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Knightjonesia platyspira (P. Knight-Jones, 1978) 
AphiaID: 410044

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family) > Spirorbinae (Subfamily) > Romanchellini (Tribe) > Knightjonesia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Knightjonesia Pillai, 2009
Synonymised
taxa		  Helicosiphon platyspira Knight-Jones, 1978 (objective synonym)
Sources  new combination reference: Pillai, T.G. 2009. Knightjonesia, a new genus (Polychaeta: Spirorbidae) with a winged opercular peduncle, and its taxonomy. Zootaxa 2059: 46–50. [details]

from synonym: Knight-Jones, P. (1978). New Spirorbidae (Polychaeta: Sedentaria) from the East Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 64 (3): 201-240. [details] [view taxon]

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

from synonym: Knight-Jones, Phyllis 1978. New Spirorbidae (Polychaeta: sedentaria) from the East Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and southern oceans. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 64(3): 201-240. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410044
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2009-07-30 08:27:22Z  created  ten Hove, Harry
  
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  Citation: ten Hove, H. (2013). Knightjonesia platyspira (P. Knight-Jones, 1978). 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=410044 on 2013-05-26
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