# Sabellida

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Order of annelids

Sabellida Temporal range: Middle Permian (Wordian)-Present[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Miaolingian record[2] Bispira sp. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Clade: Pleistoannelida Clade: Sedentaria Infraclass: Canalipalpata Order: Sabellida G.M.R. Levinsen, 1883 Families[3] Fabriciidae Sabellidae Serpulidae Siboglinidae

**Sabellida** is an [order](/source/Order_(biology)) of [annelid](/source/Annelid) worms formerly in the class [Polychaeta](/source/Polychaeta). They are [filter feeders](/source/Filter_feeder) with no [buccal organ](/source/Mouth). The [prostomium](/source/Prostomium) is fused with the [peristomium](/source/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.[4]

Members of the suborder include the [feather duster worms](/source/Feather_duster_worm) (Sabellidae) and [serpulid worms](/source/Serpulidae) (Serpulidae). Among the species are the giant feather duster worm (*[Eudistylia polymorpha](/source/Eudistylia_polymorpha)*), the peacock worm (*[Sabella pavonina](/source/Sabella_pavonina)*), the European fan worm (*[Sabella spallanzanii](/source/Sabella_spallanzanii)*) and the Christmas tree worm (*[Spirobranchus giganteus](/source/Spirobranchus_giganteus)*). The inclusion of [Oweniidae](/source/Oweniidae) and [Siboglinidae](/source/Siboglinidae) is not supported by some authorities.[5][*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-APPSanfilippoetal_1-0)** Rossana Sanfilippo; Antonietta Rosso; Agatino Reitano; Viola Alfio; Gianni Insacco (2018). ["New serpulid polychaetes from the Permian of western Sicily"](https://doi.org/10.4202%2Fapp.00448.2017). *Acta Palaeontologica Polonica*. **63** (3): 579–584. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4202/app.00448.2017](https://doi.org/10.4202%2Fapp.00448.2017). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [54871456](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:54871456).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-0)** Hilário, Ana; Capa, María; Dahlgren, Thomas G.; Halanych, Kenneth M.; Little, Crispin T. S.; Thornhill, Daniel J.; Verna, Caroline; Glover, Adrian G. (2011). Laudet, Vincent (ed.). ["New Perspectives on the Ecology and Evolution of Siboglinid Tubeworms"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038861). *PLOS ONE*. **6** (2) e16309. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2011PLoSO...616309H](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011PLoSO...616309H). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1371/journal.pone.0016309](https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016309). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [3038861](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038861). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [21339826](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21339826).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). ["Sabellida Levinsen, 1883"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=901). *World Polychaeta Database*. [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species). Retrieved 2025-08-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine](http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/eudistylia.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110801233403/http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/eudistylia.html) 2011-08-01 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Weigert, Anne; Bleidorn, Christoph (2016). ["Current status of annelid phylogeny"](http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-016-0265-7). *Organisms Diversity & Evolution*. **16** (2): 345–362. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2016ODivE..16..345W](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ODivE..16..345W). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/s13127-016-0265-7](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13127-016-0265-7). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1439-6092](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1439-6092).

## External links

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- Data related to [Sabellida](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Sabellida) at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers Sabellida Wikidata: Q782159 Wikispecies: Sabellida ADW: Sabellida AFD: Sabellida BOLD: 24490 CoL: 8ZXJ2 EPPO: 1SABEO Fauna Europaea: 15470 Fauna Europaea (new): ef5e5e79-7c2b-44b9-b0e1-5292094a5c52 GBIF: 1080 iNaturalist: 152937 IRMNG: 11367 ITIS: 555671 NBN: NBNSYS0000160916 NCBI: 6362 NZOR: 24a30000-6cb6-4651-aed1-433c151c26a9 Open Tree of Life: 992901 Paleobiology Database: 354931 WoRMS: 901

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