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

Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gesaia Kirtley, 1994
Idanthyrsus Kinberg, 1866
Lygdamis Kinberg, 1866
Mariansabellaria Kirtley, 1994
Phalacrostemma Marenzeller, 1895
Sabellaria Lamarck, 1818

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カンムリゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. [book]. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement].
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	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
taxonomy source	Kirtley, David W. 1994. A review and taxonomic revision of the family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida; Polychaeta). Science Series number 1. 1-223. Sabecon Press. Vero Beach, Florida.
taxonomy source	Capa, Maria; Hutchings, Pat; Peart, Rachael. 2012. Systematic revision of Sabellariidae (Polychaeta) and their relationships with other polychaetes using morphological and DNA sequence data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164(2): 245-284
taxonomy source	McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250.
identification resource	Chávez-López, Yessica. (2021). Sabellariids (Annelida: Sedentaria: Sabellariidae) from shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, including three new species. Zootaxa. 5048(2): 191-214.
identification resource	Chávez-López, Yessica. (2022). New species of sabellariids (Annelida: Sabellariidae) from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. European Journal of Taxonomy. 831: 109–148.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=979