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Sabellidae (feather duster worms) are sedentary marine polychaete tube worms where the head is mostly concealed by feathery branchiae. They build tubes out of parchment, sand, and bits of shell. Glomerula secretes a tube of calcium carbonate. They tend to be common in the intertidal zones around the world. Their oldest fossils are known from the Early Jurassic.[1][2]
Characteristics[edit]
Feather-duster worms have a crown of feeding appendages or radioles in two fan-shaped clusters projecting from their tubes when under water. Each radiole has paired side branches making a two-edged comb for filter feeding. Most species have a narrow collar below the head. The body segments are smooth and lack parapodia. The usually eight thoracic segments bear capilliaries dorsally and hooked chaetae (bristles) ventrally. The abdominal segments are similar, but with the position of the capilliaries and chaetae reversed. The posterior few abdominal segments may form a spoon-shaped hollow on the ventral side. Size varies between tiny and over 10 cm (2.5 in) long. Some small species can bend over and extend their tentacles to the sea floor to collect detritus.[3]
Genera[edit]
The following genera belong to the family:[4]
- Amphicorina
- Amphiglena
- Anamobaea
- Aracia
- Bispira
- Branchiomma
- Chone
- Claviramus
- Clymeneis
- Demonax
- Desdemona
- Dialychone
- Euchone
- Eudistylia
- Euratella
- Fabricia
- Fabriciola
- Glomerula
- Haplobranchus
- Hypsicomus
- Jasmineira
- Laonome
- Manayunkia
- Megalomma
- Myxicola
- Notaulax
- Novafabricia
- Oriopsis
- Panoumethus
- Panousea
- Perkinsiana
- Potamethus
- Potamilla
- Pothametus
- Pseudobranchiomma
- Pseudofabricia
- Pseudofabriciola
- Pseudopotamilla
- Sabella
- Sabellastarte
- Sabellomma
- Sabellonga
- Schizobranchia
- Terebrasabella
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Sabellidae (Suspension-feeding polychaetes) is prey of:
Anchoa mitchilli
Menidia beryllina
Bucephala albeaola
Rallus longirostris
Charadrius semipalmatus
sediment POC
Pinixia floridana
Neopanope texana
Processa bermudiensis
Penaeus duoarum
Palaemonetes floridanus
Based on studies in:
USA: Florida (Estuarine)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Christian RR, Luczkovich JJ (1999) Organizing and understanding a winters seagrass foodweb network through effective trophic levels. Ecol Model 117:99124
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Sabellidae (Suspension-feeding polychaetes) preys on:
phytoplankton
Nauplii2
Nauplii1
Foraminifera
Nematoda
Polychaeta
Harpacticoida
Pycnogonidae
Acartia tonsa
Based on studies in:
USA: Florida (Estuarine)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Christian RR, Luczkovich JJ (1999) Organizing and understanding a winters seagrass foodweb network through effective trophic levels. Ecol Model 117:99124
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Fabriciinae is now regarded as a separate family. See Fabriciidae. Thus subfamily Sabellinae within Sabellidae is currently unneeded.
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Radiating filaments filter water: fanworms
The radiating filaments of fanworms filter water for food particles efficiently due to increased surface area.
"Increased surface area is extremely useful to many creatures…The radiating filaments of the fanworm filter the water for food particles: the more water is covered, the more food is found." (Foy and Oxford Scientific Films 1982:24)
Learn more about this functional adaptation.
- Foy, Sally; Oxford Scientific Films. 1982. The Grand Design: Form and Colour in Animals. Lingfield, Surrey, U.K.: BLA Publishing Limited for J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, Aldine House, London. 238 p.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:551
Specimens with Sequences:302
Specimens with Barcodes:282
Species:72
Species With Barcodes:48
Public Records:124
Public Species:25
Public BINs:30
Genomic DNA is available from 7 specimens with morphological vouchers housed at British Antarctic Survey
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