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Spio magnus Day, 1955 
AphiaID: 338563

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family) > Spio (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (objective synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Dispio magnus (Day, 1955)
Rank Species
Parent Spio Fabricius, 1785
Sources  original description: Day, J.H. 1955. The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 42(287): 407-452. [details]

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

source of synonymy: Day, J.H. 1967. A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Volume British Museum (Natural History) Publication 656. 1-878. British Museum (Natural History). London., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Notes  Taxonomy: Moved to different genus [details]

Type locality: South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338563
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Spio magnus Day, 1955. 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=338563 on 2013-05-24
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