GENUS Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856

Sabellastarte Krøyer, 1856: 13 .— Knight-Jones & Mackie, 2003: 2272.

Sabellastarte magnifica (Shaw, 1800)

Tubularia magnifica Shaw, 1800: 228, Pl. 9, Figs 1–6.

Sabella magnifica .— Savigny, 1822: 78.— de Quatrefages, 1866: 443.— Fitzsimons, 1965: 643, Figs 1– 13.

Sabella lingva Krøyer, 1856: 27 .— Knight-Jones and Mackie, 2003: 2278. Sabella melania Schmarda, 1861: 35, Fig. 188.— Knight-Jones and Mackie, 2003: 2278. Sabella splendida Kinberg, 1867: 353 .— Knight-Jones and Mackie, 2003: 2278. Sabellastarte magnifica .— Augener, 1922b: 48.— Rioja, 1958: 287.— Bastida-Zavala, 1993: 25.— San Martín et al. 1994: 556.— Knight-Jones and Mackie, 2003: 2278 –2280, Fig. 3A–P.— Tovar-Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo, 2006: 61 –62, Fig. 22.

Type locality: Jamaica, adhering to rocks.

Type material: BMNH 1998.932 (NT).

Records: Cuba (San Martín et al. 1994), Mexican Caribbean (Bastida-Zavala 1993), Panama, British Virgin Islands, Florida, Venezuela (Tovar-Hernández & Salazar-Vallejo 2006).