---
title: "Mediterranean Fanworm"
description: "Sabella spallanzanii — Inne zwierzęta. Sabella spallanzanii is a species of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mediterranean-fanworm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean Fanworm

> Sabella spallanzanii — Inne zwierzęta. Sabella spallanzanii is a species of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellidae.

- Scientific name: *Sabella spallanzanii*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3865
- Wikidata: [Q1417852](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1417852)
- iNaturalist taxon: [338012](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/338012)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean Fanworm
- de: Schraubensabelle
- es: Espirógrafo
- fr: Spirographe

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1048), NZ (516), AU (440), ES (422), IT (258), HR (226), PT (191), GR (171), JE (69), SI (30), GB (24), MT (14)

## Summary

Sabella spallanzanii is a species of marine polychaete worms in the family Sabellidae. Common names include the Mediterranean fanworm, the feather duster worm, the European fan worm and the pencil worm. It is native to shallow waters in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It has spread to various other parts of the world and is included on the Global Invasive Species Database maintained by the IUCN.
The species' name commemorates the 18th-century biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani.

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

## Photo

![Mediterranean Fanworm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-fanworm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jérémy Capelle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265998009

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mediterranean-fanworm?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).