title: Bispira
text: # 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)
  