WoRMS source details
Microspio elegantula Blake, 1984 (original description)
Microspio maori Blake, 1984 (original description)
Spio aequalis Ehlers, 1904 (redescription)
Spio readi Blake, 1984 (original description)
Paratype MONZ, geounit North Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Nontype MONZ, geounit North Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Nontype MONZ, geounit South Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Paratype MONZ, geounit South Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Nontype MONZ, geounit South Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Nontype MONZ, geounit South Island, identified as Spio readi Blake, 1984
Nontype MONZ, geounit South Island, identified as Spio readi Blake, 1984
Nontype MONZ, geounit South Island, identified as Spio readi Blake, 1984
Holotype USNM 80488, geounit North Island, identified as Spio readi Blake, 1984
Paratype USNM 80489, geounit North Island, identified as Spio readi Blake, 1984
Holotype USNM 80490, geounit North Island, identified as Microspio elegantula Blake, 1984
Holotype USNM 80491, geounit North Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Paratype USNM 80492, geounit North Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Paratype USNM 80493, geounit North Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Paratype USNM 80494, geounit South Island, identified as Microspio maori Blake, 1984
Holotype USNM 80495, geounit South Island, identified as Carazziella proberti Blake, 1984
Paratype USNM 80496, geounit South Island, identified as Carazziella proberti Blake, 1984
South Pacific Ocean: South Island, New Zealand. [details]
South Pacific Ocean: Wellington Harbor (North Island, New Zealand). [details]
South Pacific Ocean: North and South Islands of New Zealand. [details]
South Pacific Ocean: North and South Islands, New Zealand. [details]
From Blake (1984: 150): "Microspio maori is present in densities ranging from 2600-6300 per m2 (x̅ = 4100 per m2) ... [details]
"This species is named for Dr. Keith Probert of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute" (Blake, 1984: 158). [details]
Not stated. The specific epithet elegantula is a Latin adjective meaning 'small and elegant'. [details]
"The epithet is selected in honor of the native Maori people of New Zealand" (Blake, 1984: 151). [details]
"This species is named for Dr. Geoffrey Read, University of Wellington" (Blake, 1984: 154). [details]
Off Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (45°53.5'S, 170°59.0'E). [details]
Evans Bay, SW of marina, Wellington Harbor, North Island, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate ... [details]
Waikanae River Estuary, Wellington Province, North Island, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate ... [details]
Evans Bay, SW of marina, Wellington Harbor, North Island, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate ... [details]