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Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 36(129): 1-183.
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Foster, Nancy Marie
1971
Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands
36(129): 1-183
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Although there have been several collections of polychaetous annelids from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, very few spionids have been included in the published species lists. This is not because they are poorly represented in this area but probably a result of their small size and the fact that they are easily overlooked both in collecting and in sorting of samples. It is also probable that their small size renders them an unpopular group with which to work. Very few spionids were reported from collections of the early large scale collecting cruises. This can be, at least in part, attributed to the fact that they are more common in littoral habitats than in deeper waters.
Schmarda (1861) reported three species as a result of his world cruise (1853—57) during which he visited several Caribbean Islands. Treadwell (1901, 1931a + b, 1939a, 1939b) reported only three species and this included his treatment of the annelids collected during the Scientific Survey of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Other contributions include works by Augener (1906, 1927, 1933), Horst (1922), Kavanagh (1940) and Behre (1950). Hartman (1951) reported on a collection of littoral polychaetes from the Gulf of Mexico. The latter included what is probably the largest number of spionids dealt with in a single study up to that time. Twelve species were reported, most of which represented new records. Later, small papers were contributed by Carpenter (1956) from the northern Gulf, Friedrich (1956) from Central and South America and Wesenberg-Lund (1958) from the Lesser Antilles. Finally in 1962, Jones reported on a collection of polychaetes from Jamaica which included two spionid species.
Caribbean region
Gulf of Mexico
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Aonides nodosetosa Storch, 1966 (basis of record)
Apoprionospio Foster, 1969 (additional source)
Apoprionospio caspersi (Laubier, 1962) accepted as Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962 (additional source)
Apoprionospio dayi Foster, 1969 (additional source)
Apoprionospio pygmaea (Hartman, 1961) (additional source)
Apoprionospio saldanha (Day, 1961) accepted as Prionospio saldanha Day, 1961 (additional source)
Aquilaspio Foster, 1971 accepted as Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (original description)
Aquilaspio peruana (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) accepted as Prionospio peruana Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 (basis of record)
Aquilaspio sexoculata (Augener, 1918) accepted as Prionospio sexoculata Augener, 1918 (basis of record)
Euspio McIntosh, 1915 accepted as Spio Fabricius, 1785 (subsequent type designation)
Laonice annenkowae Zachs, 1925 accepted as Marenzelleria arctia (Chamberlin, 1920) (status source)
Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (source of synonymy)
Laonice cirrata postcirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Laonice postcirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 (source of synonymy)
Laonice cirrata praecirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Laonice praecirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 (source of synonymy)
Malacoceros (Rhynchospio) accepted as Rhynchospio Hartman, 1936 (additional source)
Malacoceros (Rhynchospio) inflatus Foster, 1971 accepted as Rhynchospio inflata (Foster, 1971) (original description)
Malacoceros longirostris Quatrefages, 1843 accepted as Scolelepis longirostris (Quatrefages, 1843) (additional source)
Mesospio Gravier, 1911 accepted as Microspio Mesnil, 1896 (source of synonymy)
Mesospio moorei Gravier, 1911 accepted as Microspio moorei (Gravier, 1911) (source of synonymy)
Microspio moorei (Gravier, 1911) (new combination reference)
Minuspio Foster, 1971 accepted as Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (original description)
Minuspio chilensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) accepted as Prionospio chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 (basis of record)
Minuspio cirrifera (Wirén, 1883) accepted as Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883 (source of synonymy)
Minuspio cirrobranchiata (Day, 1961) accepted as Aonidella cirrobranchiata (Day, 1961) (new combination reference)
Minuspio gracilis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) accepted as Microspio gracilis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (new combination reference)
Minuspio japonica (Okuda, 1935) accepted as Prionospio japonica Okuda, 1935 (basis of record)
Minuspio longibranchiata (Reish, 1968) accepted as Prionospio delta Hartman, 1965 (basis of record)
Minuspio multibranchiata (Berkeley, 1927) accepted as Prionospio multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927 (new combination reference)
Minuspio polybranchiata (Fauvel, 1929) accepted as Prionospio polybranchiata Fauvel, 1929 (new combination reference)
Nerine cirratulus chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Scolelepis chilensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (source of synonymy)
Nerine minuta Treadwell, 1939 accepted as Scolelepis minuta (Treadwell, 1939) (source of synonymy)
Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) (source of synonymy)
Paraspio Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Spio Fabricius, 1785 (source of synonymy)
Periptyches festiva Grube, 1873 accepted as Prionospio festiva (Grube, 1872) (additional source)
Polydora plena Berkeley & Berkeley, 1936 (basis of record)
Polydora socialis plena Berkeley & Berkeley, 1936 accepted as Polydora plena Berkeley & Berkeley, 1936 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio cirrifera chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Prionospio chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 (new combination reference)
Prionospio cirrobranchiata Day, 1961 accepted as Aonidella cirrobranchiata (Day, 1961) (source of synonymy)
Prionospio cristata Foster, 1971 (original description)
Prionospio delta Hartman, 1965 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio dubia Day, 1961 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio gracilis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Microspio gracilis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (new combination reference)
Prionospio heterobranchia Moore, 1907 (additional source)
Prionospio japonicus Okuda, 1935 accepted as Prionospio japonica Okuda, 1935 (new combination reference)
Prionospio krusadensis Fauvel, 1929 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio longibranchiata Reish, 1968 accepted as Prionospio delta Hartman, 1965 (new combination reference)
Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869 (status source)
Prionospio multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927 (new combination reference)
Prionospio nova Annenkova, 1938 (status source)
Prionospio ornata Berkeley & Berkeley, 1961 accepted as Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) (source of synonymy)
Prionospio patagonica Augener, 1923 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio peruana Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio pinnata Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) (source of synonymy)
Prionospio polybranchiata Fauvel, 1929 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961 accepted as Apoprionospio pygmaea (Hartman, 1961) (additional source)
Prionospio saldanha Day, 1961 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio sexoculata Augener, 1918 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio spongicola Wesenberg-Lund, 1958 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867 (taxonomy source)
Pseudomalacoceros Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Scolelepis Blainville, 1828 (source of synonymy)
Rhynchospio arenincola Hartman, 1936 (source of synonymy)
Rhynchospio arenincola asiatica Chlebovitsch, 1959 accepted as Rhynchospio asiatica Chlebovitsch, 1959 (source of synonymy)
Rhynchospio glutaea (Ehlers, 1897) (additional source)
Scolecolepides arctius Chamberlin, 1920 accepted as Marenzelleria arctia (Chamberlin, 1920) (source of synonymy)
Scolecolepides viridis (Verrill, 1873) accepted as Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873) (basis of record)
Scolecolepis tenuis Verrill, 1873 accepted as Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873) (status source)
Scolecolepis viridis Verrill, 1873 accepted as Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873) (new combination reference)
Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806) (status source)
Scolelepis (Scolelepis) texana Foster, 1971 accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) texana Foster, 1971 (original description)
Scolelepis squamata (Müller, 1806) represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806) (source of synonymy)
Spio (Microspio) Mesnil, 1896 accepted as Microspio Mesnil, 1896 (status source)
Spio (Microspio) mecznikowiana (Claparède, 1869) accepted as Microspio mecznikowiana (Claparède, 1869) (basis of record)
Spio pettiboneae Foster, 1971 (original description)
Spio theeli kolaensis (Zachs, 1925) (new combination reference)
Spiophanes soderstromi Hartman, 1953 accepted as Spiophanes duplex (Chamberlin, 1919) (status source)
Holotype USNM 40178, verbatimGeounit West coast of North ..., identified as Malacoceros (Rhynchospio) inflatus Foster, 1971
 Classification

Foster (1971) used Microspio downgraded to a subgenus of Spio. However, mostly it is treated as a full genus in ... [details]

 Etymology

Authors, none of whom have treated Aonides as masculine, may have assumed 'Aonides' was derived from the ... [details]

 Etymology

Rhynchospio was treated as feminine by Hartman (1936), and explicitly stated as feminine by Radashevsky (2007). No ... [details]

 Grammatical gender

Unresolved. Spiophanes has been treated as masculine by modern authors, notably by Meißner, the revisor of the ... [details]

 Spelling

Claparède, 1869, originally should have used 'mecznikowiana' for agreement with the feminine genus Spio, as the ... [details]

 Spelling

Original name is a misspelling. Claparède should have used 'mecznikowiana' for agreement with the feminine genus ... [details]

 Synonymy

Prionospio fallax Söderström, 1920 was considered to be a junior synonym of Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869 ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Foster (1971:107) transferred Prionospio cirrobranchiata Day to her new genus Minuspio without comment. Maciolek ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Nerine cirratulus chilensis was included in the list of synonyms of Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (Müller, ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869, described from the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea), was considered to be ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Verrill described S. tenuis consecutively, after S. viridis, from the same place and habitat. He did not say why he ... [details]

 Taxonomy

The name combinations Foster (1971) included in a listing of Spio (Microspio) species have not been given separate ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Status uncertain. We have not ascertained whether the original taxon has been recorded since the original ... [details]

 Type material

Known from one incomplete specimen [details]

 Type species

Foster (1971:33) stated she designates Euspio mesnili as type species of Euspio. E. mesnili precedes E. gravieri in ... [details]