RAS name details
Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
152320 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152320)
unaccepted (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 788 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 788 [details] Available for editors
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152320 on 2026-07-09
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152320 on 2026-07-09
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(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 788 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111 [details]
additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1916). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXVIII. 1. On the British Sabellidae. 2. On the Sabellidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870, and by H.M.S. 'Knight Errant' in 1882. 3. On the Terebellidae and Sabellidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada by Dr. Whiteaves in 1871-73. 4. On the Sabellidae dredged by Canon A.M. Norman off Norway and Finmark. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 17(97): 1-68, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612163
page(s): 2-7 [details]
additional source Viviani, Domenico. (1803). Mémoire sur le Sabella penicillus de Linné. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts.</em> 57: 321-329., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6080423
note: record & description from Genoa [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
new combination reference 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]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1269; note: clearly a new combination (from Serpula) [details]
status source 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
page(s): 393; note: analyse priority and nomenclature issues [details] Available for editors
page(s): 788 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37485111 [details]
additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael [as M'Intosh]. (1916). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XXXVIII. 1. On the British Sabellidae. 2. On the Sabellidae dredged by H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870, and by H.M.S. 'Knight Errant' in 1882. 3. On the Terebellidae and Sabellidae dredged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada by Dr. Whiteaves in 1871-73. 4. On the Sabellidae dredged by Canon A.M. Norman off Norway and Finmark. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 8, 17(97): 1-68, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612163
page(s): 2-7 [details]
additional source Viviani, Domenico. (1803). Mémoire sur le Sabella penicillus de Linné. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts.</em> 57: 321-329., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6080423
note: record & description from Genoa [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
new combination reference 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]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1269; note: clearly a new combination (from Serpula) [details]
status source 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
page(s): 393; note: analyse priority and nomenclature issues [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
