Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Family Sabellariidae > Genus Sabellaria

Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sabellaria*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Hermella*	Savigny, 1822	generic synonym
*Alveolaria*	Johnston, 1865	junior homonym

Species group names

*Sabellaria anglica*	Grube, 1848	subjective synonym
*Alveolaria arenosa*	Leach in Johnston, 1865	synonym
*Sabella alveolaria*	Dalyell, 1853	synonym
*Sabella alveolata*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zandkokerworm sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: honeycomb worm sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

French: hermelle sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: Röhren-Sandkoralle; Sandkoralle; Trichterwurm

Literature

additional source	Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628.
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris. 1-494.
additional source	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
additional source	Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp.
additional source	Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. Volume 1. 1-588.
additional source	McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538.
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.
additional source	Lamarck, J. B. de. (1812). Extrait du cours de zoologie du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, sur les animaux sans vertèbres; présentant la distribution et la classification de ces animaux, les caractères des principales divisions, et une simple liste des genres; a l'usage de ceux qui suivent ce cours. [Extract from the zoology course of the Natural History Museum, on animals without vertebrae; presenting the distribution and classification of these animals, the characteristics of the principal divisions, and a simple list of the genera; for the use of those following this course]. Paris, D'Hautel. 1-127.
additional source	Fauvel, P. (1911). Troisième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice, ou déposées dans la Musée Océanographique de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco. 194: 1-41.
biology source	Killeen, Ian J.; Light, Janice M. (2000). Sabellaria, a polychaete host for the gastropods Noemiamea dolioliformis and Graphis albida. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80(3) : 571-573.
biology source	Meyer, Christian; André, Thomas; Purschke, Günter. (2021). Ultrastructure and functional morphology of the appendages in the reef-building sedentary polychaete Sabellaria alveolata (Annelida, Sedentaria, Sabellida). BMC Zoology. 6(1): 1-25.

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External Links

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130866