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Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 
AphiaID: 129620

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867
Parent Spionidae Grube, 1850
Synonymised
taxa
  Anaspio Chamberlin, 1920 (subjective synonym)
Apoprionospio Foster, 1969 (subjective synonymy)
Aquilaspio Foster, 1971 (subjective synonymy)
Minuspio Foster, 1971 (subjective synonym)
Prionospio (Apoprionospio) [auctorum] (superseded combination)
Prionospio (Aquilaspio) [auctorum] (superseded combination)
Prionospio (Minuspio) [auctorum] (superseded combination)
Prionospio (Prionospio) [auctorum] (superseded combination)
Sources  original description: Malmgren, A. J. 1867. Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Groenlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingfors. 127pp, & 115 plates, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 93 [details]


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

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [details]

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

additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1920. The Polychaetes Collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 9. Annelids, parasitic worms, Protozoans, etc (B. Polychaeta): 1-41. Pl.1-6. Thomas Mulvey. Ottawa. [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Maciolek, Nancy J. 1981. A new genus and species of Spionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the North and South Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94(1): 228-239.
page(s): 228 [details] [view taxon]


original description (from synonym): 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.
page(s): 105 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]


status source (from synonym): 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] [view taxon]


Direct child
taxa

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 Species Prionospio aluta Maciolek, 1985
Species Prionospio andamanensis Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1991
Species Prionospio anuncata Fauchald, 1972
Species Prionospio aucklandica Augener, 1923
Species Prionospio australiensis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962
Species Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883
Species Prionospio convexa Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio coorilla Wilson, 1990
Species Prionospio cornuta Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1991
Species Prionospio cristata Foster, 1971
Species Prionospio dayi (Foster, 1969)
Species Prionospio decipiens Söderström, 1920
Species Prionospio delta Hartman, 1965
Species Prionospio depauperata Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio dubia Day, 1961
Species Prionospio ehlersi Fauvel, 1928
Species Prionospio elegantula Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio elongata Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio ergeni Dagli & Çinar, 2009
Species Prionospio fallax Söderström, 1920
Species Prionospio fauchaldi Maciolek, 1985
Species Prionospio festiva (Grube, 1872)
Species Prionospio gracilis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Species Prionospio grossa Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio henriki Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1991
Species Prionospio heterobranchia Moore, 1907
Species Prionospio japonicus Okuda, 1935
Species Prionospio jubata Blake, 1996
Species Prionospio kirrae Wilson, 1990
Species Prionospio komaeti Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1991
Species Prionospio kulin Wilson, 1990
Species Prionospio laciniosa Maciolek, 1985
Species Prionospio lighti Maciolek, 1985
Species Prionospio lineata Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio longibranchiata Reish, 1968
Species Prionospio malayensis (Caullery, 1914)
Species Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869
Species Prionospio marsupiala Blake in Blake, Hilbig & Scott, 1996
Species Prionospio membranacea Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927
Species Prionospio multicristata Hutchings & Rainer, 1979
Species Prionospio multipinnulata (Blake & Kudenov, 1978)
Species Prionospio neenae Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1991
Species Prionospio nielseni Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1991
Species Prionospio nirripa Wilson, 1990
Species Prionospio oshimensis Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio paradisea Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio patagonica Augener, 1923
Species Prionospio paucipinnulata Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Prionospio perkinsi Maciolek, 1985
Species Prionospio peruana Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Species Prionospio phuketensis Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1991
Species Prionospio plumosus M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872
Species Prionospio polybranchiata Fauvel, 1929
Species Prionospio pulchra Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961
Species Prionospio pyramidalis (Hutchings & Turvey, 1984)
Species Prionospio queenslandica Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Prionospio rotalis Mohammad, 1970
Species Prionospio rugosa Sigvaldadóttir, 1997
Species Prionospio runei Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1991
Species Prionospio saccifera Mackie & Hartley, 1990
Species Prionospio saldanha Day, 1961
Species Prionospio sandersi Maciolek, 1981
Species Prionospio sexoculata Augener, 1918
Species Prionospio sishaensis Wu & Chen, 1964
Species Prionospio somaliensis Cognetti-Varriale, 1988
Species Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867
Species Prionospio tatura Wilson, 1990
Species Prionospio tenuis Fewkes, 1883
Species Prionospio tetelensis Gibbs, 1971
Species Prionospio thalanji Wilson & Humphreys, 2001
Species Prionospio tridentata Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Prionospio tripinnata Maciolek, 1985
Species Prionospio unilamellata Sigvaldadottir & Desbruyères, 2003
Species Prionospio variegata Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio vermillionensis Fauchald, 1972
Species Prionospio wambiri Wilson, 1990
Species Prionospio wireni Maciolek, 1985
Species Prionospio yuriel Wilson, 1990

Species Prionospio nova Annenkova, 1938 (species inquirenda, indeterminable fragment (fide Foster, 1971))

Subgenus Prionospio (Apoprionospio) [auctorum] accepted as Prionospio Malmgren, 1867
  » Species Prionospio (Apoprionospio) vermillionensis Fauchald, 1972 accepted as Prionospio vermillionensis Fauchald, 1972
Subgenus Prionospio (Aquilaspio) [auctorum] accepted as Prionospio Malmgren, 1867
  » Species Prionospio (Aquilaspio) convexa Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio convexa Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Aquilaspio) grossa Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio grossa Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Aquilaspio) multipinnulata Blake & Kudenov, 1978 accepted as Prionospio multipinnulata (Blake & Kudenov, 1978)
Subgenus Prionospio (Minuspio) [auctorum] accepted as Prionospio Malmgren, 1867
  » Species Prionospio (Minuspio) anatolica Dagli & Çinar, 2011
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) maciolekae Dagli & Çinar, 2011
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) aluta Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio aluta Maciolek, 1985
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) elegantula Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio elegantula Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) elongata Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio elongata Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) fauchaldi Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio fauchaldi Maciolek, 1985
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) laciniosa Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio laciniosa Maciolek, 1985
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) lighti Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio lighti Maciolek, 1985
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) perkinsi Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio perkinsi Maciolek, 1985
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) pulchra Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio pulchra Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) sandersi Maciolek, 1981 accepted as Prionospio sandersi Maciolek, 1981
» Species Prionospio (Minuspio) wireni Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio wireni Maciolek, 1985
Subgenus Prionospio (Paraprionospio) Caullery, 1914 accepted as Paraprionospio Caullery, 1914
  » Species Prionospio (Paraprionospio) pinnata Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901)
Subgenus Prionospio (Prionospio) [auctorum] accepted as Prionospio Malmgren, 1867
  » Species Prionospio (Prionospio) ehlersi Fauvel, 1928
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) jubata Blake, 1996
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) lanceolata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) lobulata Fauchald, 1972
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) marsupialia Blake, 1996
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) orensanzi Blake, 1983
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) pacifica Zhou & Li, 2009
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) dubia Day, 1961 represented as Prionospio dubia Day, 1961 (alternate representation, disused subgenus)
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) anuncata Fauchald, 1972 accepted as Prionospio anuncata Fauchald, 1972
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) australiensis Blake & Kudenov, 1978 accepted as Prionospio australiensis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) depauperata Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio depauperata Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) ergeni Dagli & Çinar, 2009 accepted as Prionospio ergeni Dagli & Çinar, 2009
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) lineata Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio lineata Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) membranacea Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio membranacea Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) oshimensis Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio oshimensis Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) paradisea Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio paradisea Imajima, 1990
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) paucipinnulata Blake & Kudenov, 1978 accepted as Prionospio paucipinnulata Blake & Kudenov, 1978
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) queenslandica Blake & Kudenov, 1978 accepted as Prionospio queenslandica Blake & Kudenov, 1978
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) tridentata Blake & Kudenov, 1978 accepted as Prionospio tridentata Blake & Kudenov, 1978
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) tripinnata Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio tripinnata Maciolek, 1985
» Species Prionospio (Prionospio) variegata Imajima, 1990 accepted as Prionospio variegata Imajima, 1990
Species Prionospio africana Augener, 1918 accepted as Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Prionospio alata Moore, 1923 accepted as Paraprionospio alata (Moore, 1923)
Species Prionospio banyulensis Laubier, 1966 accepted as Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966)
Species Prionospio bocki Söderström, 1920 accepted as Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869
Species Prionospio capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869
Species Prionospio cirrobranchiata Day, 1961 accepted as Aonidella cirrobranchiata (Day, 1961)
Species Prionospio krusadensis Fauvel, 1929 accepted as Prionospio aucklandica Augener, 1923
Species Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985 accepted as Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966)
Species Prionospio ornata Berkeley & Berkeley, 1961 accepted as Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Prionospio pilkena Wilson, 1990 accepted as Aurospio pilkena (Wilson, 1990)
Species Prionospio pinnata Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Prionospio plumosa Treadwell, 1931 accepted as Prionospio treadwelli Hartman, 1951 accepted as Paraprionospio alata (Moore, 1923)
Species Prionospio salzi Laubier, 1970 accepted as Laubieriellus salzi (Laubier, 1970)
Species Prionospio spongicola Wesenberg-Lund, 1958 accepted as Prionospio heterobranchia Moore, 1907
Species Prionospio treadwelli Hartman, 1951 accepted as Paraprionospio alata (Moore, 1923)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Banc d'Arguin [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type species: Type species P. steenstrupi Malmgren 1867 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
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Prionospio
Prionospio
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129620
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Prionospio Malmgren, 1867. 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=129620 on 2013-06-19
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