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title: "Honeycomb Worm"
description: "Sabellaria alveolata — Altri animali. Sabellaria alveolata, (also known as the honeycomb worm), is a reef-forming polychaete."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/honeycomb-worm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Honeycomb Worm

> Sabellaria alveolata — Altri animali. Sabellaria alveolata,  (also known as the honeycomb worm), is a reef-forming polychaete.

- Scientific name: *Sabellaria alveolata*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1967
- Wikidata: [Q1147658](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147658)
- iNaturalist taxon: [338082](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/338082)

## Names

- en: Honeycomb Worm
- de: Röhren-Sandkoralle
- fr: Hermelle
- nl: Honingraat-zandkokerworm

## Countries with the most observations

GB (641), PT (533), FR (284), IE (86), ES (33), IT (22), MA (8), AL (3)

## Summary

Sabellaria alveolata,  (also known as the honeycomb worm), is a reef-forming polychaete. It is distributed around the Mediterranean Sea, and from the north Atlantic Ocean to south Morocco. It is also found in the British Isles at its northern limit in the northeast Atlantic. Its common name is derived from the honeycomb-like pattern it creates when building its tube reefs.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabellaria_alveolata

## Photo

![Honeycomb Worm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/honeycomb-worm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Victor · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170319119

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/honeycomb-worm?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).