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

Bispira viola (Grube, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bispira*	Krøyer, 1856	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sabella viola*	Grube, 1863	synonym

Literature

additional source	Martin, Laura; Díez, Jacinto Barquín; González-Lorenzo, Gustavo; Toledo, Kilian. (2005). Sobre la presencia de Bispira viola (Grube, 1830) (polychaeta: sabellidae) en Canarias: resultados preliminares. Revista De La Academia Canaria De Ciencias. 16(4): 117-123.
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.
redescription	Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 123: 385-467.
new combination reference	Giangrande, A. (1989). Censimento dei policheti dei mari Italiani: Sabellidae Malmgren, 1867. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Memorie, Serie B. 96: 153-189.
taxonomy source	Knight-Jones, P.; Knight-Jones, E. W.; Ergen, Z. (1991). Sabelliform polychaetes, mostly from Turkey's Aegean coast. Journal of Natural History. 25: 837-858.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Bispira viola (Grube, 1863). 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:130874