Spio Fabricius, 1785 
AphiaID: 129625

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Canalipalpata > Spionida > Spioniformia > Spionidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Spionidae Grube, 1850
Sources		original description: Fabricius, O. 1785. Von den Spio-Geschlechte, Nereis seticornis und Nereis filicornis. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft der naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin 6: 256-270,1plate. [details] basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Bastrop, R. 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. Zootaxa (2815): 1-27, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2815.html [details] additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776) Species Spio goniocephala Thulin, 1957
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: surface [details] interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Link		To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129625
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Spio Fabricius, 1785. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129625 on 2013-05-21
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