# Sabellaria

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***Sabellaria*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of marine [polychaete](/source/Polychaete) worms in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Sabellariidae](/source/Sabellariidae). The type species is *[Sabellaria alveolata](/source/Sabellaria_alveolata)* (Linnaeus, 1767). These worms are sedentary and build tubes in which to live from sand and shell fragments. Some species are called honeycomb worms and when they occur in great numbers they can form reefs on rocks and other hard substrates. They are [filter feeders](/source/Filter_feeders), extending a plume-like fan of [radioles](/source/Radiole) from the end of the tube in order to catch [plankton](/source/Plankton) and [detritus](/source/Detritus) floating past. They have a distinctive [operculum](/source/Operculum_(animal)) which is used to block the opening of the tube when the radioles are retracted.[2]

## Species

The following [species](/source/Species) are listed by the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

- *[Sabellaria alcocki](/source/Sabellaria_alcocki)* Gravier, 1906
- *[Sabellaria alveolata](/source/Sabellaria_alveolata)* (Linnaeus, 1767)
- *[Sabellaria bella](/source/Sabellaria_bella)* (Grube, 1870)
- *[Sabellaria bellani](/source/Sabellaria_bellani)* Kirtley, 1994
- *[Sabellaria bellis](/source/Sabellaria_bellis)* Hansen, 1882
- *[Sabellaria chandraae](/source/Sabellaria_chandraae)* Silva, 1961
- *[Sabellaria clava](/source/Sabellaria_clava)* Kirtley, 1994
- *[Sabellaria eupomatoides](/source/Sabellaria_eupomatoides)* Augener, 1918
- *[Sabellaria fissidens](/source/Sabellaria_fissidens)* (Grube, 1870)
- *[Sabellaria floridensis](/source/Sabellaria_floridensis)* Hartman, 1944
- *[Sabellaria fosterae](/source/Sabellaria_fosterae)* Kirtley, 1994
- *[Sabellaria fucicola](/source/Sabellaria_fucicola)* Augener, 1918
- *[Sabellaria gilchristi](/source/Sabellaria_gilchristi)* McIntosh, 1924
- *[Sabellaria gracilis](/source/Sabellaria_gracilis)* Hartman, 1944
- *[Sabellaria grueti](/source/Sabellaria_grueti)* Kirtley, 1994
- *[Sabellaria guinensis](/source/Sabellaria_guinensis)* Augener, 1918
- *[Sabellaria intoshi](/source/Sabellaria_intoshi)* Fauvel, 1914
- *[Sabellaria ishikawai](/source/Sabellaria_ishikawai)* Okuda, 1938
- *[Sabellaria isumiensis](/source/Sabellaria_isumiensis)* Nishi et al. 2010
- *[Sabellaria javanica](/source/Sabellaria_javanica)* Augener, 1934
- *[Sabellaria longispina](/source/Sabellaria_longispina)* Grube, 1848
- *[Sabellaria lotensis](/source/Sabellaria_lotensis)* Kirtley, 1994
- *[Sabellaria magnifica](/source/Sabellaria_magnifica)* Grube, 1848
- *[Sabellaria marskaae](/source/Sabellaria_marskaae)* Kirtley, 1994
- *[Sabellaria minuta](/source/Sabellaria_minuta)* Carrasco & Bustos, 1981
- *[Sabellaria miryaensis](/source/Sabellaria_miryaensis)* Parab & Gaikwad, 1990
- *[Sabellaria moorei](/source/Sabellaria_moorei)* Monro, 1933
- *[Sabellaria nanella](/source/Sabellaria_nanella)* Chamberlin, 1919
- *[Sabellaria orensanzi](/source/Sabellaria_orensanzi)* Kirtley, 1994
- *[Sabellaria pectinata](/source/Sabellaria_pectinata)* Fauvel, 1932
- *[Sabellaria ranjhi](/source/Sabellaria_ranjhi)* Hasan, 1960
- *[Sabellaria spinularia](/source/Sabellaria_spinularia)*
- *[Sabellaria spinulosa](/source/Sabellaria_spinulosa)* Leuckart, 1849
- *[Sabellaria taurica](/source/Sabellaria_taurica)* (Rathke, 1837)
- *[Sabellaria tottoriensis](/source/Sabellaria_tottoriensis)* Nishi, Kato & Hayahi, 2004
- *[Sabellaria vulgaris](/source/Sabellaria_vulgaris)* Verrill, 1873
- *[Sabellaria wilsoni](/source/Sabellaria_wilsoni)* Lana & Gruet, 1989

## References

1. [*Sabellaria* Savigny, 1818](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129520) World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-02.

1. [Littoral Sabellaria honeycomb worm reefs](http://www.jncc.gov.uk/marine/biotopes/biotope.aspx?biotope=JNCCMNCR00001515) JNCC. Retrieved 2011-11-02.

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