WoRMS name details
Sabellastarte indica (Savigny, 1822)
209934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209934)
unaccepted (original name is an invalid primary junior homonym, therefore replaced by synonym Sabellastarte spectabilis)
Species
Laonome punctata Treadwell, 1906 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Sabella grandis Savigny, 1822 · uncertain > nomen dubium (usages all in synonymy to S. indica)
Sabellastarte indica quinquevalens Willey, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Sabellastarte indica quinquevalens Willey, 1905 accepted as Sabellastarte indica (Savigny, 1822) accepted as Sabellastarte spectabilis (Grube, 1878) (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Sabellastarte indica oculata Rullier, 1964 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sabella indica Savigny, 1822) Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 77; note: Mer des Indes. Short description based on museum specimen labelled Sabella grandis, (Cuvier, collection of the museum) collected by Peron, communicated by Lamarck [details]
page(s): 77; note: Mer des Indes. Short description based on museum specimen labelled Sabella grandis, (Cuvier, collection of the museum) collected by Peron, communicated by Lamarck [details]
Homonymy Recombination of original name Sabella indica Savigny which is an invalid primary junior homonym, therefore both 'indica'...
Distribution distribution: Japan, China Sea, Malayan Sea, New Caledonia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Tropical Atlantic...
Homonymy Recombination of original name Sabella indica Savigny which is an invalid primary junior homonym, therefore both 'indica' names are replaced by synonym Sabellastarte spectabilis [details]
Distribution distribution: Japan, China Sea, Malayan Sea, New Caledonia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Tropical Atlantic...
Distribution distribution: Japan, China Sea, Malayan Sea, New Caledonia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Tropical Atlantic Ocean.(Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabellastarte indica (Savigny, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209934 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sabella indica Savigny, 1822) Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 77; note: Mer des Indes. Short description based on museum specimen labelled Sabella grandis, (Cuvier, collection of the museum) collected by Peron, communicated by Lamarck [details]
page(s): 77; note: Mer des Indes. Short description based on museum specimen labelled Sabella grandis, (Cuvier, collection of the museum) collected by Peron, communicated by Lamarck [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Augener, Hermann. (1933). Polychaeten und Hirudineen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Buitenzorg. <em>Treubia.</em> 14(2): 173-206., available online at http://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/treubia/article/view/2809
page(s): 199; note: Sabellastarte indica Savigny is included in the synonymy of Sabellastarte magnifica Shaw. However, they are not currently treated as synonyms [details] Available for editors
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status source Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 2003. A revision of Sabellastarte (Polychaete: Sabellidae). Journal of Natural History, 37(19): 2269-2301., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120629
page(s): 2274 [details]
page(s): 199; note: Sabellastarte indica Savigny is included in the synonymy of Sabellastarte magnifica Shaw. However, they are not currently treated as synonyms [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 2003. A revision of Sabellastarte (Polychaete: Sabellidae). Journal of Natural History, 37(19): 2269-2301., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120629
page(s): 2274 [details]
Other
additional source
Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details]
additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1919). Annélides Polychètes de Madagascar, de Djibouti, et du Golfe Persique. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 58(8): 315-473, plates XV-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316667 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauvel, Pierre. (1919). Annélides Polychètes de Madagascar, de Djibouti, et du Golfe Persique. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 58(8): 315-473, plates XV-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316667 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Homonymy Recombination of original name Sabella indica Savigny which is an invalid primary junior homonym, therefore both 'indica' names are replaced by synonym Sabellastarte spectabilis [details]Unreviewed
Distribution distribution: Japan, China Sea, Malayan Sea, New Caledonia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Tropical Atlantic Ocean.(Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
