Alexander Semenov, Russland
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Sabella pavonina Savigny, 1820
The peacock featherworm is a tubeworm (Sabellidae) that lives in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean in muddy and sandy bottoms, mainly in shallow water. They colonize areas protected from currents. However, these tubeworms have also been found at depths of 100-130 meters. Sabella pavonina can form dense populations.
The feather crown consists of two parts, which are usually split into approximately the same number of filaments on each side. According to WoRMS, the peacock featherworm reaches a maximum length of 30 cm (with feather crown). The tubeworm usually protrudes a maximum of 10 cm from the ground and is said to be only 4 mm thin. The body can be yellowish-orange or greyish-purple and the crown is banded in different colors.
It uses its feather crown to filter the finest food particles from the current. The sessile animal can only change its location by leaving its tube.
Synonymised names:
Sabella longibranchiata Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Sabella pavonia [auct. lapsus] (misspelling for pavonina)
Sabella pavonia bicoronata Hornell, 1891 (subjective synonym)
Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling] (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
Scolopendra majore,tubularia Baster, 1760 (non-binominal name, and an annelid)
Spirographis brevispira Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis spallanzanii brevispira Quatrefages, 1866 (superseded combination of subjective synonym)
Direct children (1):
Subspecies Sabella pavonina abyssorum Roule, 1896
The peacock featherworm is a tubeworm (Sabellidae) that lives in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean in muddy and sandy bottoms, mainly in shallow water. They colonize areas protected from currents. However, these tubeworms have also been found at depths of 100-130 meters. Sabella pavonina can form dense populations.
The feather crown consists of two parts, which are usually split into approximately the same number of filaments on each side. According to WoRMS, the peacock featherworm reaches a maximum length of 30 cm (with feather crown). The tubeworm usually protrudes a maximum of 10 cm from the ground and is said to be only 4 mm thin. The body can be yellowish-orange or greyish-purple and the crown is banded in different colors.
It uses its feather crown to filter the finest food particles from the current. The sessile animal can only change its location by leaving its tube.
Synonymised names:
Sabella longibranchiata Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Sabella pavonia [auct. lapsus] (misspelling for pavonina)
Sabella pavonia bicoronata Hornell, 1891 (subjective synonym)
Sabella sarsi [auct. misspelling] (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Sabella sarsii Krøyer, 1856 (subjective synonym)
Scolopendra majore,tubularia Baster, 1760 (non-binominal name, and an annelid)
Spirographis brevispira Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
Spirographis spallanzanii brevispira Quatrefages, 1866 (superseded combination of subjective synonym)
Direct children (1):
Subspecies Sabella pavonina abyssorum Roule, 1896
