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Spiophanes afer Meißner, 2005
608083 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:608083)
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Meißner, Karin. (2005). Revision of the genus <i>Spiophanes</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae); with new synonymies, new records and descriptions of new species. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe.</em> 81(1): 3-65., available online at http://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.200310001
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Holotype MNCN 2571, verbatimGeounit off spain,...
, Type locality contained in Balear Sea , Note off spain, Mediterranean Sea (between Cape San...
Holotype MNCN 2571, verbatimGeounit off spain, Mediterra... [details]
type locality contained in Balear Sea [details]
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Type locality off spain, Mediterranean Sea (between Cape San Antonio and Valencia harbour, approximate geolocation 39.1385, -0.0439) [details]
Etymology afer is Latin for Africa, referring to the species’ distribution around the African continent.
Etymology afer is Latin for Africa, referring to the species’ distribution around the African continent. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spiophanes afer Meißner, 2005. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608083 on 2025-10-10
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Meißner, Karin. (2005). Revision of the genus <i>Spiophanes</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae); with new synonymies, new records and descriptions of new species. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe.</em> 81(1): 3-65., available online at http://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.200310001
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors
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Delgado-Blas, Victor Hugo; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar; Viéitez Martín, José M. (2019). On the diversity of the genus Spiophanes Grube, 1860 (Annelida: Spionidae) in the Spanish peninsular coast, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 60(4): 335-351., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?id=42281
page(s): 338, figures 2A-E; note: No new specimens. Authors state 'redescription (based on diagnosis and figures from Meißner, 2005)' [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 338, figures 2A-E; note: No new specimens. Authors state 'redescription (based on diagnosis and figures from Meißner, 2005)' [details] Available for editors
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Jourde, Jérôme; Lavesque, Nicolas ; Labrune, Céline; Amouroux, Jean-Michel; Bonifácio, Paulo; Humbert, Suzie ; Lamarque, Bastien; Sauriau, Pierre-Guy & Meißner, Karin. (2020). New insights in the biogeographical distributions of two Spionidae (Annelida) from the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean French coasts. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 19(1): 173-184., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zs/article/view/zoosymposia.19.1.18
page(s): 176, figure 2; note: Description and new records of Spiophanes afer from French marine waters (from the southern part of the Bay of Biscay in NE Atlantic, and the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea). [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 176, figure 2; note: Description and new records of Spiophanes afer from French marine waters (from the southern part of the Bay of Biscay in NE Atlantic, and the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea). [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNCN 2571, verbatimGeounit off spain, Mediterra... [details]
