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Apoprionospio Foster, 1969 
AphiaID: 129606

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subjective synonymy)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Prionospio Malmgren, 1867
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Apoprionospio dayi Foster, 1969 (type by original designation)
Parent Spionidae Grube, 1850
Sources  original description: Foster, Nancy M. 1969. New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus Prionospio. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82(38), 381-400.
page(s): 383 [details]


basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: 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. [details]

status source: Maciolek, Nancy J. 1985. A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 84: 325-383., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x
page(s): 368 [details]


status source: Sigvaldadóttir, Elin 1998. Cladistic analysis and classification of Prionospio and related genera (Polychaeta, Spionidae). Zoologica Scripta, 27(3): 175-188. [details]

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Species Apoprionospio caspersi (Laubier, 1962) accepted as Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962
Species Apoprionospio dayi Foster, 1969 accepted as Prionospio dayi (Foster, 1969)
Species Apoprionospio nova (Annenkova, 1938) accepted as Prionospio nova Annenkova, 1938
Species Apoprionospio pygmaea (Hartman, 1961) accepted as Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961
Species Apoprionospio saldanha (Day, 1961) accepted as Prionospio saldanha Day, 1961
Species Apoprionospio vermillionensis (Fauchald, 1972) accepted as Prionospio vermillionensis Fauchald, 1972
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Synonymy: Maciolek (1985) retained Apoprionospio Foster with just A. dayi and A. pygmaea. Later Sigvaldadottir (1998) found no justification for a separation from Prionospio. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129606
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2006-09-05 12:04:33Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2011-01-27 22:40:25Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Apoprionospio Foster, 1969. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129606 on 2013-05-25
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