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Prionospio multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927 
AphiaID: 131160

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family) > Prionospio (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Prionospio Malmgren, 1867
Synonymised
taxa
  Minuspio multibranchiata (Berkeley, 1927) (superseded recombination)
Sources  original description: Berkeley, E. 1927. Polychaetous annelids from the Nanaimo district. Part 3. Leodicidae to Spionidae. Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries, 3(17): 407-422. [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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (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: 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]

new combination reference: 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]

from synonym: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

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

from synonym: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain[details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kattegat [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North Sea [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Skagerrak [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Before Hartmann's publication only known from North Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. Probably reasnably wide-spread in Europe, but confused with P. (M.) cirrifera Wiren, 1883 [details]

Specimen: (no types found) [details]

Taxonomy: Was moved to different genus, but valid currently. [details]

Type locality: Pacific Ocean, Nanaimo, British Columbia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131160
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2011-02-05 02:12:29Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Prionospio multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927. 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=131160 on 2013-05-19
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