Sabellaria

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: Sabellaria alcocki Gravier, 1906 Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767) Sabellaria bella (Grube, 1870) Sabellaria bellani Kirtley, 1994 Sabellaria bellis Hansen, 1882 Sabellaria chandraae Silva, 1961 Sabellaria clava Kirtley, 1994 Sabellaria eupomatoides Augener, 1918 Sabellaria fissidens (Grube, 1870) Sabellaria floridensis Hartman, 1944 Sabellaria fosterae Kirtley, 1994 Sabellaria fucicola Augener, 1918 Sabellaria gilchristi McIntosh, 1924 Sabellaria gracilis Hartman, 1944 Sabellaria grueti Kirtley, 1994 Sabellaria guinensis Augener, 1918 Sabellaria intoshi Fauvel, 1914 Sabellaria ishikawai Okuda, 1938 Sabellaria isumiensis Nishi et al. 2010 Sabellaria javanica Augener, 1934 Sabellaria longispina Grube, 1848 Sabellaria lotensis Kirtley, 1994 Sabellaria magnifica Grube, 1848 Sabellaria marskaae Kirtley, 1994 Sabellaria minuta Carrasco & Bustos, 1981 Sabellaria miryaensis Parab & Gaikwad, 1990 Sabellaria moorei Monro, 1933 Sabellaria nanella Chamberlin, 1919 Sabellaria orensanzi Kirtley, 1994 Sabellaria pectinata Fauvel, 1932 Sabellaria ranjhi Hasan, 1960 Sabellaria spinularia Sabellaria spinulosa Leuckart, 1849 Sabellaria taurica (Rathke, 1837) Sabellaria tottoriensis Nishi, Kato & Hayahi, 2004 Sabellaria vulgaris Verrill, 1873 Sabellaria wilsoni Lana & Gruet, 1989