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Paralaeospira Caullery & Mesnil, 1897 
AphiaID: 129638

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family) > Spirorbinae (Subfamily) > Paralaeospirini (Tribe)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) aggregata Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
Parent Paralaeospirini Knight-Jones, 1978
Synonymised
taxa
  Pixellia Pillai, 1970
Sources  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]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Paralaeospira adeonella (Day, 1963)
Species Paralaeospira aggregata Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
Species Paralaeospira clavaeformis Lommerzheim, 1981 †
Species Paralaeospira levinseni Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
Species Paralaeospira malardi Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
Species Paralaeospira monacantha (Augener, 1923)
Species Paralaeospira parallela Vine, 1977
Species Paralaeospira patagonica Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
Species Paralaeospira pseudotenuis Rzhavsky, 1997
Species Paralaeospira sicula Knight-Jones P. & Knight-Jones E.W., 1994

Species Paralaeospira antarctica (Pixell, 1913) accepted as Metalaeospira pixelli (Harris, 1969)
Species Paralaeospira capensis (Day, 1963) accepted as Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) capensis (Day, 1961)
Species Paralaeospira lebruni Caullery & Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) tricostalis (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Paralaeospira racemosa Pixell, 1912 accepted as Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) eximia (Bush, 1905)
Species Paralaeospira striata Quiévreux, 1963 accepted as Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) striata (Quievreux, 1963)
Species Paralaeospira vitrea (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Paradexiospira (Spirorbides) vitrea (Fabricius, 1780)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Taxonomy: This Genus is placed under Serpulidae in RAMS [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129638
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2013-02-15 07:04:21Z  changed  Rzhavsky, Alexander
  
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  Citation: Rzhavsky, A.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Paralaeospira Caullery & Mesnil, 1897. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129638 on 2013-06-19
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