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Spio symphyta Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011 
AphiaID: 596189

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family) > Spio (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Spio Fabricius, 1785
Sources  original description: 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
page(s): 19 [details]

additional source: Böggemann, M. 1997. Polychaeten aus der Deutschen Bucht. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 202: 1-315.
page(s): 120, as Spio filicornis [details]

additional source: Bick, Andreas; Otte, Katrin ; Meissner, Karin. 2010. A contribution to the taxonomy of Spio (Spionidae, Polychaeta, Annelida) occurring in the North and Baltic Seas, with a key to species recorded in this area. Marine Biodiversity 40(3): 161-180. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0040-5 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Specimen  Holotype: ZSRO P-2064 [details]
Notes  Distribution: So far known only from the North Sea. [details]

Etymology: Not explained. [details]

Habitat: In fine and coarse sand areas without silt in subtidal regions of the North Sea. [details]

Type locality: Off Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea, 55° 13.06’ N, 06° 51.297’E (55.217667°, 6.85495°), 29 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596189
Taxonomic
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2012-03-01 20:34:50Z  created  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G. (2013). Spio symphyta Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011. 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=596189 on 2013-05-24
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