Fabriciinae

Fabriciinae

[‚fa·brə′sī·ə‚nē]
(invertebrate zoology)
A subfamily of small to minute, colonial, sedentary polychaete annelids in the family Sabellidae.
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Remarkably, the former family "Sabellidae" was found to be paraphyletic, necessitating the elevation of the sabellid subfamily Fabriciinae to full family rank (Kupriyanova and Rouse, 2008; Capa et al., 2011).
Radiolar Eyes of Serpulid Worms (Annelida, Serpulidae): Structures, Function, and Phototransduction
According to the taxonomic keys of Fauchald (1977) and Rozbaczylo (1980), all of these polychaetes belong to the family Sabellidae; subfamily Fabriciinae, and genus Oriopsis (according to Day 1967 and Fitzhugh 1989).
First report of polychaetes from the genus Oriopsis (polychaeta: Sabellidae) associated with the Japanese abalone Haliotis discus hannai and other native molluscs in Chile
New Fabriciola species (Polychaeta, Sabellidae, Fabriciinae) from eastern Atlantic, with a description of sperm and spermathecal structure.
Spermatozoa and sperm aggregates in the vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia luymesi compared with those of Riftia pachyptila (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae: Vestimentifera)
The family includes about 490 species that fall into two clades, the subfamilies Fabriciinae and Sabellinae (Rouse and Pleijel, 2001).
Persistent ancestral feeding structures in nonfeeding annelid larvae
An example using 20 species of the Fabriciinae (Polychaeta: Sabellidae).
Spermiogenesis and modified sperm morphology in the "seepworm" Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata (polychaeta: orbiniidae) from a methane seep environment in the Gulf of Mexico: implications for fertilization biology
Feeding and tube-building in the Fabriciinae. Proc.
Escape Hatches for the Clonal Offspring of Serpulid Polychaetes
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