Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Sabellidae > Subfamily Sabellinae

Bispira Krøyer, 1856

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851)
Bispira fabricii (Krøyer, 1856)
Bispira mariae Lo Bianco, 1893
Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861)
Bispira viola (Grube, 1863)
Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Russian: Трубчатый веерный (перьевой) червь

Literature

original description

Kröyer, Henrik. (1856). Afhandling om Ormeslaegten Sabella Linn., isaer med Hensyn til dens nordiske Arter [Alternate title: Bidrag til Kundskab af Sabellerne]. Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. 1856: 1-36.

additional source

Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.

additional source

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: 214-231.

additional source

Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.

redescription

Knight-Jones, Phyllis; Perkins, Thomas H. (1998). A revision of Sabella, Bispira and Stylomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 123: 385-467.

taxonomy source

Cepeda, Diego; Lattig, Patricia. (2017). New reports and description of a new species of Sabellidae (Annelida) for the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Archipelago. Marine Biology Research. 1-22 [online before print, 26 Jun 2017].

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Bispira Krøyer, 1856. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129523

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2021-01-01 by Geoffrey Read

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