WoRMS taxon details
original description
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 page(s): 15-19, figs. 7B, D, 8B, 9-10 [details]
additional source
Bick, Andreas and Gosselck, Fritz 1985. Arbeitsschluessel zur Bestimmung der Polychaeten der Ostsee. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 61(2): 171-272. page(s): 242-243, plate XXXII fig. 3; note: as Spio filicornis [details]
additional source
Bick, Andreas; Otte, Katrin ; Meissner, Karin. 2010. A contribution to the taxonomy of Spio (Spionidae, Polychaeta, Annelida) occurring in the North and Baltic Seas, with a key to species recorded in this area. Marine Biodiversity 40(3): 161-180.
page(s): 168-171, figs. 4, 9e; note: as Spio cf. filicornis [details]
Holotype ZSRO P-2061, geounit Baltic Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-22 m. [details]
Distribution So far known only from the western Baltic Sea (type locality). [details]
Etymology After Professor Ernst Albert Arndt, lecturer for zoology and marine biology at Rostock University and an expert for macrozoobenthos of the Baltic Sea. [details]
Habitat In sandy or pebbly sediments in subtidal regions. It was usually found in small numbers (fewer than 10 specimens per square metre). [details]
Type locality Eckernförde Bay, Kieler Bucht, western Baltic Sea: 54° 30.154’ N, 10° 01.733’ E (54.502567°, 10.028883°), 15.7 m. [details]
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