Sabella (annelid)

{{Short description|Genus of annelids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Sabella spallanzanii 2.jpg

| image_caption = Sabella spallanzanii

| taxon = Sabella

| authority = Linnaeus, 1767

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Sabella aculeata Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella amaeana Johnston, 1833
• Sabella ammonita Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella arenaria Montagu, 1803
• Sabella arundinacea Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella brevibarbis Grube, 1860
• Sabella calamus Renier, 1847
• Sabella chloraema Williams, 1851
• Sabella clavata Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella compressa Montagu, 1803
• Sabella conica Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella corticalis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella crispa Krøyer, 1856
• Sabella cucullus Quatrefages, 1866
• Sabella curta Montagu, 1803
• Sabella denudata Delle Chiaje, 1841
• Sabella dimidiata Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella discifera Grube, 1874
• Sabella fallax Quatrefages, 1866
• Sabella fidelia Krøyer, 1856
• Sabella filialghifera Chiereghini in Siebold, 1850
• Sabella fixa Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella flabellata Savigny in Grube, 1850
• Sabella fragilis Grube, 1863
• Sabella fusca Grube, 1870
• Sabella gracilis Grube, 1840
• Sabella grossa Baird, 1865
• Sabella helicina Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella hospita Williams, 1859
• Sabella hystricis McIntosh, 1916
• Sabella imberbis Grube, 1863
• Sabella intermedia Quatrefages, 1866
• Sabella judica Savigny, 1822
• Sabella kroyeri Quatrefages, 1866
• Sabella lamyi Gravier, 1906
• Sabella latisetosa Grube, 1840
• Sabella marsupialis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella melanochlora Schmarda, 1861
• Sabella membranacea Renier, 1804
• Sabella mossambica Peters, 1854
• Sabella muelleri Krøyer, 1856
• Sabella neapolitana Iroso, 1921
• Sabella negate Bosc in Quatrefages, 1866
• Sabella nigra Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella norwegica Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella nuda Wagner, 1832
• Sabella nudicollis Krøyer, 1856
• Sabella occidentalis Baird, 1865
• Sabella pacifici Grube, 1859
• Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1822
• Sabella pottaei Quatrefages, 1866
• Sabella pottoei Quatrefages, 1866
• Sabella pumilio Krøyer, 1856
• Sabella punctulata Haswell, 1884
• Sabella pusilla Johansson, 1922
• Sabella ramosa Olivi, 1792
• Sabella rectangula Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella ringens Linnaeus, 1767
• Sabella rudis Pennant, 1777
• Sabella sabulosa Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella samoensis Grube, 1870
• Sabella sarsi Krøyer, 1856
• Sabella scabra Linnaeus, 1767
• Sabella scoparia Grube, 1870
• Sabella scruposa Linnaeus, 1767
• Sabella secusolutus Hoagland, 1920
• Sabella setiformis Montagu, 1803
• Sabella sosias Krøyer, 1856
• Sabella southerni McIntosh, 1916
• Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791)
• Sabella spirobranchia Zachs, 1933
• Sabella stagnalis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella subcylindrica Montagu, 1803
• Sabella teredula Chiereghini in Siebold, 1850
• Sabella tricolor Grube, 1878
• Sabella trigona Chiereghini in Siebold, 1850
• Sabella uncinata Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella vegetabilis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788
• Sabella ventilabrum Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
• Sabella verticillata Quatrefages, 1866
• Sabella zonalis Stimpson, 1854

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Sabella is a genus of marine polychaete worm. Members of this genus are filter feeders and there are about ninety species.[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129549 World Register of Marine Species] They live in tubes made of mud that project from the sand surface. They have a crown of feathery tentacles that protrude when the animal is submerged but are retracted when the animal is above water.Barrett, J. & C. M. Yonge (1958) Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. Collins, London