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Sabellida

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Sabellida is an order of annelid worms formerly in the class Polychaeta. They are filter feeders with no buccal organ. The prostomium is fused with the peristomium and bears a ring of feathery feeding tentacles. They live in parchment-like tubes made of particles from their environment such as sand and shell fragments cemented together with mucus.

Species

ケヤリムシ目

ORDER

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumAnnelida
  3. ClassPolychaeta
  4. OrderSabellida
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded831,254

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
39
With media
5
Collections
SDNHM, UCMP, CAS, NCSM, USNM, AUM
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Cuba, American Samoa, Australia, Hawaiian Islands

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Canalipalpata
Image
Bispira sp. (Tubeworm).jpg
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Commons category
Sabellida
taxon rank
order
taxon name
Sabellida
topic's main category
Category:Sabellida
taxon author citation
Dales, 1962
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Sabellida is an order of annelid worms formerly in the class Polychaeta. They are filter feeders with no buccal organ. The prostomium is fused with the peristomium and bears a ring of feathery feeding tentacles. They live in parchment-like tubes made of particles from their environment such as sand and shell fragments cemented together with mucus.

Members of the suborder include the feather duster worms (Sabellidae) and serpulid worms (Serpulidae). Among the species are the giant feather duster worm (Eudistylia polymorpha), the peacock worm (Sabella pavonina), the European fan worm (Sabella spallanzanii) and the Christmas tree worm (Spirobranchus giganteus). The inclusion of Oweniidae and Siboglinidae is not supported by some authorities.

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