WoRMS name details
Euspio gravieri McIntosh, 1915
338456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338456)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Euspio McIntosh, 1915 accepted as Spio Fabricius, 1785
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650
page(s): 179-180, plate XCVIII figs. 5, 5a, 5c, plate C figs. 4, 4a, plate CV figs. 8, 8a, 8b [details]
page(s): 179-180, plate XCVIII figs. 5, 5a, 5c, plate C figs. 4, 4a, plate CV figs. 8, 8a, 8b [details]
Note St. Peter Port, Guernsey, English Channel,...
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Type locality St. Peter Port, Guernsey, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 49.455°, -02.535°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Etymology "Named in honour of M. Charles Gravier, of Paris, who has done so much excellent work in the group" (McIntosh, 1915: 179,...
Taxonomy Species uncertain
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Etymology "Named in honour of M. Charles Gravier, of Paris, who has done so much excellent work in the group" (McIntosh, 1915: 179,...
Etymology "Named in honour of M. Charles Gravier, of Paris, who has done so much excellent work in the group" (McIntosh, 1915: 179, footnote). [details]
Taxonomy Species uncertain
Taxonomy Species uncertain [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Euspio gravieri McIntosh, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338456 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650
page(s): 179-180, plate XCVIII figs. 5, 5a, 5c, plate C figs. 4, 4a, plate CV figs. 8, 8a, 8b [details]
new combination reference Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 76: 89-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34604970
page(s): 99; note: as Malacoceros gravieri (McIntosh, 1915) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 179-180, plate XCVIII figs. 5, 5a, 5c, plate C figs. 4, 4a, plate CV figs. 8, 8a, 8b [details]
new combination reference Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 76: 89-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34604970
page(s): 99; note: as Malacoceros gravieri (McIntosh, 1915) [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 76: 89-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34604970
page(s): 90; note: suggests synonymy with Colobranchus tetracerus Schmarda, 1861 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf
page(s): 63; note: with Scolelepis ciliata (Keferstein, 1862) [details]
status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 377 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 90; note: suggests synonymy with Colobranchus tetracerus Schmarda, 1861 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf
page(s): 63; note: with Scolelepis ciliata (Keferstein, 1862) [details]
status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 377 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]Etymology "Named in honour of M. Charles Gravier, of Paris, who has done so much excellent work in the group" (McIntosh, 1915: 179, footnote). [details]
Habitat "Found in a tunnel, probably of Docecaceria or other boring annelid in the spreading form of Lithothamnion between tide marks, St. Peter Port, Guernsey" (McIntosh, 1915: 179). [details]
Reproduction "The single example is a female, with numerous and apparently nearly ripe eggs which do not appear to have the rough capsule characteristic of such as Scolecolepis vulgaris" (McIntosh, 1915: 180). [details]
Synonymy Little information available. Questionably synonym of species listed. See Hartman catalogue via assignment to Scolelepis ciliatus [now in Malacoceros]. [details]
Type locality St. Peter Port, Guernsey, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 49.455°, -02.535°). [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Taxonomy Species uncertain [details]
