Sabellaria

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Genus of annelid worms

title: "Sabellaria" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sabellida", "polychaete-genera"] description: "Genus of annelid worms" topic_path: "general/sabellida" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabellaria" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of annelid worms ::

| image = Sabellaria alveolata reef.jpg | image_caption = Tubes of Sabellaria alveolata | taxon = Sabellaria | authority = Savigny, 1853 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =

Sabellaria is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellariidae. The type species is Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767). These worms are sedentary and build tubes in which to live from sand and shell fragments. Some species are called honeycomb worms and when they occur in great numbers they can form reefs on rocks and other hard substrates. They are filter feeders, extending a plume-like fan of radioles from the end of the tube in order to catch plankton and detritus floating past. They have a distinctive operculum which is used to block the opening of the tube when the radioles are retracted.

Species

The following species are listed by the World Register of Marine Species:

References

References

  1. [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129520 ''Sabellaria'' Savigny, 1818] World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  2. [http://www.jncc.gov.uk/marine/biotopes/biotope.aspx?biotope=JNCCMNCR00001515 Littoral Sabellaria honeycomb worm reefs] JNCC. Retrieved 2011-11-02.

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