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Family: Sabellidae sabellids



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262 species (see list below)
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Amphicorina armandi
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Amphicorina eimeri
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Amphicorina grahamensis
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Amphicorina pectinata
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Amphicorina persinosa
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Amphicorina triangulata
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Amphiglena lindae
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Amphiglena mediterranea
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Amphiglena pacifica
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Jacobson, Pauline Walsh

Western Atlantic.

Anamobaea orstediiKroyer, 1856

Photo by Jacobson, Pauline Walsh
 
Anamobaea orstedii
[Split-crown feather duster]
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Augeneriella dubia
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Augeneriella lagunai
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Bispira brunnea
[Social feather duster]
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Bispira crassicornis
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Bispira manicata
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Bispira mariae
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Bispira melanostigma
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Bispira monroi
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Bispira oatesiana
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Bispira porifera
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Bispira riccardi
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Bispira rugosa
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Bispira tricyclia
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Bispira viola
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Giourgis, Hector

Mediterranean Sea.

Bispira volutacornisunspecified

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Bispira volutacornis
[Cluster feather duster]
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Branchiomma arcticum
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Branchiomma arenosa
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Branchiomma bairdi
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Branchiomma boholense
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Branchiomma bombyx
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Branchiomma cingulata
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Branchiomma conspersa
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Branchiomma infarctum
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Branchiomma luctuosa
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Branchiomma lucullanum
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Branchiomma maerli
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Branchiomma moebii
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Max. Length 9.5 cm BL
 
Branchiomma nigromaculata
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Branchiomma serratibranchis
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Branchiomma vesiculosum
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Chaponella heterochaeta
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Chone acustica
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Chone albocincta
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Chone arenicola
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Chone aurantiaca
[Orange feather-duster]
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Chone cincta
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Chone collaris
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Chone duneri
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Chone dunerificta
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Chone ecaudata
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Chone fauveli
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Chone filicaudata
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Chone flecatus
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Chone gracilis
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Max. Length 7 cm TL
 
Chone infundibuliformis
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Chone jamaicensis
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Chone lacunosus
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Chone leucaspis
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Chone longiseta
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Chone magna
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Chone microphthalmus
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Chone minuta
[Minute feather-duster]
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Chone mollis
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Chone murmanica
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Chone paucibranchiata
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Chone trilobata
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Chone usticensis
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Chone veleronis
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Claviramus candelus
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Dasychone bairdi
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Demonax brachychona
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Demonax cambrensis
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Demonax langerhansi
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Demonax leucaspis
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Demonax microphthalmus
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Demonax rugosus
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Demonax saxicola
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Demonax torulis
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Desdemona nova
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Desdemona ornata
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Dialychone acustica
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Distylidia rugosa
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Euchone analis
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Euchone arenae
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Euchone capensis
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Euchone elegans
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Euchone hancocki
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Euchone heteroseta
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Euchone incolor
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Euchone limnicola
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Euchone longifissurata
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Euchone pallida
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Euchone papillosa
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Euchone pararosea
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Euchone pseudolimnicola
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Euchone rosea
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Euchone rubrocincta
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Euchone scotiarum
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Euchone southerni
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Euchone trisegmentata
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Euchone velifera
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Euchonella magna
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Max. Length 27.5 cm H
 
Eudistylia polymorpha
[Feather duster worm]
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Eudistylia tenella
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Max. Length 45 cm TL
 
Eudistylia vancouveri
[Northern feather-duster worm]
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Euratella puncturata
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Euratella salmacidis
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Fabricia limnicola
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Fabricia minuta
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Fabricia pacifica
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Fabricia sabella
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Fabricia stellaris
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Fabricinuda limia
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Fabricinuda pseudocollaris
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Fabricinuda trilobata
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Fabriciola baltica
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Fabriciola berkeleyi
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Fabriciola ghardaqa
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Fabriciola mossambica
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Fabriciola pacifica
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Fabriciola tonerella
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Fabriciola trilobata
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Fabrisabella vasculosa
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Hypsicomus brevicollaris
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Hypsicomus capensis
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Hypsicomus circumcpiciens
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Hypsicomus elegans
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Hypsicomus phaeotenia
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Hypsicomus stichophthalmos
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Hypsicomus torquatus
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Jasmineira bermudensis
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Jasmineira bilobata
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Jasmineira candela
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Jasmineira caudata
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Jasmineira elegans
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Jasmineira filiformis
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Jasmineira pacifica
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Jasmineira schaudinni
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Laonome albicingillum
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Laonome andamanensis
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Laonome elegans
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Laonome indica
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Laonome kroyeri
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Laonome puncturata
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Manayunkia aestuarina
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Manayunkia caspica
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Manayunkia cursoria
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Manayunkia speciosa
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Megalomma bioculatum
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Megalomma circumspectum
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Megalomma claparedei
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Megalomma heterops
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Megalomma lanigera
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Megalomma lobiferum
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Megalomma messapicum
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Megalomma nechamae
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Megalomma pacifica
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Megalomma pigmentum
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Megalomma quadrioculatum
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Megalomma splendida
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Max. Length 4 cm BL
 
Megalomma vesiculosum
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Megalomma vigilans
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Myxicola aesthetica
[Petit slime-tube feather-duster]
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Myxicola fauveli
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Cosmopolitan.
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Myxicola infundibulum(Renier, 1804)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Myxicola infundibulum
[Sabellid worm]
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Myxicola sarsii
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Myxicola steenstrupi
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Notaulax alticollis
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Notaulax bahamensis
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Notaulax californica
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Notaulax marenzelleri
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Notaulax midoculi
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Notaulax nudicolis
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Notaulax occidentalis
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Notaulax paucoculata
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Max. Length 4.5 cm BL
 
Notaulax phaeotaenia
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Notaulax pigmentata
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Novafabricia infratorquata
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Novafabricia posidoniae
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Oriopsis alata
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Oriopsis androgyne
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Oriopsis annaeae
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Oriopsis armandi
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Oriopsis crenicollis
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Oriopsis limbata
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Oriopsis rivularis
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Paradialychone americana
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Paradialychone gambiae
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Parasabella aberrans
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Parasabella albicans
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Parasabella japonica
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Parasabella media
[Parasol feather-duster]
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Parasabella tenuicollaris
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Parasabella tommasi
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Perkinsiana acuminata
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Perkinsiana antarctica
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Perkinsiana fonticula
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific and the

Perkinsiana littoralis(Hartman, 1967)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Perkinsiana littoralis
[Feather worm]
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Perkinsiana magalhaensis
[Feather-duster worm]
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Perkinsiana minuta
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Perkinsiana rubra
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Perkinsiana socialis
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Potamethus elongatus
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Potamethus malmgreni
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Potamethus murrayi
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Potamethus singularis
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Potamethus spathiferus
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Potamilla abyssicola
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Potamilla anophthalma
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Potamilla antarctica
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Potamilla bioculata
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Potamilla ceylonica
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Potamilla ehlersi
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Potamilla intermedia
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Potamilla leptochaeta
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Potamilla myriops
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Potamilla neglecta
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Potamilla ocalea
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Potamilla occelata
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Potamilla oculifera
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Potamilla reniformis
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Potamilla torelli
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Potaspina pacifica
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Pseudobranchiomma emersoni
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Pseudobranchiomma tarantoensis
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Pseudofabricia aberrans
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Pseudofabriciola analis
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Pseudofabriciola capensis
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Pseudofabriciola filamentosa
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Pseudofabriciola longa
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Pseudofabriciola longipyga
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Pseudofabriciola quasiincisura
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Pseudopotamilla cerasina
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Pseudopotamilla laciniosa
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Pseudopotamilla reniformis
[Gregarious fanworm]
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Sabella bahamensis
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Sabella costulata
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Sabella discifera
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Sabella flabellata
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Sabella fusca
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Sabella lamyi
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Sabella nudicollis
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Sabella pacifici
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Sabella pavonina
[Spiral feather duster]

Pillon, Roberto

Western Pacific and Antar

Sabella penicillusLinnaeus, 1767

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Sabella penicillus
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Sabella pottaei
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Sabella pottoei
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Sabella sarsi
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Pillon, Roberto

Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Sabella spallanzanii(Viviani, 1805)

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Sabella spallanzanii
[Peacock feather duster]
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Sabella variabilis
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