North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Sabellaria vulgaris Verrill, 1873

AphiaID

157555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157555)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sabellaria Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Sabellaria vulgaris Verrill, 1873

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries]. 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 611, plate XVII figs. 88, 88a [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Sabellaria vulgaris Verrill, 1873. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157555 on 2026-09-03

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Sabellaria vulgaris Verrill, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157555 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-23 07:30:30Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

original description Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries]. 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782934
page(s): 611, plate XVII figs. 88, 88a [details]

taxonomy source Chávez-López, Yessica. (2021). Sabellariids (Annelida: Sedentaria: Sabellariidae) from shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, including three new species. Zootaxa. 5048(2): 191-214., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5048.2.3
page(s): 209, 11A–F, 12A–I; note: Description from Florida specimen [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Kirtley, David W. 1994. A review and taxonomic revision of the family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida; Polychaeta). Science Series number 1. 1-223. Sabecon Press. Vero Beach, Florida.
page(s): 77, with figures; note: Description and remarks. Examined extensive material from Atlantic North America and Gulf of Mexico [details]

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous annelids. Part VI. Paraonidae, Magelonidae, Longosomidae, Ctenodrilidae, and Sabellariidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 10(3): 311-389., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4680264 [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]