Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Sabellidae > Subfamily Sabellinae

Bispira Krøyer, 1856

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851)
Bispira fabricii (Krøyer, 1856)
Bispira mariae Lo Bianco, 1893
Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861)
Bispira viola (Grube, 1863)
Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804)

Literature

original description	Krøyer, Hendrik 1856. Meddelelser af en Afhandling Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger 1856: 1-36.
basis of record	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: pp. 214-231
additional source	Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
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	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
redescription	Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Perkins, Thomas H. 1998. A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 123: 385-467, 31 figures.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Bispira Krøyer, 1856. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129523