WoRMS taxon details
Prionospio polybranchiata Fauvel, 1929
338535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338535)
accepted
Species
Minuspio polybranchiata (Fauvel, 1929) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928 · unaccepted (replaced primary homonym in Prionospio)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauvel, P. (1929). Polychètes nouvelles du Golfe de Manaar (Inde). <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 54: 180-186., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5442558m/f241.item
page(s): 184; note: new name for Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928 [details]
(of Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928) Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. I. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(1): 90-96., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55323421/f96.image
page(s): 94-95, fig. 3a-g [details]
page(s): 184; note: new name for Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928 [details]
(of Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928) Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. I. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(1): 90-96., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55323421/f96.image
page(s): 94-95, fig. 3a-g [details]
Holotype not stated, geounit Krusadai Island
, Note [from original name] Watchman's Bay, Krusadai...
Holotype not stated, geounit Krusadai Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality [from original name] Watchman's Bay, Krusadai Island, Palk Strait, S India, approx 9.247 N, 79.217 E [details]
Taxonomy Was moved to different genus, but valid currently.
Taxonomy Was moved to different genus, but valid currently. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio polybranchiata Fauvel, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338535 on 2026-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Fauvel, P. (1929). Polychètes nouvelles du Golfe de Manaar (Inde). <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 54: 180-186., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5442558m/f241.item
page(s): 184; note: new name for Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928 [details]
original description (of Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928) Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. I. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(1): 90-96., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55323421/f96.image
page(s): 94-95, fig. 3a-g [details]
page(s): 184; note: new name for Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928 [details]
original description (of Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928) Fauvel, P. 1928. Annélides Polychètes nouvelles de l'Inde. I. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 34(1): 90-96., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55323421/f96.image
page(s): 94-95, fig. 3a-g [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 
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[request]Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Jayawickrama, R. G. D. Rangana; Gunawickrama, K. B. Suneetha. (2026). Prionospio (Annelida: Spionidae) from Indian waters, with description of a new species from Sri Lanka. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5796(3): 515-539., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5796.3.6
page(s): 526, no figures; note: Not found, no new data, includes review of prior records [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Jayawickrama, R. G. D. Rangana; Gunawickrama, K. B. Suneetha. (2026). Prionospio (Annelida: Spionidae) from Indian waters, with description of a new species from Sri Lanka. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5796(3): 515-539., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5796.3.6
page(s): 526, no figures; note: Not found, no new data, includes review of prior records [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype not stated, geounit Krusadai Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Was moved to different genus, but valid currently. [details]Type locality [from original name] Watchman's Bay, Krusadai Island, Palk Strait, S India, approx 9.247 N, 79.217 E [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マガタマスピオ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) (from synonym Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionospio multibranchiata) (from synonym Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionospio multibranchiata) (from synonym Prionospio multibranchiata Fauvel, 1928)
To ITIS
