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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.
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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
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Sabella is rediagnosed to include only species that have spiralled fascicles of abdominal chaetae, first thoracic shield with straight anterior border and radioles that lack composite eyes and flanges. Spirographis spallanzanii is synonymous with Sabella penicillus. The type of the genus is discussed and a neotype designated. The only other species retained in Sabella are S. pavonina and S. discifera (=Branchiomma linaresi, once misplaced in Megalomma, but abdominal fascicles of Megalomma form transverse rows). Most species formerly placed in Sabella are transferred to Bispira, having C-shaped fascicles of abdominal chaetae, first thoracic shield with a "W"-shaped anterior border and, in most species, radioles with paired composite eyes and flanges. Bispira, with B. volutacornis as the type species, is rediagnosed to include B. crassicornis, B. fabricii, B. melanostigma, B. tricyclia, B. viola, B. manicata, B. porifera, B. mariae, B. elegans, B. brunnea, B. guinensis, B. secusolutus, B. wireni, B. oatesiana, B. spirobranchia, B. pacifica, B. monroi, and B. turneri, many of which are described fully for the first time. Only five of these form bispiral crowns (bispirality is useful only specifically and occurs in other genera) and one, B. tricyclia, has a unispiral crown. Sabella palmata Quatrefages, the type of Stylomma is redescribed and its synonyms discussed. This genus has abdominal fascicles like those of Bispira, but radiolar eyes like those of Megalomma. The relative advantages of chaetal arrangement and eye position are discussed.
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Amphitrite ventilabrum [sensu Lamarck, 1818] accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (status source)
Amphitrite ventilabrum Gmelin, 1791 in Linnaeus accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite volutacornis Montagu, 1804 accepted as Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) (source of synonymy)
Bispira Krøyer, 1856 (redescription)
Bispira brunnea (Treadwell, 1917) (new combination reference)
Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851) (new combination reference)
Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (new combination reference)
Bispira fabricii (Krøyer, 1856) (additional source)
Bispira guinensis (Augener, 1918) (new combination reference)
Bispira manicata (Grube, 1878) (new combination reference)
Bispira mariae Lo Bianco, 1893 (redescription)
Bispira mariae sensu Pratt, 1901 (status source)
Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (redescription)
Bispira monroi (Hartman, 1961) (basis of record)
Bispira oatesiana (Benham, 1927) (basis of record)
Bispira pacifica (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954) (redescription)
Bispira porifera (Grube, 1878) (new combination reference)
Bispira rugosa monterea (Chamberlin, 1919) accepted as Eudistylia polymorpha (Johnson, 1901) (new combination reference)
Bispira secusolutus (Hoagland, 1920) accepted as Bispira secusoluta (Hoagland, 1920) (new combination reference)
Bispira spirobranchia (Zachs, 1933) (basis of record)
Bispira tricyclia (Schmarda, 1861) (redescription)
Bispira variegata (Krøyer, 1856) accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (status source)
Bispira viola (Grube, 1863) (redescription)
Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) (redescription)
Bispira wireni (Johansson, 1922) (new combination reference)
Branchiomma intermedium Beddard, 1889 accepted as Stylomma palmatum (Quatrefages, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Branchiomma linaresi Rioja, 1917 accepted as Sabella discifera Grube, 1874 (source of synonymy)
Chone costulata (Grube, 1877) (new combination reference)
Corallina Tubularia-Melitensis Ellis, 1755 accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (source of synonymy)
Demonax aberrans (Augener, 1926) accepted as Parasabella aberrans (Augener, 1926) (basis of record)
Demonax albicans (Johansson, 1922) accepted as Parasabella albicans (Johansson, 1922) (basis of record)
Demonax columbi (Kinberg, 1867) accepted as Parasabella columbi (Kinberg, 1867) (basis of record)
Demonax fernandezensis (Augener, 1922) accepted as Parasabella fernandezensis (Augener, 1922) (basis of record)
Demonax rufovittata (Grube, 1881) accepted as Parasabella rufovittata (Grube, 1881) (basis of record)
Distylia Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Bispira Krøyer, 1856 (source of synonymy)
Distylia volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) accepted as Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) (source of synonymy)
Distylia volutacornis pacifica Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954 accepted as Bispira pacifica (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954) (source of synonymy)
Megalomma intermedium (Beddard, 1889) accepted as Stylomma palmatum (Quatrefages, 1866) (status source)
Megalomma linaresi (Rioja, 1917) accepted as Sabella discifera Grube, 1874 (source of synonymy)
Megalomma monophthalma (Augener, 1922) accepted as Stylomma palmatum (Quatrefages, 1866) (new combination reference)
Metalaonome Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira Krøyer, 1856 (status source)
Metalaonome brunnea Treadwell, 1917 accepted as Bispira brunnea (Treadwell, 1917) (source of synonymy)
Perkinsiana magalhaensis (Kinberg, 1867) (new combination reference)
Perkinsiana pusilla (Johansson, 1922) (basis of record)
Pseudopotamilla cerasina (Grube, 1871) (new combination reference)
Pseudopotamilla latisetosa (Grube, 1840) (basis of record)
Sabella Linnaeus, 1767 (redescription)
Sabella (Spirographis) tricyclia Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Bispira tricyclia (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Sabella aberrans Augener, 1926 accepted as Parasabella aberrans (Augener, 1926) (source of synonymy)
Sabella albicans Johansson, 1922 accepted as Parasabella albicans (Johansson, 1922) (source of synonymy)
Sabella bahamensis Augener, 1922 accepted as Bispira brunnea (Treadwell, 1917) (source of synonymy)
Sabella bipunctata Baird, 1865 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (status source)
Sabella columbi Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Parasabella columbi (Kinberg, 1867) (source of synonymy)
Sabella cornuta Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Sabella costulata Grube, 1877 accepted as Chone costulata (Grube, 1877) (source of synonymy)
Sabella crassicornis Sars, 1851 accepted as Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851) (source of synonymy)
Sabella discifera Grube, 1874 (redescription)
Sabella elegans Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (source of synonymy)
Sabella fabricii Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Bispira fabricii (Krøyer, 1856) (source of synonymy)
Sabella fernandezensis Augener, 1922 accepted as Parasabella fernandezensis (Augener, 1922) (source of synonymy)
Sabella flabellata Savigny, 1822 (status source)
Sabella formosa Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (source of synonymy)
Sabella gracillima Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Spirographis spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (source of synonymy)
Sabella guinensis Augener, 1918 accepted as Bispira guinensis (Augener, 1918) (source of synonymy)
Sabella humilis Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (source of synonymy)
Sabella latisetosa Grube, 1840 (source of synonymy)
Sabella leptalea Bush, 1905 accepted as Bispira elegans (Bush, 1905) (source of synonymy)
Sabella magalhaensis Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Perkinsiana magalhaensis (Kinberg, 1867) (source of synonymy)
Sabella manicata Grube, 1878 accepted as Bispira manicata (Grube, 1878) (source of synonymy)
Sabella melanostigma Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Sabella monophthalma Augener, 1922 accepted as Stylomma palmatum (Quatrefages, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Sabella oatesiana Benham, 1927 accepted as Bispira oatesiana (Benham, 1927) (source of synonymy)
Sabella palmata Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Stylomma palmatum (Quatrefages, 1866) (source of synonymy)
Sabella pavonia bicoronata Hornell, 1891 accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (source of synonymy)
Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (redescription)
Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (status source)
Sabella picta Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Bispira crassicornis (Sars, 1851) (status source)
Sabella porifera Grube, 1878 accepted as Bispira porifera (Grube, 1878) (source of synonymy)
Sabella pusilla Johansson, 1922 (source of synonymy)
Sabella rufovittata Grube, 1881 accepted as Parasabella rufovittata (Grube, 1881) (source of synonymy)
Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (source of synonymy)
Sabella secusolutus Hoagland, 1920 accepted as Bispira secusoluta (Hoagland, 1920) (source of synonymy)
Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (redescription)
Sabella spirobranchia Zachs, 1933 (source of synonymy)
Sabella thoracica Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Sabella variabilis Langerhans, 1884 accepted as Sabella discifera Grube, 1874 (source of synonymy)
Sabella variegata Krøyer, 1856 accepted as Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) (source of synonymy)
Sabella wireni Johansson, 1922 accepted as Bispira wireni (Johansson, 1922) (source of synonymy)
Sabellastarte fallax (Quatrefages, 1866) (new combination reference)
Scolopendra majore,tubularia Baster, 1760 accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (source of synonymy)
Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (status source)
Spirographis Viviani, 1805 accepted as Sabella Linnaeus, 1767 (source of synonymy)
Spirographis brevispira Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (status source)
Spirographis gracilis Hansen, 1882 accepted as Spirographis spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (source of synonymy)
Spirographis spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (redescription)
Spirographis spallanzanii brevispira Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822 (status source)
Stylomma Knight-Jones, 1997 (redescription)
Stylomma palmatum (Quatrefages, 1866) (redescription)
Tubularia penicillus [sensu] Pallas, 1766 (additional source)
Tubularia penicillus [sensu] Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Sabella flabellata Savigny, 1822 (source of synonymy)
 Authority

The Hartman catalogue under the entry for genus Spirographis wrongly attributes the authorship of Spirographis ... [details]

 Classification

In his text Pallas mentions the worm tubes are aggregated like coral. Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998) state that ... [details]

 Diagnosis

The original description as Tubularia spallanzanii Gmelin 1791 is as follows: "Cirris quinis plumosis utrinque ... [details]

 Distribution

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998) placed Sabella gracillima Kinberg, 1867 from Rio de Janeiro, and four names in ... [details]

 Editor's comment

WoRMS until January 2016 was reporting this entry as Sabella penicillus Linnaeus, 1767, thus incorrectly as a new ... [details]

 Editor's comment

The entry for Tubularia spallanzanii is missing here and instead is present under the true hydrozoan Tubularia. It ... [details]

 Editor's comment

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1988) assign the Tubularia penicillus sensu Müller, 1776 to Sabella pavonina, and they ... [details]

 Nomenclature

Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 (10th ed), here recombined as Sabella penicillus as transferred by Linnaeus 1767 ... [details]

 Nomenclature

It seems clear that Sabella penicillus (was Serpula penicillus) is the valid name for what is known widely as ... [details]

 Publication date

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1988) use 1791 for the part 6 volume of Gmelin/Linnaeus [details]

 Specimen

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USNM 19013, poorly preserved (fide Knight-Jones & Perkins, 1998) [details]

 Spelling

Treadwell (1917:268) misspelled the genus as "Metalonome" (misspelling also noted by Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998)) [details]

 Status

Sabella flabellata was Savigny's new name for Tubularia penicillus sensu Fabricius (there are several T. ... [details]

 Status

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998) report that the original material is missing, but photocopies of Kröyer’s ... [details]

 Synonymy

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998:433) cite Humann, 1991 for the first occurrence of the combination Bispira brunnea, ... [details]

 Synonymy

See Perkins (1984) for details of the change of the original combination to Demonax (now Parasabella). Knight-Jones ... [details]

 Synonymy

The synonymies of the group of species related to Sabella pavonina are complex, and the original works together ... [details]

 Synonymy

It is obvious strict priority is not being observed here. Synonymies of "spallanzanii" usages are very complex and ... [details]

 Synonymy

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998:416) proposed use of S. melanostigma over S. thoracica under prevailing usage, ... [details]

 Synonymy

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998:416) proposed use of S. melanostigma over S. variegata under prevailing usage, ... [details]

 Synonymy

Synonymies of "spallanzanii" usages are very complex and resolving them in WoRMS is not yet complete. Please see ... [details]

 Synonymy

Tubularia penicillus is a confused much used name. Currently following Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998) in referring ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Lamarck (1818: 356) does not mention the Gmelin in Linnaeus source of the name, but his synonymy shows the name is ... [details]

 Taxonomy

According to Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998: 404), Sabella lamyi Gravier, 1906 represents an undescribed genus. [details]

 Taxonomy

Hornell misspells Sabella pavonina as S. pavonia when he creates a new variety 'bicoronata' for Sabella specimens ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998) examined syntypes and confirmed the placement in Bispira. Earlier Fauvel (1927: 298) ... [details]

 Type designation

Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998: 446) designated lectotypes as follows:
Bispira rugosa (Moore), var. monterea ... [details]

 Type designation

Neotype, designated Knight-Jones & Perkins (1998), Natural History Museum London, NHM 1929.12.23.1, collected ... [details]

 Type species

Linnaeus (1767:1268-9) included 7 species in Sabella, of which the last was Serpula penicillus Linnaeus 1758. As ... [details]