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

Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sabella*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name
*Spirographis*	Viviani, 1805	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Sabella penicillus*	Linnaeus, 1767	heterotypic synonym
*Spirographis spallanzanii*	(Viviani, 1805)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: feather duster worm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Feather Duster Worm

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Caroli a Linné Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Leipzig: G. E. Deer. Tome 1, pars 6 (Vermes):3021-3910.
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
basis of record	Wilson, R.S.; Hutchings, P.A. and Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2003. List of Polychaete species introduced to Australia. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne
basis of record	Fattorini, Daniele and Regoli, Francesco 2006. Arsenic speciation in tissues of the Mediterranean Polychaete Sabella spallanzanii. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23(8):1881-1887
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Biosis; Index To Organism Names
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.

Genbank

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Bellan, G. (2011). Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed) (2011). World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130969