WoRMS taxon details
Spio arndti Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011
596180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596180)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Meißner, Karin; Bick, Andreas; Bastrop, Ralf. (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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1-27., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2815.html
page(s): 15-19, figs. 7B, D, 8B, 9-10 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 15-19, figs. 7B, D, 8B, 9-10 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZSRO P-2061, geounit Baltic Sea
, Type locality contained in Eckernförder Bucht Mit Flachgründen , Note Eckernförde Bay, Kieler Bucht, western Baltic...
Holotype ZSRO P-2061, geounit Baltic Sea [details]
type locality contained in Eckernförder Bucht Mit Flachgründen [details]
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Type locality Eckernförde Bay, Kieler Bucht, western Baltic Sea: 54° 30.154’ N, 10° 01.733’ E (54.502567°, 10.028883°), 15.7 m. [details]
Depth range 5-22 m.
Distribution So far known only from the western Baltic Sea (type locality).
Etymology After Professor Ernst Albert Arndt, lecturer for zoology and marine biology at Rostock University and an expert for...
Depth range 5-22 m. [details]
Distribution So far known only from the western Baltic Sea (type locality).
Distribution So far known only from the western Baltic Sea (type locality). [details]
Etymology After Professor Ernst Albert Arndt, lecturer for zoology and marine biology at Rostock University and an expert for...
Etymology After Professor Ernst Albert Arndt, lecturer for zoology and marine biology at Rostock University and an expert for macrozoobenthos of the Baltic Sea. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Spio arndti Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596180 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Meißner, Karin; Bick, Andreas; Bastrop, Ralf. (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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1-27., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2815.html
page(s): 15-19, figs. 7B, D, 8B, 9-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 15-19, figs. 7B, D, 8B, 9-10 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Bick, Andreas and Gosselck, Fritz 1985. Arbeitsschluessel zur Bestimmung der Polychaeten der Ostsee. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 61(2): 171-272., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19850610202
page(s): 242-243, plate XXXII fig. 3; note: 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 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0040-5
page(s): 168-171, figs. 4, 9e; note: as Spio cf. filicornis [details]
page(s): 242-243, plate XXXII fig. 3; note: 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 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0040-5
page(s): 168-171, figs. 4, 9e; note: as Spio cf. filicornis [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZSRO P-2061, geounit Baltic Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-22 m. [details]Distribution So far known only from the western Baltic Sea (type locality). [details]
Etymology After Professor Ernst Albert Arndt, lecturer for zoology and marine biology at Rostock University and an expert for macrozoobenthos of the Baltic Sea. [details]
Habitat In sandy or pebbly sediments in subtidal regions. It was usually found in small numbers (fewer than 10 specimens per square metre). [details]
Type locality Eckernförde Bay, Kieler Bucht, western Baltic Sea: 54° 30.154’ N, 10° 01.733’ E (54.502567°, 10.028883°), 15.7 m. [details]
