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Spio Fabricius, 1785 
AphiaID: 129625

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 Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776
Parent Spionidae Grube, 1850
Synonymised
taxa
  Euspio McIntosh, 1915 (subjective synonym)
Paraspio Czerniavsky, 1881 (subjective synonym)
Sources  original description: Fabricius, O. 1785. Von den Spio-Geschlechte, Nereis seticornis und Nereis filicornis. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft der naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin 6: 256-270,1plate. [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: 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: Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Bastrop, R. 2011. On the identity of Spio filicornis (O.F. Muller, 1776)—with the designation of a neotype, and the description of two new species from the North East Atlantic Ocean based on morphological and genetic studies. Zootaxa (2815): 1-27, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2815.html [details]

from synonym: Czerniavsky, Voldemaro 1881. Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody), 56(1): 338-420., available online at http:// http://www.archive.org/details/bulletindelasoc165unkngoog
page(s): 360 [details] [view taxon]


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): 33 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp.
page(s): 382 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: McIntosh, W.C. 1915. A monograph of the British Annelids. Volume III. Part I. Text. Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. 1-368. Ray Society. London.
page(s): 176 [details] [view taxon]


Direct child
taxa

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 Subgenus Spio (Microspio)
  » Species Spio (Microspio) gaucha Orensanz & Gianuca, 1974
Species Spio aequalis Ehlers, 1905
Species Spio armata (Thulin, 1957)
Species Spio arndti Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011
Species Spio bengalensis Willey, 1908
Species Spio blakei Maciolek, 1990
Species Spio borealis Okuda, 1937
Species Spio butleri Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954
Species Spio calcarea Templeton, 1836
Species Spio celata Dalyell, 1853
Species Spio cirrifera (Banse & Hobson, 1968)
Species Spio crenaticornis Montagu, 1813
Species Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870
Species Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)
Species Spio goniocephala Thulin, 1957
Species Spio gorbunovi Averincev, 1990
Species Spio kurilensis Buzhinskaya, 1990
Species Spio limicola Verrill, 1879
Species Spio maciolekae Blake in Blake, Hilbig & Scott, 1996
Species Spio maculata (Hartman, 1961)
Species Spio malmgreni Sikorski in Jirkov, 2001
Species Spio martinensis Mesnil, 1896
Species Spio mesnili Augener, 1914
Species Spio multioculata (Rioja, 1918)
Species Spio obtusa Ehlers, 1913
Species Spio pacifica Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Spio parva (Dalyell, 1853)
Species Spio pettiboneae Foster, 1971
Species Spio picta Zachs, 1933
Species Spio punctata Hartman, 1961
Species Spio quadricornis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Species Spio quadrisetosa Blake, 1983
Species Spio readi Blake, 1984
Species Spio seticornis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Spio setosa Verrill, 1873
Species Spio singularis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Spio symphyta Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011
Species Spio theeli (Soderstrom, 1920)
Species Spio thulini Maciolek, 1990
Species Spio tridentata Hutchings & Turvey, 1984
Species Spio tzetlini Sikorski in Jirkov, 2001
Species Spio unidentata Chlebovitsch, 1959

Species Spio mesnili (McIntosh, 1915) (species inquirenda, unreplaced secondary homonym, possible synonym)

Species Spio californica Fewkes, 1889 (nomen dubium)

Species Spio acuta Treadwell, 1914 accepted as Scolelepis acuta (Treadwell, 1914)
Species Spio arctica (Soderstrom, 1920) accepted as Spio limicola Verrill, 1879
Species Spio atlanticus Langerhans, 1881 accepted as Microspio atlantica (Langerhans, 1881)
Species Spio bombyx Claparède, 1870 accepted as Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)
Species Spio caudatus Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802
Species Spio caudatus Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Neanthes acuminata
Species Spio cirrata König in Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Amphitrite cirrata (O. F. Müller, 1771 in 1776)
Species Spio coccineus delle Chiaje, 1822 accepted as Platynereis coccinea (delle Chiaje, 1822)
Species Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870 accepted as Paraspio decorata (Bobretzky, 1870)
Species Spio fuliginosus Claparède, 1870 accepted as Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède, 1870)
Species Spio gattyi McIntosh, 1909 accepted as Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)
Species Spio hirsuta Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806)
Species Spio inversa Kuhlgatz, 1898 accepted as Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863
Species Spio laevicornis Rathke, 1837 accepted as Malacoceros laevicornis (Rathke, 1837)
Species Spio magnus Day, 1955 accepted as Dispio magnus (Day, 1955)
Species Spio mecznikowianus Claparède, 1869 accepted as Microspio mecznikowianus (Claparède, 1869)
Species Spio mimus Chamberlin, 1920 accepted as Microspio theeli
Species Spio nemertinaeformis Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Saccocirrus papillocercus Bobretzky, 1872
Species Spio rathbuni Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Pygospio elegans Claparède, 1863
Species Spio robusta Verrill, 1873 accepted as Spio setosa Verrill, 1873
Species Spio ventilabrum Delle Chiaje in Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840)
Species Spio viridis Johnston, 1828 accepted as Scolelepis foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
Species Spio vulgaris Johnston, 1827 accepted as Scolelepis fuliginosa (Claparède, 1870) accepted as Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède, 1870)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129625
Taxonomic
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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). Spio. 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=129625 on 2013-05-23
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