Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Maciolek, Nancy J. 1990. A redescription of some species belonging to the genus <i>Spio</i> and <i>Microspio</i> (Polychaeta: Annelida) and descriptions of three new species from Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Natural History, 24: 1109-1141., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770701 page(s): 1110; note: new name 'blakei' for Spio pacifica Blake & Kudenov, 1978, a junior primary homonym [details]
original description
(of Spio pacifica Blake & Kudenov, 1978) Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D. (1978). The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 39: 171-280., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39441579 page(s): 228-230, fig. 28a-k [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Meißner, Karin; Götting, Miriam. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida: ‘Polychaeta': Canalipalpata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Malacoceros</em>, <em>Scolelepis</em>, <em>Spio</em>, <em>Microspio</em>, and <em>Spiophanes</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 378-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.15 page(s): 394-399, figs. 5-7 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidally to 4-10 m (Australia), 20 m (Pacific Costa Rica), and 74 m (Baja California). [details]
Distribution Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. American Pacific coasts: Mexico; Costa Rica (Golfo de Nicoya). [details]
Editor's comment The range of reported habitats and distribution for Spio blakei is remarkable as it apparently occurs from brackish harbour waters in mainland Australia to 74 m off Baja California Sur, Mexico. Possibly records outside Australia are similar species. [details]
Habitat Intertidally to 4-10 m in sand, fine sand and sandy mud, including estuaries, in salinities of 29.8-35‰ (Australia), and in subtidal muddy sand (Pacific Costa Rica). [details]
Nomenclature Spio blakei is a replacement name for Spio pacifica Blake & Kudenov, which is a junior homonym [details]
Type locality Same as the name it replaces, Spio pacifica, the type locality of Spio blakei is Towra Point, near Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia [details]
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