WoRMS taxon details
Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962
131152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131152)
accepted
Species
Apoprionospio caspersi (Laubier, 1962) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubier, L. (1962). Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Lagune de Venise. Description de Prionospio caspersi n.sp. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 13(1): 123-159., available online at https://wwwphp.obs-banyuls.fr/Viemilieu/index.php/archives.html [details] Available for editors 
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Note Adriatic Sea, Venice lagoon. "A l'extérieur...
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Type locality Adriatic Sea, Venice lagoon. "A l'extérieur de la lagune de Venise, stations L 2, L 3, L 6 et L 7 du Professeur H. Caspers, dans le canal du Lido, par 3-4 m de profondeur." The holotype was collected at station L7 [details]
Etymology Prionospio caspersi is named for the collector, Professor H. Caspers, of the Zoologisches Staatsinstitut of Hamburg. On...
Etymology Prionospio caspersi is named for the collector, Professor H. Caspers, of the Zoologisches Staatsinstitut of Hamburg. On page 135 there is a footnote stating this. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131152 on 2025-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Laubier, L. (1962). Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Lagune de Venise. Description de Prionospio caspersi n.sp. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 13(1): 123-159., available online at https://wwwphp.obs-banyuls.fr/Viemilieu/index.php/archives.html [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Foster, N.M. (1969). New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus <i>Prionospio</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82(38): 381-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595410
page(s): 387-388; note: as Apoprionospio caspersi [details]
[request]new combination reference Foster, N.M. (1969). New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus <i>Prionospio</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82(38): 381-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595410
page(s): 387-388; note: as Apoprionospio caspersi [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Maciolek, N. J. (1985). A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 84: 325-383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x [details]
[request]status source Maciolek, N. J. (1985). A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 84: 325-383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x [details]
Other
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) [details]
additional source Delgado-Blas, Víctor Hugo; Díaz-Díaz, Óscar; Viéitez, José M. (2018). <em>Prionospio</em> from the coast of the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of two new species (Annelida, Spionidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 810: 1-18., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/26910/list/9/
page(s): 3; note: records and remarks [details]
additional source Delgado-Blas, Víctor Hugo; Díaz-Díaz, Óscar; Viéitez, José M. (2018). <em>Prionospio</em> from the coast of the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of two new species (Annelida, Spionidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 810: 1-18., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/26910/list/9/
page(s): 3; note: records and remarks [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Prionospio caspersi is named for the collector, Professor H. Caspers, of the Zoologisches Staatsinstitut of Hamburg. On page 135 there is a footnote stating this. [details]Type locality Adriatic Sea, Venice lagoon. "A l'extérieur de la lagune de Venise, stations L 2, L 3, L 6 et L 7 du Professeur H. Caspers, dans le canal du Lido, par 3-4 m de profondeur." The holotype was collected at station L7 [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ミミスピオ | [details] |
