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 (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)