Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774)
- Name authority
- (Müller, 1774)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Class
- Polychaeta
- Order
- Sabellida
- Family
- Fabriciidae
- Genus
- Fabricia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumAnnelida
- classPolychaeta Grube, 1850
- subclassSedentaria Lamarck, 1818
- infraclassCanalipalpata Rouse & Fauchald, 1997 non Linnaean
- orderSabellida Levinsen, 1883
- familyFabriciidae Rioja, 1923
- subfamilyFabriciinae Rioja, 1923
- genusFabricia Blainville, 1828
- speciesFabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Fabricia leidyi Verrill, 1873 Verrill, 1873 | synonym |
| Fabricia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836) (Ehrenberg, 1836) | synonym |
| Othonia fabricii (Johnston, 1835) (Johnston, 1835) | synonym |
| Tubularia fabricia Müller, 1776 Müller, 1776 | synonym |
| Tubularia stellaris Müller, 1774 Müller, 1774 | synonym |
| Amphicora fabricii [auctt. misspelling] [auctt. misspelling] | synonym |
| Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg, 1836 Ehrenberg, 1836 | synonym |
| Fabricia affinis Leuckart, 1849 Leuckart, 1849 | synonym |
| Fabricia amphicora Quatrefages, 1866 Quatrefages, 1866 | synonym |
| Novafabricia bilobata Martin & Giangrande, 1991 Martin & Giangrande, 1991 | synonym |
| Amphicora fabricia (Müller, 1776) (Müller, 1776) | synonym |
| Othonia sabella (Ehrenberg, 1836) (Ehrenberg, 1836) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130913 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3DR5Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.