Sabellariidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of marine

polychaete Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class (biology), class of generally marine invertebrate, marine annelid worms, common name, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that ...

worms in the suborder

Sabellida Sabellida is an order of annelid worms 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 ...

. The worms live in tubes made of sand and are

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s and

detritivore Detritivores (also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders, or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces). There are many kinds of invertebrates, ...

Characteristics

Members of this family live in tubes made of sand and shell fragments cemented together and attached to rocks. Some species are colonial and the multitude of their tubes may create hummocks and even reefs. The top of the tube can be closed by an operculum formed by several rings of bristles on the head of the worm. The head also bears several fine feeding

tentacle In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work main ...

s and a pair of small palps. The thoracic section of the body has 3 or 4 segments with paddle-like capillary bristles. The abdominal section has many segments each with hooked bristles on raised lobes. There are a pair of gills on each of the thoracic segments and on the front abdominal segments. The rear of the body is bent forward along a groove in the midsection of the body.

Genera

*'' Alveolaria'' *'' Bathysabellaria'' *'' Branchio'' *'' Centrocorone'' *'' Cryptopomatus'' *'' Gesaia'' *'' Gunnarea'' *'' Hermella'' *''

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'' Kinberg, 1876 *'' Lygdamis'' Kinberg, 1867 *'' Mariansabellaria'' *'' Monorchos'' *''

Neosabellaria ''Neosabellaria'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Sabellariidae Sabellariidae is a family of marine polychaete worms in the suborder Sabellida. The worms live in tubes made of sand and are filter feeders and detritivores. Chara ...

'' Kirtley, 1994 *'' Paraidanthyrsus'' *'' Phalacrostemma'' Marenzeller, 1895 *''

Phragmatopoma ''Phragmatopoma'' is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Sabellariidae. The species of this genus are found in America. Species: *'' Phragmatopoma attenuata'' *'' Phragmatopoma balbinae'' *''Phragmatopoma californica ''Phragmat ...

'' Mörch, 1863 *''

Sabellaria ''Sabellaria'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellariidae. The type species is ''Sabellaria alveolata'' (Linnaeus, 1767). These worms are sedentary and build tubes in which to live from sand and shell fragments. Some specie ...

'' Savigny, 1818 *'' Tetreres''

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