Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Fabriciidae

Fabricia Blainville, 1828

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Amphicora Ehrenberg, 1836 generic synonym
Othonia Johnston, 1835 synonym

Children

Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774)
Othonia bairdii Gosse, 1855
Othonia johnstoni Gosse, 1855

Literature

original description

Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes [entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]. In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris.

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: 214-231.

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

Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.

additional source

Fitzhugh, Kirk. 2010. Revised systematics of Fabricia oregonica Banse, 1956 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae): an example of the need for a uninomial nomenclatural system. Zootaxa 2647: 35-50.

status source

Fitzhugh, K. (1990). A revision of the genus Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae). Sarsia. 75: 1-16.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Fabricia Blainville, 1828. 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:129529

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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2021-09-29 by Geoffrey Read

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