WoRMS name details
original description
Maciolek, N. J. (1985). A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 84: 325-383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x page(s): 347-350, fig. 8, tables 1, 4 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
status source
Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of <i>Prionospio</i> and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(3): 175-187., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00435.x page(s): 186 [details]
Holotype AHF Poly 1362, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Brazil [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype AHF, geounit Surinam [details]
Nontype Private, geounit Argentine Basin [details]
Nontype Private, geounit Bay of Biscay [details]
Nontype Private, geounit Canary Islands [details]
Nontype Private, geounit Namibia [details]
Nontype Private, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype Private, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype Private, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype Private, geounit North Atlantic [details]
Nontype Private, geounit Tongue of the Ocean [details]
Nontype USNM 67698, geounit Angola [details]
Nontype USNM 67699, geounit Angola [details]
Nontype USNM 6770, geounit Argentine Basin [details]
Nontype USNM 67701, geounit Surinam [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 530-4950 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: New England; Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas; Surinam; off Brazil; Argentine Basin; SW coast of Africa (Angola; Namibia); Canary Islands; Bay of Biscay. [details]
Etymology From Maciolek (1985: 350): "This species is named in honor of Kristian Fauchald of the Smithsonian Institution in appreciation of his help and advice over the past several years, and in recognition of his major contributions to polychaete systematics." [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at bathyal and abyssal depths. [details]
Type locality Off Massachusetts (USA), Gay Head-Bermuda transect, North Atlantic Ocean (39.9433°, -71.06°). [details]
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