''Bispira'' is a
genus of marine
bristleworm
Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made ...
in the family
Sabellidae
Sabellidae, or feather duster worms, are a family of marine polychaete tube worms characterized by protruding feathery branchiae. Sabellids build tubes out of a tough, parchment-like exudate, strengthened with sand and bits of shell. Unlike the ...
.
Its members were initially included in genus
''Sabella'' by Grube in 1851. In 1856, Krøyer described ''Bispira'' as a separate genus.
Members of ''Bispira'' are defined by spirally-coiled, equally-divided branchial lobes.
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species, ''Bispira'' contains 31 valid species:
* ''
Bispira brunnea
''Bispira brunnea'', the social feather duster or cluster duster, is a species of marine bristleworm. They tend to live in groups of individuals, and are common off the Caribbean islands in southeast North America. The feather duster has one cro ...
''
(Treadwell, 1917)
* ''
Bispira crassicornis''
(Sars, 1851)
* ''
Bispira elegans''
(Bush, 1905)
* ''
Bispira fabricii''
(Krøyer, 1856)
* ''
Bispira guinensis''
(Augener, 1918)
* ''
Bispira klautae''
Costa-Paiva & Paiva, 2007
* ''
Bispira manicata''
(Grube, 1878)
* ''
Bispira mariae''
Lo Bianco, 1893
* ''
Bispira melanostigma''
(Schmarda, 1861)
* ''
Bispira monroi''
(Hartman, 1961)
* ''
Bispira oatesiana''
(Benham, 1927)
* ''
Bispira pacifica''
(Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954)
* ''
Bispira paraporifera''
Tovar-Hernandez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2006
* ''
Bispira polyomma''
Giangrande & Faasse, 2012
* ''
Bispira porifera''
(Grube, 1878)
* ''
Bispira primaoculata''
Cepeda & Lattig, 2017
* ''
Bispira secusolutus''
(Hoagland, 1920)
* ''
Bispira serrata''
Capa, 2007
* ''
Bispira spirobranchia''
(Zachs, 1933)
* ''
Bispira tricyclia''
(Schmarda, 1861)
* ''
Bispira turneri''
Hartman, 1969
* ''
Bispira viola
''Bispira'' is a genus of marine bristleworm in the family Sabellidae. Its members were initially included in genus ''Sabella'' by Grube in 1851. In 1856, Krøyer described ''Bispira'' as a separate genus. Members of ''Bispira'' are defined by ...
''
(Grube, 1863)
* ''
Bispira volutacornis''
(Montagu, 1804)
* ''
Bispira wireni''
(Johansson, 1922)
References
Sabellida
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