WoRMS name details
Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870
131182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131182)
unaccepted (mandatory gender agreement requires 'decorata')
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bobretzky, N. (1870). [Materials to the fauna of the Black Sea (Annelida Polychaeta)]. [Original] Матерiалы для фауны чернаго моря Аннелиды (Annelida, Polychaeta) / Materialy dlya fauny Chernogo morya (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 1: 188-274, plates 9-12.
page(s): p. 256, & figs 74-77; note: note incorrect gender ending [details]
page(s): p. 256, & figs 74-77; note: note incorrect gender ending [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131182 on 2025-12-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Bobretzky, N. (1870). [Materials to the fauna of the Black Sea (Annelida Polychaeta)]. [Original] Матерiалы для фауны чернаго моря Аннелиды (Annelida, Polychaeta) / Materialy dlya fauny Chernogo morya (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 1: 188-274, plates 9-12.
page(s): p. 256, & figs 74-77; note: note incorrect gender ending [details]
page(s): p. 256, & figs 74-77; note: note incorrect gender ending [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Bobretzky (1870) originally used the spelling 'decoratus' but Spio is feminine and the mandatory ending should be as 'decorata' (q.v.) [details]
