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Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791)
Sabella spallanzanii is a species of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellidae. Common names include the Mediterranean fanworm, the feather duster worm, the European fan worm and the pencil worm.
The species' name commemorates the 18th-century biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani.
It's an invasive species.
Synonymised names:
Amphitrite ventilabrum [sensu Lamarck, 1818] (unclear, but perhaps a usage of Gmelin's name)
Amphitrite ventilabrum Gmelin, 1791 (subjective synonym)
Corallina Tubularia-Melitensis Ellis, 1755 (subjective synonym)
Nereis lutraria Pallas, 1766 (subjective synonym)
Sabella gracillima Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Sabella penicillum [auct. misspelling] (lapsus for penicillus)
Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling] (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
Sabella unispira Cuvier, 1816 (subjective synonym)
Sabella viola Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym)
Sabella viridis Milne Edwards in Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis elegans Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis gracilis Hansen, 1882 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis imperialis Hansen, 1882 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis longispira Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis spallanzanii (Viviani, 1805) (genus is a subjective synonym of Sabella)
Tubularia spallanzanii Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
Sabella spallanzanii is a species of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellidae. Common names include the Mediterranean fanworm, the feather duster worm, the European fan worm and the pencil worm.
The species' name commemorates the 18th-century biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani.
It's an invasive species.
Synonymised names:
Amphitrite ventilabrum [sensu Lamarck, 1818] (unclear, but perhaps a usage of Gmelin's name)
Amphitrite ventilabrum Gmelin, 1791 (subjective synonym)
Corallina Tubularia-Melitensis Ellis, 1755 (subjective synonym)
Nereis lutraria Pallas, 1766 (subjective synonym)
Sabella gracillima Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Sabella penicillum [auct. misspelling] (lapsus for penicillus)
Sabella penicillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling] (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
Sabella unispira Cuvier, 1816 (subjective synonym)
Sabella viola Grube, 1863 (subjective synonym)
Sabella viridis Milne Edwards in Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis elegans Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis gracilis Hansen, 1882 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis imperialis Hansen, 1882 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis longispira Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis spallanzanii (Viviani, 1805) (genus is a subjective synonym of Sabella)
Tubularia spallanzanii Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)