page_title: Sabellidae
section_title: Genera
hierarchical_section_title: Sabellidae / Genera
caption_attribution_description: English: Sabellidae (Feather Duster Worm) - Lingcod Reef, Carmel Bay, California, USA
context_page_description: Sabellidae, or feather duster worms, are a family of marine polychaete tube worms characterized by protruding feathery branchiae. Sabellids build tubes out of a tough, parchment-like exudate, strengthened with sand and bits of shell. Unlike the other sabellids, the genus Glomerula secretes a tube of calcium carbonate instead. Sabellidae can be found in subtidal habitats around the world. Their oldest fossils are known from the Early Jurassic.
context_section_description: The following genera belong to the family:
  Amphicorina
  Amphiglena
  Anamobaea
  Aracia
  Bispira
  Branchiomma
  Chone
  Claviramus
  Clymeneis
  Desdemona
  Dialychone
  Euchone
  Eudistylia
  Euratella
  Fabricia
  Fabriciola
  Glomerula
  Haplobranchus
  Hypsicomus
  Jasmineira
  Laonome
  Manayunkia
  Megalomma
  Myxicola
  Notaulax
  Novafabricia
  Oriopsis
  Panoumethus
  Panousea
  Parasabella
  Perkinsiana
  Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919
  Potamilla
  Pseudobranchiomma
  Pseudofabricia
  Pseudofabriciola
  Pseudopotamilla
  Sabella
  Sabellastarte
  Sabellomma
  Sabellonga
  Schizobranchia
  Terebrasabella
caption: Sabellid with feathery branchiae extended
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