Sabellida

{{Short description|Order of annelids}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = <br />[[Middle Permian]] ([[Wordian]])-[[Present]]{{fossilrange|Wordian|present|earliest=500||ref=<ref name=APPSanfilippoetal/>}}<small>Possible [[Miaolingian]] record</small><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0016309|title=New Perspectives on the Ecology and Evolution of Siboglinid Tubeworms|year=2011|editor1-last=Laudet|editor1-first=Vincent|last1=Hilário|first1=Ana|last2=Capa|first2=María|last3=Dahlgren|first3=Thomas G.|last4=Halanych|first4=Kenneth M.|last5=Little|first5=Crispin T. S.|last6=Thornhill|first6=Daniel J.|last7=Verna|first7=Caroline|last8=Glover|first8=Adrian G.|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=6|issue=2|article-number=e16309|pmid=21339826|pmc=3038861|bibcode=2011PLoSO...616309H|doi-access=free}}</ref> | image = Bispira sp. (Tubeworm).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = ''[[Bispira]] sp.'' | taxon = Sabellida | authority = G.M.R. Levinsen, 1883 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision_ref = <ref>{{Cite WoRMS|title=Sabellida Levinsen, 1883|id=901|access-date=2025-08-29|db=Polychaeta}}</ref> | subdivision = *[[Fabriciidae]] *[[Sabellidae]] *[[Serpulidae]] *[[Siboglinidae]] }}

'''Sabellida''' is an [[order (biology)|order]] of [[annelid]] worms formerly in the class [[Polychaeta]]. They are [[filter feeder]]s with no [[Mouth|buccal organ]]. The [[prostomium]] is fused with the [[peristomium]] and bears a ring of feathery feeding tentacles. They live in parchment-like tubes made of particles from their environment such as sand and shell fragments cemented together with mucus.<ref>[http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/eudistylia.html Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110801233403/http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/eudistylia.html |date=2011-08-01 }}</ref> Members of the suborder include the [[feather duster worm]]s (Sabellidae) and [[Serpulidae|serpulid worms]] (Serpulidae). Among the species are the giant feather duster worm (''[[Eudistylia polymorpha]]''), the peacock worm (''[[Sabella pavonina]]''), the European fan worm (''[[Sabella spallanzanii]]'') and the Christmas tree worm (''[[Spirobranchus giganteus]]''). The inclusion of [[Oweniidae]] and [[Siboglinidae]] is not supported by some authorities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Weigert |first1=Anne |last2=Bleidorn |first2=Christoph |date=2016 |title=Current status of annelid phylogeny |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-016-0265-7 |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |language=en |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=345–362 |doi=10.1007/s13127-016-0265-7 |bibcode=2016ODivE..16..345W |issn=1439-6092}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=Who includes Oweniidae in Sabellida?|date=August 2025}}

==References== {{Reflist| refs= <ref name=APPSanfilippoetal>{{Cite journal|author1=Rossana Sanfilippo |author2=Antonietta Rosso |author3=Agatino Reitano |author4=Viola Alfio |author5=Gianni Insacco |year=2018 |title=New serpulid polychaetes from the Permian of western Sicily |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=579–584 |doi=10.4202/app.00448.2017 |s2cid=54871456 |doi-access=free }}</ref> }}

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[[Category:Sabellida| ]] [[Category:Annelid orders]]