> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: [Annelida](Annelida.md)
**Subphylum**::
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: Polychaeta
**Subclass**:: Sedentaria
**Superorder**::
**Order**:: Sabellida
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Sabellidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Sabella
**Species**:: S. Spallanzanii
**Vernacular**:: Mediterranean fanworm
## Photos
*[117 - 2023-04-29 - Le Gibus - Saint Cyr - France](117%20-%202023-04-29%20-%20Le%20Gibus%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - On the only kind of subtrate that was available on this sand plain.*
*[127 - 2023-05-17 - Labyrinthe de Zeus - Epidaurus - Greece](127%20-%202023-05-17%20-%20Labyrinthe%20de%20Zeus%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md)*
*[127 - 2023-05-17 - Labyrinthe de Zeus - Epidaurus - Greece](127%20-%202023-05-17%20-%20Labyrinthe%20de%20Zeus%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - They can be found in the sand or corraligeonous structures.
*[127 - 2023-05-17 - Labyrinthe de Zeus - Epidaurus - Greece](127%20-%202023-05-17%20-%20Labyrinthe%20de%20Zeus%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md)*
*[129 - 2023-05-18 - Aventis III - Epidaurus - Greece](129%20-%202023-05-18%20-%20Aventis%20III%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - We distinctly see the tube made with the sediments sticked on it thanks to its mucus. We also barely see the end of the fan slightly sticking out. Behind is [Holothuria sanctori - Sea cucumber](Holothuria%20sanctori%20-%20Sea%20cucumber.md) hidden under a sponge.*
## Notes
The fanworm can be recognized because of its spiral shape fan. Once there's multiple fans level, it's. spallanzanii. (Spirographe in french, the root tell the spiral shape). Tubes are made of mucus.
As any other fan worms, they're sensing hydrodynamism and vanish if they feel too much current.
The color and signs on the fan is an intraspecific variation.
## References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabella_spallanzanii
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Sabella-spallanzanii-Spirographe-403/(rOffset)/8