Bispira
# Bispira

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)
