Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Pilargidae > Subfamily Pilarginae

Sigambra Müller, 1858

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Sigambra constricta (Southern, 1921)
Sigambra parva (Day, 1963)
Sigambra tentaculata (Treadwell, 1941)

Literature

original description	Müller, F. (1858). Einiges über die Annelidenfauna der Insel Santa Catharina an der brasilianischen Küste. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 24(1): 211-220, plates VI-VII. (Aus einer brieflichen Mittheilung an Prof. Grube).
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.
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.
taxonomy source	Plathong, Jintana; Plathong, Sakanan; Klangnurak, Wanlada; Dean, Harlan K. (2024). Two new species of Sigambra (Annelida, Pilargidae) from the Andaman coast and the Gulf of Thailand. Zootaxa. 5555(1): 1-23.
taxonomy source	Licher, Frank; Westheide, Wilfried. (1997). Review of the genus Sigambra (Polychaeta: Hesionidae), redescription of S. bassi (Hartman, 1947), and descriptions of two new species from Thailand and China. Steenstrupia. 23: 1-20.
taxonomy source	Nishi, Eijiroh; Tanaka, Katsuhiko; Fujioka, Yoshimi; Sato, Masanori. (2007). Reinstatement of Sigambra hanaokai (Kitamori, 1960) (Polychaeta, Pilargidae), with an overview of the literature on the genus. Zootaxa. 1653: 57-68.
identification resource	Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; de León-González, J. Ángel; Brauco, Kalina M.;. (2019). Four new Caribbean Sigambra species (Annelida, Pilargidae), and clarifications of three other Sigambra species. ZooKeys. 893: 21-50.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigambra Müller, 1858. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129467