Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Sabella Linnaeus, 1767

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Sabella Linnaeus, 1767

Spirographis spallanzanii

AphiaID

129549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129549)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Sabellidae Latreille, 1825

Parent

Sabellinae Chamberlin, 1919

Original name

Sabella Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymised names

Penicillus [Rondelet, 1555] · unaccepted (pre-Linnaean name, subjective synonym)

Sabellata Quatrefages, 1850 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (lapsus for Sabella flabellata...)

lapsus for Sabella flabellata Savigny, 1822

Spirographis Viviani, 1805 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Subgenus Sabella (Spirographis)
1. Species Sabella (Spirographis) tricyclia Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Bispira tricyclia (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella aculeata Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella amaeana Johnston, 1833
Species Sabella ammonita Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella arenaria Montagu, 1803
Species Sabella arundinacea Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella brevibarbis Grube, 1860
Species Sabella calamus Renier, 1847
Species Sabella chloraema Williams, 1851
Species Sabella clavata Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella compressa Montagu, 1803
Species Sabella conica Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella corticalis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella cucullus Quatrefages, 1866
Species Sabella curta Montagu, 1803
Species Sabella denudata Delle Chiaje, 1841
Species Sabella dimidiata Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella discifera Grube, 1874
Species Sabella fidelia Krøyer, 1856
Species Sabella filialghifera Chiereghini in Siebold, 1850
Species Sabella fixa Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella fragilis Grube, 1863
Species Sabella fusca Grube, 1870
Species Sabella gracilis Grube, 1840
Species Sabella grossa Baird, 1865
Species Sabella helicina Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella hospita Williams, 1859
Species Sabella hystricis McIntosh, 1916
Species Sabella imberbis Grube, 1863
Species Sabella intermedia Quatrefages, 1866
Species Sabella judica Savigny, 1822
Species Sabella kroyeri Quatrefages, 1866
Species Sabella lamyi Gravier, 1906
Species Sabella latisetosa Grube, 1840
Species Sabella marsupialis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella melanochlora Schmarda, 1861
Species Sabella membranacea Renier, 1804
Species Sabella mossambica Peters, 1854
Species Sabella muelleri Krøyer, 1856
Species Sabella neapolitana Iroso, 1921
Species Sabella negate Bosc in Quatrefages, 1866
Species Sabella nigra Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella norwegica Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella nuda Wagner, 1832
Species Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822
Species Sabella pottoei Quatrefages, 1866
Species Sabella pumilio Krøyer, 1856
Species Sabella punctulata Haswell, 1884
Species Sabella pusilla Johansson, 1922
Species Sabella ramosa Olivi, 1792
Species Sabella rectangula Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella ringens Linnaeus, 1767
Species Sabella rudis Pennant, 1777
Species Sabella sabulosa Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella scabra Linnaeus, 1767
Species Sabella scoparia Grube, 1870
Species Sabella scruposa Linnaeus, 1767
Species Sabella setiformis Montagu, 1803
Species Sabella sosias Krøyer, 1856
Species Sabella southerni McIntosh, 1916
Species Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Sabella spirobranchia Zachs, 1933
Species Sabella stagnalis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella subcylindrica Montagu, 1803
Species Sabella teredula Chiereghini in Siebold, 1850
Species Sabella tricolor Grube, 1878
Species Sabella trigona Chiereghini in Siebold, 1850
Species Sabella uncinata Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella vegetabilis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
Species Sabella verticillata Quatrefages, 1866
Species Sabella zonalis Stimpson, 1853
Subgenus Sabella (Dasychone) Sars, 1862 accepted as Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858 (superseded subgenus rank for subjective synonym)
1. Species Sabella (Dasychone) boholensis Grube, 1878 accepted as Branchiomma boholense (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
2. Species Sabella (Dasychone) cingulata Grube, 1870 accepted as Branchiomma cingulatum (Grube, 1870) (superseded original combination)
3. Species Sabella (Dasychone) luctuosa Grube, 1870 accepted as Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870) (superseded original combination)
4. Species Sabella (Dasychone) serratibranchis Grube, 1878 accepted as Pseudobranchiomma serratibranchis (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
Subgenus Sabella (Demonax) [sensu Banse, 1979] accepted as Parasabella Bush, 1905 (superseded recombination, taxa split to Parasabella (replacement name for Demonax) & Bispira)
1. Species Sabella (Demonax) media (Bush, 1905) accepted as Parasabella media Bush, 1905 (superseded recombination)
2. Species Sabella (Demonax) pacifica (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954) accepted as Bispira pacifica (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954) (superseded subsequent combination)
Subgenus Sabella (Potamilla) Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Potamilla Malmgren, 1866 (Superseded rank downgrade to subgenus)
1. Species Sabella (Potamilla) brevicomata Ehlers, 1905 accepted as Eudistylia brevicomata (Ehlers, 1905) (superseded original combination)
2. Species Sabella (Potamilla) cerasina Grube, 1871 accepted as Pseudopotamilla cerasina (Grube, 1871) (objective synonyn)
3. Species Sabella (Potamilla) oligophthalmos Grube, 1878 accepted as Potamilla oligophthalmos (Grube, 1878) accepted as Pseudopotamilla oligophthalmos (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
4. Species Sabella (Potamilla) polyophthalmos Grube, 1878 accepted as Pseudopotamilla polyophthalmos (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
5. Species Sabella (Potamilla) reniformis (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
6. Species Sabella (Potamilla) rubra Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Perkinsiana rubra (Langerhans, 1880) (superseded original combination)
7. Species Sabella (Potamilla) suavis Grube, 1878 accepted as Eudistylia suavis (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
8. Species Sabella (Potamilla) tenuitorques Grube, 1878 accepted as Potamilla tenuitorques (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella aberrans Augener, 1926 accepted as Parasabella aberrans (Augener, 1926) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella acrophthalmos Grube, 1878 accepted as Megalomma acrophthalmos (Grube, 1878) accepted as Acromegalomma acrophthalmos (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella aggregata Nardo, 1847 ex Chiereghini ms accepted as Serpula aggregata (Nardo, 1847 ex Chiereghini ms) (indeterminable taxon inquirendum)
Species Sabella alba Treadwell, 1917 accepted as Notaulax occidentalis (Baird, 1865) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella albicans Johansson, 1922 accepted as Parasabella albicans (Johansson, 1922) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella alticollis Grube, 1868 accepted as Notaulax alticollis (Grube, 1868) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella alveolaria Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Sabella alveolata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella analis Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Euchone analis (Krøyer, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella arenilega Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Branchiomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1815) accepted as Acromegalomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1813) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella argus accepted as Branchiomma argus (Sars, 1862) (mistake by Johansson (1926), as no such combination existed)
Species Sabella aspera [misspelling] accepted as Sabella aspersa Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Pseudopotamilla aspersa (Krøyer, 1856) (misspelling of aspersa)
Species Sabella aspersa Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Pseudopotamilla aspersa (Krøyer, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella assimilis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Perkinsiana assimilis (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella aulaconota Marenzeller, 1884 accepted as Parasabella aulaconota (Marenzeller, 1884) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella bahamensis Augener, 1922 accepted as Bispira brunnea (Treadwell, 1917) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella bipunctata Baird, 1865 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella bispiralis Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) (unjustified emendation)
Species Sabella brachychona Claparède, 1870 accepted as Parasabella saxicola (Grube, 1861) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella breviberbis Langerhans, 1881 accepted as Potamilla neglecta (Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella candela Grube, 1863 accepted as Claviramus candelus (Grube, 1863) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella capensis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1791 accepted as Pectinaria capensis (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766) (superseded combination assumed to be derived indirectly from the original Pallas name)
Species Sabella carnea Johnston, 1846 accepted as Branchiomma argus (Sars, 1862) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella ceratodaula Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Pseudobranchiomma ceratodaula (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella chrysodon Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella cirrata (Müller, 1776) accepted as Amphitrite cirrata Müller, 1776 (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Sabella columbi Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Parasabella columbi (Kinberg, 1867) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella columbiana Cameron, 1915 accepted as Eudistylia vancouveri (Kinberg, 1866) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella conchilega Montagu, 1818 accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella cornuta Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella costulata Grube, 1877 accepted as Chone costulata (Grube, 1877) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella crassicornis Sars, 1851 accepted as Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella crispa Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Branchiomma nigromaculatum (Baird, 1865) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella elegans Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella euplacana [auct. misspelling] accepted as Sabella euplaeana Delle Chiaje, 1822 [1828?] accepted as Hydroides euplaeana (Delle Chiaje, 1822 [1828?]) (lapsus for S. euplaeana in McIntosh, 1923)
Species Sabella euplaeana Delle Chiaje, 1822 [1828?] accepted as Hydroides euplaeana (Delle Chiaje, 1822 [1828?]) (taxon inquirendum, but a Hydroides)
Species Sabella fabricii Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Bispira fabricii (Krøyer, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella fallax Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Sabellastarte fallax (Quatrefages, 1866) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella fernandezensis Augener, 1922 accepted as Parasabella fernandezensis (Augener, 1922) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella flecata (Hoagland, 1919) accepted as Parasabella flecata Hoagland, 1919 (superseded recombination)
Species Sabella foliifera Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Branchiomma violaceum (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Sabella formosa Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella fullo Grube, 1878 accepted as Parasabella fullo (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella fuscotaeniata Grube, 1874 accepted as Notaulax fuscotaeniata (Grube, 1874) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella gelatinosa Renier, 1804 accepted as Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella gracillima Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Spirographis spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella graeca (Brullé, 1836) accepted as Protula intestinum (Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella grandis Baird, 1865 accepted as Pseudobranchiomma grandis (Baird, 1865) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella granulata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Cistenides granulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Sabella guinensis Augener, 1918 accepted as Bispira guinensis (Augener, 1918) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella havaica Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Branchiomma cingulatum (Grube, 1870) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella humilis Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella indica Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1791 accepted as Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella indica Savigny, 1822 accepted as Sabellastarte spectabilis (Grube, 1878) (homonym junior to Sabella indica Gmelin, 1791 in Pectinariidae)
Species Sabella infarcata [auctt] accepted as Branchiomma infarctum (Krøyer, 1856) (lapsus for infarcta)
Species Sabella infarcta Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Branchiomma infarctum (Krøyer, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella jamaicensis (Augener, 1922) accepted as Parasabella jamaicensis Augener, 1922 (superseded recombination)
Species Sabella japonica Moore & Bush, 1904 accepted as Parasabella japonica (Moore & Bush, 1904) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella kroeyeri Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Branchiomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1815) accepted as Acromegalomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1813) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella lanigera Grube, 1846 accepted as Megalomma lanigera (Grube, 1846) accepted as Acromegalomma lanigerum (Grube, 1846) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella leptalea Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella lingua Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Sabellastarte magnifica (Shaw, 1800) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella longa Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Pseudobranchiomma longa (Kinberg, 1866) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella longibranchiata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella lucullana Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Branchiomma lucullanum (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella lumbricalis Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Nicomache lumbricalis (Fabricius, 1780) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella luxuriosa Grube, 1846 accepted as Branchiomma natalensis (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Branchiomma natalense (Kinberg, 1866) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella lynceus Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Branchiomma nigromaculatum (Baird, 1865) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella magalhaensis Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Perkinsiana magalhaensis (Kinberg, 1867) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella manicata Grube, 1878 accepted as Bispira manicata (Grube, 1878) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella media (Bush, 1905) accepted as Parasabella media Bush, 1905 (superseded recombination)
Species Sabella melania Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Sabellastarte magnifica (Shaw, 1800) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella melanostigma Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella microphthalma Verrill, 1873 accepted as Parasabella microphthalma (Verrill, 1873) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella modesta Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Acromegalomma modestum (Quatrefages, 1866) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella monophthalma Augener, 1922 accepted as Stylomma palmatum (Quatrefages, 1866) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella murrayi McIntosh, 1916 accepted as Potamethus murrayi (McIntosh, 1916) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella natalensis Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Branchiomma natalensis (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Branchiomma natalense (Kinberg, 1866) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella neglecta Sars, 1851 accepted as Potamilla neglecta (Sars, 1851) (synonym)
Species Sabella nigromaculata Baird, 1865 accepted as Branchiomma nigromaculatum (Baird, 1865) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella nordenskioldi McIntosh, 1916 accepted as Sabella crassicornis Sars, 1851 accepted as Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella notata Grube, 1878 accepted as Sabellastarte spectabilis (Grube, 1878) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella nudicollis Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Notaulax nudicollis (Krøyer, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella oatesiana Benham, 1927 accepted as Bispira oatesiana (Benham, 1927) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella occidentalis Baird, 1865 accepted as Notaulax occidentalis (Baird, 1865) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella octocirrata Sars, 1835 accepted as Sabellides octocirrata (M. Sars, 1835) accepted as Ampharete octocirrata (Sars, 1835) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella oculata Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789) (subjective synonym)
Species Sabella oculifera Leidy, 1855 accepted as Pseudopotamilla oculifera (Leidy, 1855) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella pacifica Fewkes, 1889 accepted as Dodecaceria pacifica (Fewkes, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination, also unnecessarily replaced by Dodecaceria fewkesi for homonymy)
Species Sabella pacifici Grube, 1859 accepted as Acromegalomma pacifici (Grube, 1859) (superseded original combination (via Megalomma))
Species Sabella palmata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Stylomma palmatum (Quatrefages, 1866) (superseded original combination)
Species Sabella papillosa Sars, 1851 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella paucibranchiata Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella paulina Grube, 1867 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella pavonia [auct. lapsus] (unaccepted, misspelling for pavonina)
Species Sabella pectoralis Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella penicillum [auct. misspelling] (unaccepted, lapsus for penicillus)
Species Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted, superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
Species Sabella phaeotaenia Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella picta Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella picta Verrill, 1885 (unaccepted, invalid as an unreplaced primary homonym, even though later recombined as Chone picta)
Species Sabella polyzonos Grube, 1863 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella porifera Grube, 1878 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella pottaei Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted, nomen oblitum (fide Knight-Jones & Mackie, 2003))
Species Sabella protula Cuvier, 1830 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella punctulala (unaccepted)
Species Sabella pyrrhogaster Grube, 1878 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella rigida Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella rufovittata Grube, 1881 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella samoensis Grube, 1870 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling] (unaccepted, incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella savignyii Johnston, 1865 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella saxicava Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella saxicola Grube, 1861 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella secusolutus Hoagland, 1920 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella spectabilis Grube, 1878 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella spetsbergensis Malmgren, 1866 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella splendida Kinberg, 1866 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella stichophthalmos Grube, 1863 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella sulcata Ehlers, 1897 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella tenuicollaris Grube, 1870 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella tenuissima Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella terebelloides Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella thoracica Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted, nomen oblitum via subjective synonym)
Species Sabella tilosaula Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella torquata Grube, 1877 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella tuberculosa Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella tubiformis Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted, subjective senior synonym, suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1225)
Species Sabella unispira Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella vancouveri Kinberg, 1866 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella variabilis Langerhans, 1884 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella variegata Krøyer, 1856 (unaccepted, nomen oblitum via subjective synonym)
Species Sabella velata Haswell, 1884 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella ventilabrum (Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
Species Sabella villosa Cuvier, 1830 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella villosa Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella viola Grube, 1863 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella violacea Schmarda, 1861 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella viridis McIntosh, 1874 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella viridis Milne Edwards in Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted, subjective synonym)
Species Sabella volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) (unaccepted, misidentification & superseded subsequent combination)
Species Sabella wireni Johansson, 1922 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella zebuensis McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella armata Quatrefages, 1866 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella belgica Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable, probably a Pectinariidae tube)
Species Sabella brevicollaris Grube, 1859 (uncertain > nomen dubium, superseded original combination)
Species Sabella flabellata Savigny, 1822 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Sabella grandis Savigny, 1822 (uncertain > nomen dubium, usages all in synonymy to S. indica)
Species Sabella reniformis (Bruguière, 1789) sensu Leuckart, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, perhaps strictly a secondary homonym, but confused)
Species Sabella rubripunctata Grube, 1846 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unresolved nomenclature problems in relation to Chone infundibuliformis Krøyer, 1856)
Species Sabella simplex Grube, 1870 (uncertain > nomen dubium, confused usages)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1268 [details]

Type data

Note Linnaeus (1767:1268-9) included 7 species in...

From editor or global species database

Type species Linnaeus (1767:1268-9) included 7 species in Sabella, of which the last was Serpula penicillus Linnaeus 1758. As Serpula penicillus (recombined as Sabella) is the only remaining valid taxon of those included by Linnaeus (1767) it must be the only possible type, but the question is what species was it? Linnaeus (1758: 788) had based it on a species from Malta described by Ellis 1755: 92, plate 34. This is clearly what is now called Sabella spallanzanii and is not Sabella pavonina. Hartman catalogue (1959: 557) designates the Linnaean 'penicillus' as the type of the genus

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998):391 discuss whether the errors in spelling and authority in the subsequent designation of a type species by Chenu (1859) are fatal to regarding that designation (of Sabella penicillus Savigny) as the first type designation. They point out that that Savigny's and Chenu's usages of "Sabella penicillus" from the Channel are probably S. pavonina, and if new and not usages of the Linnaeus name, are therefore a junior homonym. Thus (Editor's view) the designation by Chenu is wrong and an irrelevant side issue.
Type species as "Sabella penicillus Linnaeus 1767" as in Fauchald, 1977:140 is incorrect for genus (originally in Serpula) and date (originally 1758), but is derivative of the original name. [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology According to Brown (1954:679) Sabella, as in Sabella penicillus, comes from Latin sabellum, neuter, a diminutive (he...

Etymology According to Brown (1954:679) Sabella, as in Sabella penicillus, comes from Latin sabellum, neuter, a diminutive (he claims) of sabulum, neuter, meaning coarse sand. Likewise Houttuyn (1771:607 [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45235809] derives Sabella from sabulum meaning sand because the worms (translation) "make their homes out of sand or gravel"). However, the spelling and Latin dictionaries does not support this and in any case the tubes are not made of 'sand' as such, and certainly not gravel. Linnaeus, and especially later Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788, appear to treat Sabella as feminine when they formed names. As the spelling differs and the gender was probably intended to be feminine, it is equally likely derived from a personal name of Roman times, than derived from a word for sand, as Sabella was the nurse of the Latin poet Horace (see Bibliotheca Classica of John Lemprière), and Sabellus was another Latin poet, and Sabelli was a name for the Sabine people of Italy. However, the coincidence of a possible link to a sandy habitat or tube composition can be mentioned also, despite the spelling difference. Users can choose their own preference of derivation, as we cannot know for sure. [details]

Taxonomy Early checklists. Grube (1850: 336) has a checklist of Sabella species by 1850. Grube has short details of the works in...

Taxonomy Early checklists. Grube (1850: 336) has a checklist of Sabella species by 1850. Grube has short details of the works in which the names were published, and the list shows how certain names such as Spirographis spallanzanii were treated at the time. Quatrefages (1866:432- ) has a long section on Sabella names, with his treatment and comments on them, and descriptions. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129549 on 2025-05-16

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1268 [details]

original description (of Spirographis Viviani, 1805) Viviani, Dominico. (1805). Phosphorescentia maris quatuordecim lucescentium animaliculorum novis speciebus illustrata [Marine phosphorescence of fourteen luminous animals illustrated by new species]. [booklet]. 1-17, plates 1-5, printed by Joannis Giossi, of Genuae., available online at https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nD4Kwfccn8kC/mode/2up
page(s): 14-17, plate 4 [details]

original description (of Penicillus [Rondelet, 1555]) Rondelet, Guillaume [Rondeletius]. (1554-1555). [vol.1] Libri de piscibus marinis : in quibus verae piscium effigies expressae sunt : quae in tota piscium historia continentur, indicat elenchus pagina nona et decima : postremo accesserunt indices necessarij. [vol.2 (1555)] ... Universae aquatilium historiæ pars altera, cum veris ipsorum imaginibus. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64229
page(s): 111; note: Pre-linnaean name as "Penicillo marino" [details]

original description (of Sabellata Quatrefages, 1850) Quatrefages, Armand de. (1850). Études sur les types inférieurs de l'embranchement des annelés. Mémoire sur le système nerveux des annélides proprement dites. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris. Série 3, 14: 329-398, plates 6-10., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13433776
page(s): 369; note: simple lapsus for a usage of Sabella flabellata Savigny, 1822 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. 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): 432; note: Quatrefages (1866:432- ) has a long section on Sabella names, with his treatment and comments on them, and descriptions. [details]

taxonomy source Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1850). Die Familien der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 16(1): 249-364., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6958350
page(s): 336; note: Grube checklist of Sabella species by 1850. Grube has short details of the works in which the names were published, and the list shows how certain names such as Spirographis spallanzanii were treated ...

Grube checklist of Sabella species by 1850. Grube has short details of the works in which the names were published, and the list shows how certain names such as Spirographis spallanzanii were treated at the time.

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redescription Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 123: 385-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01370.x [details] Available for editors

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Other

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]

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]