Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Amphicorina armandi		Mediterranean Sea.		1864
Amphicorina eimeri		Mediterranean Sea.		1880
Amphicorina grahamensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1999
Amphicorina pectinata		Mediterranean Sea.		1957
Amphicorina persinosa		Mediterranean Sea.		1975
Amphicorina triangulata		Mediterranean Sea.		1999
Amphiglena lindae		Western Central Atlantic		1997
Amphiglena mediterranea		Indo-West Pacific, Wester		1851
Amphiglena pacifica		Pacific Ocean
Anamobaea orstedii	Split-crown feather duster	Western Atlantic.		1856
Augeneriella dubia		Mediterranean Sea.
Augeneriella lagunai		Mediterranean Sea.		1970
Bispira brunnea	Social feather duster	Western Central Atlantic		1917
Bispira crassicornis		Eastern Pacific, Arctic,		1851
Bispira manicata		Western Central Pacific		1878
Bispira mariae		Mediterranean Sea.		1893
Bispira melanostigma		Indo-Pacific and Western		1861
Bispira monroi		Eastern Pacific		1961
Bispira oatesiana		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1927
Bispira porifera		Indo-West Pacific		1878
Bispira riccardi		Indo-West Pacific		2022
Bispira rugosa		Eastern Pacific		1933
Bispira tricyclia		Indo-Pacific		1861
Bispira viola		Mediterranean Sea.		1863
Bispira volutacornis	Cluster feather duster	Mediterranean Sea.
Branchiomma arcticum		Central Arctic.		1937
Branchiomma arenosa		Western Central Atlantic		1924
Branchiomma bairdi		Western Central Atlantic.		1885
Branchiomma boholense		Northwest Pacific and the		1878
Branchiomma bombyx		Northeast Atlantic and th		1853
Branchiomma cingulata		Indo-Pacific.		1870
Branchiomma conspersa		Northwest Pacific		1887
Branchiomma infarctum		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1856
Branchiomma luctuosa		Western Indian Ocean and		1869
Branchiomma lucullanum		Western Indian Ocean and		1866
Branchiomma maerli		Mediterranean Sea.		2008
Branchiomma moebii		Mediterranean Sea.		1994
Branchiomma nigromaculata		Atlantic and Indo-Pacific	9.5 BL	1865
Branchiomma serratibranchis		Indo-West Pacific		1878
Branchiomma vesiculosum		Western Indian Ocean, Atl		1815
Chaponella heterochaeta		Western Central Pacific		1972
Chone acustica		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Chone albocincta		Northeast Pacific
Chone arenicola		Mediterranean Sea.		1881
Chone aurantiaca	Orange feather-duster	Northeast Pacific		1901
Chone cincta		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Chone collaris		Eastern Atlantic, Western		1880
Chone duneri		Arctic, Northeast Pacific		1867
Chone dunerificta		Mediterranean Sea.		2007
Chone ecaudata		Eastern Pacific.		1923
Chone fauveli		Arctic and Northeast Atla		1916
Chone filicaudata		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1914
Chone flecatus		Western Central Atlantic		1919
Chone gracilis		Arctic and Eastern Pacifi		1906
Chone infundibuliformis		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	7 TL	1856
Chone jamaicensis		Western Central Atlantic		1924
Chone lacunosus		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Chone leucaspis		Western Central Atlantic		1867
Chone longiseta		Mediterranean Sea.		1992
Chone magna		Northeast Pacific
Chone microphthalmus		Western Central Atlantic		1873
Chone minuta	Minute feather-duster	Eastern Pacific.		1944
Chone mollis		Eastern Pacific		1904
Chone murmanica		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Chone paucibranchiata		Northeast Atlantic		1856
Chone trilobata		Western Central Pacific		1968
Chone usticensis		Mediterranean Sea.		2006
Chone veleronis		Mediterranean Sea.
Claviramus candelus		Mediterranean Sea.		1863
Dasychone bairdi		Western Central Atlantic		1885
Demonax brachychona		Mediterranean Sea.		1870
Demonax cambrensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1985
Demonax langerhansi		Mediterranean Sea.		1983
Demonax leucaspis		Indo-Pacific and Western		1867
Demonax microphthalmus		Northwest Pacific and Wes
Demonax rugosus		Eastern Pacific		1904
Demonax saxicola		Eastern Pacific		1861
Demonax torulis		Eastern Pacific		1985
Desdemona nova		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1973
Desdemona ornata		Mediterranean Sea.
Dialychone acustica		Mediterranean Sea.		1870
Distylidia rugosa		Mediterranean Sea.
Euchone analis		Arctic, Eastern Pacific a		1865
Euchone arenae		Eastern Pacific		1966
Euchone capensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1961
Euchone elegans		Arctic		1873
Euchone hancocki		Arctic
Euchone heteroseta		Antarctic Atlantic		1978
Euchone incolor		Western Central Atlantic		1965
Euchone limnicola		Western Central Atlantic
Euchone longifissurata		Western Central Atlantic
Euchone pallida		Antarctic.		1908
Euchone papillosa		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Euchone pararosea		Mediterranean Sea.		2006
Euchone pseudolimnicola		Mediterranean Sea.		2006
Euchone rosea		Mediterranean Sea.
Euchone rubrocincta		Northeast Atlantic and th
Euchone scotiarum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Euchone southerni		Western Central Atlantic		1970
Euchone trisegmentata		Western Central Atlantic
Euchone velifera		Western Central Atlantic
Euchonella magna		Eastern Pacific		1972
Eudistylia polymorpha	Feather duster worm	Eastern Pacific.	27.5 H	1901
Eudistylia tenella		Eastern Pacific.
Eudistylia vancouveri	Northern feather-duster worm	Northeast Pacific	45 TL
Euratella puncturata		Northeast Pacific
Euratella salmacidis		Eastern Pacific and the M		1870
Fabricia limnicola		Eastern Pacific and the M
Fabricia minuta		Eastern Pacific and the M
Fabricia pacifica		Eastern Pacific and the M
Fabricia sabella		Eastern Pacific, Northern		1837
Fabricia stellaris		Northeast Atlantic and th		1774
Fabricinuda limia		Eastern Pacific		1951
Fabricinuda pseudocollaris		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Fabricinuda trilobata		Western Central Atlantic		1983
Fabriciola baltica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Fabriciola berkeleyi		Northeast Atlantic		1956
Fabriciola ghardaqa		Western Indian Ocean and		1959
Fabriciola mossambica		Western Indian Ocean and
Fabriciola pacifica		Western Indian Ocean and		1934
Fabriciola tonerella		Mediterranean Sea.
Fabriciola trilobata		Western Central Atlantic
Fabrisabella vasculosa		Eastern Pacific		1969
Hypsicomus brevicollaris		Western Central Atlantic		1859
Hypsicomus capensis		Western Central Atlantic		1961
Hypsicomus circumcpiciens		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Hypsicomus elegans		Western Central Atlantic		1884
Hypsicomus phaeotenia		Indo-Pacific and Western		1861
Hypsicomus stichophthalmos		Western Indian Ocean, Nor		1863
Hypsicomus torquatus		Western Central Atlantic		1877
Jasmineira bermudensis		Western Central Atlantic
Jasmineira bilobata		Western Central Atlantic
Jasmineira candela		Western Central Atlantic		1963
Jasmineira caudata		Mediterranean Sea.		1880
Jasmineira elegans		Northeast Atlantic, Indo-		1894
Jasmineira filiformis		Northeast Atlantic, Indo-
Jasmineira pacifica		Northeast Pacific and Wes		1937
Jasmineira schaudinni		Arctic
Laonome albicingillum		Northwest Pacific		1995
Laonome andamanensis		Western Central Pacific		2002
Laonome elegans		Western Indian Ocean		1906
Laonome indica		Northwest Pacific		1921
Laonome kroyeri		Arctic, Northeast Pacific		1866
Laonome puncturata		Southeast Atlantic and We		1918
Manayunkia aestuarina		Northeast Pacific and Atl		1883
Manayunkia caspica		Mediterranean Sea.		1928
Manayunkia cursoria		Mediterranean Sea.
Manayunkia speciosa		Western Central Atlantic		1859
Megalomma bioculatum		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Megalomma circumspectum		Eastern Pacific		1923
Megalomma claparedei		Western Indian Ocean and		1906
Megalomma heterops		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Megalomma lanigera		Mediterranean Sea.		1846
Megalomma lobiferum		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Megalomma messapicum		Mediterranean Sea.		2008
Megalomma nechamae		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Megalomma pacifica		Western Central Atlantic		1927
Megalomma pigmentum		Western Central Atlantic		1963
Megalomma quadrioculatum		Indo-Pacific		1905
Megalomma splendida		Eastern Pacific		1905
Megalomma vesiculosum		Atlantic, Mediterranean a	4 BL	1815
Megalomma vigilans		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Myxicola aesthetica	Petit slime-tube feather-duster	Northeast Pacific and the
Myxicola fauveli		Western Indian Ocean		1928
Myxicola infundibulum	Sabellid worm	Cosmopolitan.	9 TL	1804
Myxicola sarsii		Cosmopolitan.		1856
Myxicola steenstrupi		Cosmopolitan.		1856
Notaulax alticollis		Western Indian Ocean		1868
Notaulax bahamensis		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Notaulax californica		Eastern Pacific		1906
Notaulax marenzelleri		Western Indian Ocean		1906
Notaulax midoculi		Western Central Atlantic		1919
Notaulax nudicolis		Eastern Pacific		1856
Notaulax occidentalis		Western Central Atlantic		1865
Notaulax paucoculata		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Notaulax phaeotaenia		Indo-West Pacific and the	4.5 BL	1861
Notaulax pigmentata		Western Indian Ocean		1906
Novafabricia infratorquata		Western Central Atlantic		1983
Novafabricia posidoniae		Mediterranean Sea.		2006
Oriopsis alata		Antarctic		1897
Oriopsis androgyne		Western Central Atlantic		1944
Oriopsis annaeae		Western Central Atlantic		1994
Oriopsis armandi		Western Indian Ocean and		1864
Oriopsis crenicollis		Western Indian Ocean and		1934
Oriopsis limbata		Antarctic Atlantic		1897
Oriopsis rivularis		Western Central Atlantic		1929
Paradialychone americana		Western Central Atlantic		1973
Paradialychone gambiae		Mediterranean Sea.		2007
Parasabella aberrans		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1926
Parasabella albicans		Northwest Pacific		1922
Parasabella japonica		Northwest Pacific		1904
Parasabella media	Parasol feather-duster	Northeast Pacific		1905
Parasabella tenuicollaris		Mediterranean Sea.		1861
Parasabella tommasi		Mediterranean Sea.		1994
Perkinsiana acuminata		Northwest Pacific		1904
Perkinsiana antarctica		Southwest Atlantic and An		1866
Perkinsiana fonticula		Western Central Atlantic		1919
Perkinsiana littoralis	Feather worm	Southeast Pacific and the		1967
Perkinsiana magalhaensis	Feather-duster worm	Southeast Pacific and Sou		1867
Perkinsiana minuta		Western Central Atlantic		1941
Perkinsiana rubra		Mediterranean Sea.		1880
Perkinsiana socialis		Eastern Pacific and the M		1944
Potamethus elongatus		Eastern Pacific and the M		1906
Potamethus malmgreni		Central Arctic.		1878
Potamethus murrayi		Central Arctic.		1916
Potamethus singularis		Central Arctic.
Potamethus spathiferus		Western Central Atlantic		1887
Potamilla abyssicola		Western Central Atlantic
Potamilla anophthalma		Eastern Pacific		1960
Potamilla antarctica		Antarctic		1866
Potamilla bioculata		Eastern Pacific		1959
Potamilla ceylonica		Indian Ocean		1926
Potamilla ehlersi		Western Indian Ocean.		1906
Potamilla intermedia		Northeast Pacific
Potamilla leptochaeta		Northwest and Western Cen		1921
Potamilla myriops		Northeast Pacific
Potamilla neglecta		Pacific, Arctic, Northern		1851
Potamilla ocalea		Western Central Pacific		1965
Potamilla occelata		Northeast Pacific
Potamilla oculifera		Northeast Pacific
Potamilla reniformis		Eastern Pacific and North
Potamilla torelli		Northern Atlantic, Indo-W		1866
Potaspina pacifica		Eastern Pacific		1969
Pseudobranchiomma emersoni		Western Central Atlantic		1962
Pseudobranchiomma tarantoensis		Mediterranean Sea.		2003
Pseudofabricia aberrans		Mediterranean Sea.		1972
Pseudofabriciola analis		Mediterranean Sea.		1994
Pseudofabriciola capensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1937
Pseudofabriciola filamentosa		Southeast Atlantic and We		1963
Pseudofabriciola longa		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Pseudofabriciola longipyga		Mediterranean Sea.		1994
Pseudofabriciola quasiincisura		Western Central Atlantic		1996
Pseudopotamilla cerasina		Mediterranean Sea.		1870
Pseudopotamilla laciniosa		Western Central Pacific		1905
Pseudopotamilla reniformis	Gregarious fanworm	Arctic, Pacific Ocean, We		1771
Sabella bahamensis		Western Central Atlantic		1922
Sabella costulata		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1877
Sabella discifera		Mediterranean Sea.		1874
Sabella flabellata		Mediterranean Sea.		1820
Sabella fusca		Western Indian Ocean		1870
Sabella lamyi		Western Indian Ocean		1906
Sabella nudicollis		Western Central Pacific		1856
Sabella pacifici		Eastern Pacific		1856
Sabella pavonina	Spiral feather duster	Northeast Atlantic and th		1822
Sabella penicillus		Western Pacific and Antar		1767
Sabella pottaei		Western Central Pacific.		1866
Sabella pottoei		Western Central Pacific.		1866
Sabella sarsi		Western Central Pacific.		1856
Sabella spallanzanii	Peacock feather duster	Indo-West Pacific, Northe	70 TL	1805
Sabella variabilis		Indo-West Pacific, Northe		1884

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Family: Sabellidae sabellids(See list of species below)

Family: Sabellidae sabellids

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