 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077297)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077297)

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