Bispira

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]

Bispira
Bispira brunnea, the social feather duster worm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Order:	Sabellida
Family:	Sabellidae
Subfamily:	Sabellinae
Genus:	Bispira Krøyer, 1856[1]
Species
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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)