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Sabellida
"Bispira" sp.
Bispira sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Infraclass: Canalipalpata
Order: Sabellida
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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 particles from their environment such as sand and shell fragments cemented together with mucus. [1]

Members of the suborder include the feather duster worms (Sabellidae) and serpulid worms (Serpulidae). Among the species are the giant feather duster worm ( Eudistylia polymorpha), the peacock worm ( Sabella pavonina), the European fan worm ( Sabella spallanzanii) and the Christmas tree worm ( Spirobranchus giganteus).

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