Bispira
Bispira brunnea, the social feather duster worm
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Bispira

Krøyer, 1856[1]
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Bispira is a genus of marine bristleworm in the family Sabellidae.[2] Its members were initially included in genus Sabella by Grube in 1851. In 1856, Krøyer described Bispira as a separate genus.[1] Members of Bispira are defined by spirally-coiled, equally-divided branchial lobes.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, Bispira contains 31 valid species:[3]

  • Bispira brunnea (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 (Grube, 1863)
  • Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804)
  • Bispira wireni (Johansson, 1922)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Harriman Alaska Series: Enchytraeids. Smithsonian Institution. 1910. Bispira Kroyer.
  2. Leslie Newman and Lester Robert Glen Cannon (2003). Marine Flatworms: The World of Polyclads. CSIRO Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 0643068295.
  3. "Bispira". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-20.


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