WoRMS taxon details
Prionospio banyulensis Laubier, 1966
131151 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131151)
accepted
Species
Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubier, L. (1966). Le coralligène des Albères. Monographie biocénotique. The coralligenous of the Albères. Biocenotic monograph.]. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco, Nouvelle Série.</em> 43:137-316, figs. 1-12, plates I-VI, maps 1-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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Note Mediterranean Sea, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio banyulensis Laubier, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131151 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Laubier, L. (1966). Le coralligène des Albères. Monographie biocénotique. The coralligenous of the Albères. Biocenotic monograph.]. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco, Nouvelle Série.</em> 43:137-316, figs. 1-12, plates I-VI, maps 1-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985) Pleijel, F. (1985). <i>Prionospio ockelmanni</i> sp.n. (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Øresund and the northern part of the Swedish west-coast. <em>Ophelia.</em> 24(3): 177-181., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1985.10429726
page(s): 178-181, figs. 1-3 [details]
new combination reference Hektoen, Martin M.; Bakken, Torkild; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Dunshea, Glenn. (2024). Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships of the <i>Prionospio</i> complex (Annelida, Spionidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 53(3): 358-375., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12648
page(s): 358; note: Aurospio banyulensis is returned to Prionospio, based on molecular data. There is no formal statement of this re-validation, or usage of the changed combination, but it is implied in the abstract. [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Hektoen, Martin M.; Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Bakken, Torkild. (2025). Partial revision of northern European Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1027(1): 1-58., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/3127
page(s): 5 of 58, figures 2-3; note: New records. Formal re-establishment of Prionospio banyulensis as the valid name (previously informally suggested by Hektoen et al (2024) [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of <i>Prionospio</i> and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(3): 175-187., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00435.x
page(s): 181; note: superseded recombination as Aurospio banyulensis [details]
[request]original description (of Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985) Pleijel, F. (1985). <i>Prionospio ockelmanni</i> sp.n. (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Øresund and the northern part of the Swedish west-coast. <em>Ophelia.</em> 24(3): 177-181., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1985.10429726
page(s): 178-181, figs. 1-3 [details]
new combination reference Hektoen, Martin M.; Bakken, Torkild; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Dunshea, Glenn. (2024). Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships of the <i>Prionospio</i> complex (Annelida, Spionidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 53(3): 358-375., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12648
page(s): 358; note: Aurospio banyulensis is returned to Prionospio, based on molecular data. There is no formal statement of this re-validation, or usage of the changed combination, but it is implied in the abstract. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Hektoen, Martin M.; Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Bakken, Torkild. (2025). Partial revision of northern European Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1027(1): 1-58., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/3127
page(s): 5 of 58, figures 2-3; note: New records. Formal re-establishment of Prionospio banyulensis as the valid name (previously informally suggested by Hektoen et al (2024) [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of <i>Prionospio</i> and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(3): 175-187., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00435.x
page(s): 181; note: superseded recombination as Aurospio banyulensis [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Laubier, L. (1968). Contribution à la faunistique du coralligène. VII. À propos de quelques annélides polychètes rares ou nouvelles (Chrysopetalidae, Syllidae et Spionidae). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris, Nouvelle Série.</em> 46(2): 79-107.
page(s): 99 [details]
page(s): 99 [details]
Other
additional source
Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: Checklist listing [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: Checklist listing [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination Hektoen et al (2025) formally re-establish Prionospio banyulensis as the valid name rather than as combined in Aurospio (a re-validation previously informally suggested by Hektoen et al (2024) [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aurospio banyulensis) (from synonym Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966))
To PESI (from synonym Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aurospio banyulensis) (from synonym Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966))
To PESI (from synonym Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985)
To ITIS
