Bispira is a genus of marine bristleworm in the family Sabellidae. Its members were initially included in genus Sabella by Grube in 1851. In 1856, Krøyer described Bispira as a separate genus. Members of Bispira are defined by spirally-coiled, equally-divided branchial lobes.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Bispira contains 31 valid species:
- Bispira brunnea <small>(Treadwell, 1917) </small>
- Bispira crassicornis <small>(Sars, 1851) </small>
- Bispira elegans <small>(Bush, 1905) </small>
- Bispira fabricii <small>(Krøyer, 1856) </small>
- Bispira guinensis <small>(Augener, 1918) </small>
- Bispira klautae <small>Costa-Paiva & Paiva, 2007</small>
- Bispira manicata <small>(Grube, 1878) </small>
- Bispira mariae <small>Lo Bianco, 1893</small>
- Bispira melanostigma <small>(Schmarda, 1861) </small>
- Bispira monroi <small>(Hartman, 1961) </small>
- Bispira oatesiana <small>(Benham, 1927) </small>
- Bispira pacifica <small>(Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954) </small>
- Bispira paraporifera <small>Tovar-Hernandez & Salazar-Vallejo, 2006</small>
- Bispira polyomma <small>Giangrande & Faasse, 2012</small>
- Bispira porifera <small>(Grube, 1878) </small>
- Bispira primaoculata <small>Cepeda & Lattig, 2017</small>
- Bispira secusolutus <small>(Hoagland, 1920) </small>
- Bispira serrata <small>Capa, 2007</small>
- Bispira spirobranchia <small>(Zachs, 1933) </small>
- Bispira tricyclia <small>(Schmarda, 1861) </small>
- Bispira turneri <small>Hartman, 1969</small>
- Bispira viola <small>(Grube, 1863) </small>
- Bispira volutacornis <small>(Montagu, 1804) </small>
- Bispira wireni <small>(Johansson, 1922) </small>
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