# Sabellidae > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sabellidae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sabellidae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabellidae > Source revision: 1295906866 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Family of annelid worms Sabellidae Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Sabellidae worm, probably Sabellastarte sp. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Clade: Pleistoannelida Clade: Sedentaria Order: Sabellida Family: Sabellidae Malmgren, 1867 Subfamilies Fabriciinae Myxicolinae Sabellinae Sabellidae tubes at [Bremerhaven](/source/Bremerhaven) **Sabellidae**, or **feather duster worms**, are a family of marine [polychaete](/source/Polychaete) [tube worms](/source/Tube_worm) characterized by protruding feathery [branchiae](/source/Gill). Sabellids build tubes out of a tough, [parchment](/source/Parchment)-like exudate, strengthened with sand and bits of shell. Unlike the other sabellids, the genus *[Glomerula](/source/Glomerula)* secretes a tube of [calcium carbonate](/source/Calcium_carbonate) instead. Sabellidae can be found in [subtidal](/source/Subtidal) habitats around the world. Their oldest fossils are known from the [Early Jurassic](/source/Early_Jurassic).[1][2] ## Characteristics Feather-duster worms have a crown of feeding appendages or [radioles](/source/Radiole) in two fan-shaped clusters projecting from their tubes when under water. Each radiole has paired side branches making a two-edged comb for filter feeding. Most species have a narrow collar below the head. The body segments are smooth and lack [parapodia](/source/Parapodium). The usually eight thoracic segments bear capillaries dorsally and hooked [chaetae](/source/Chaeta) (bristles) ventrally. The abdominal segments are similar, but with the position of the capillaries and chaetae reversed. The posterior few abdominal segments may form a spoon-shaped hollow on the ventral side. Size varies between tiny and over 10 cm (4 in) long. Some small species can bend over and extend their tentacles to the sea floor to collect [detritus](/source/Detritivore).[3] Sabellid with feathery [branchiae](/source/Gill) extended A sabellid, species unknown ## Genera The following genera belong to the family:[4] - *[Acromegalomma](/source/Acromegalomma)* - *[Amphicorina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amphicorina&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Amphiglena](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amphiglena&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Anamobaea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anamobaea&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Aracia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aracia&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Bispira](/source/Bispira)* - *[Branchiomma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Branchiomma&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Chone](/source/Chone_(annelid))* - *[Claviramus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claviramus&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Clymeneis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clymeneis&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Desdemona](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desdemona_(annelid)&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Dialychone](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dialychone&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Euchone](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euchone&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Eudistylia](/source/Eudistylia)* - *[Euratella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euratella&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Fabricia](/source/Fabricia_(annelid))* - *[Fabriciola](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fabriciola&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Glomerula](/source/Glomerula)* - *[Haplobranchus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haplobranchus&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Hypsicomus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hypsicomus&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Jasmineira](/source/Jasmineira)* - *[Laonome](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laonome_(annelid)&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Manayunkia](/source/Manayunkia)* - *[Megalomma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Megalomma_(annelid)&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Myxicola](/source/Myxicola)* - *[Notaulax](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Notaulax&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Novafabricia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Novafabricia&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Oriopsis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oriopsis&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Panoumethus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panoumethus&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Panousea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panousea&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Parasabella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parasabella&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Perkinsiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perkinsiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Potamethus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Potamethus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Chamberlin, 1919[5] - *[Potamilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Potamilla&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Pseudobranchiomma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pseudobranchiomma&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Pseudofabricia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pseudofabricia&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Pseudofabriciola](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pseudofabriciola&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Pseudopotamilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pseudopotamilla&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Sabella](/source/Sabella_(annelid))* - *[Sabellastarte](/source/Sabellastarte)* - *[Sabellomma](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sabellomma&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Sabellonga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sabellonga&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Schizobranchia](/source/Schizobranchia)* - *[Terebrasabella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terebrasabella&action=edit&redlink=1)* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-VinnMutvei2009_1-0)** Vinn, O.; Mutvei, H. (2009). ["Calcareous tubeworms of the Phanerozoic"](http://www.kirj.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2009/issue_4/earth-2009-4-286-296.pdf) (PDF). *Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences*. **58** (4): 286–296. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2009EsJES..58..286V](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009EsJES..58..286V). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3176/earth.2009.4.07](https://doi.org/10.3176%2Fearth.2009.4.07). Retrieved 2012-09-16. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-VinnTenHoveMutvei2008_2-0)** Vinn, O.; ten Hove, H.A.; Mutvei, H. (2008). ["On the tube ultrastructure and origin of calcification in sabellids (Annelida, Polychaeta)"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222089802). *Palaeontology*. **51** (2): 295–301. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2008Palgy..51..295V](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008Palgy..51..295V). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00763.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1475-4983.2008.00763.x). Retrieved 2014-06-11. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [NIWA Guide to Polychaeta](http://www.annelida.net/nz/Polychaeta/Family/F-Sabellidae.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [World Register of Marine Species](http://www.marinespecies.org/) (WoRMS) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** WoRMS: [129543](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129543) ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Sabellidae](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sabellidae). - [Potamilla reniformis](https://web.archive.org/web/20070429103715/http://www.soil.msu.ru/~invert/main_eng/photoalbum/potamilla.html) - [MBL Marine Organisms Database page](https://web.archive.org/web/20060901063305/http://www.mbl.edu/marine_org/marine_org.php?func=detail&myID=ITA-68126&source_myID=D1) Taxon identifiers Sabellidae Wikidata: Q1400752 Wikispecies: Sabellidae ADW: Sabellidae AFD: Sabellidae BOLD: 30549 CoL: BRKHY EoL: 142 GBIF: 7084 iNaturalist: 49282 IRMNG: 109019 ITIS: 68076 NBN: NHMSYS0021049245 NCBI: 6366 NZOR: 92f3e953-30bb-477d-a015-c5fe358d7fac Open Tree of Life: 992906 Paleobiology Database: 355006 WoRMS: 985 Authority control databases National Israel Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sabellidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabellidae) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabellidae?action=history)). 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