Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA).
Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minor is a Latin adjective meaning 'lesser', 'inferior' or 'smaller', and presumably...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minor is a Latin adjective meaning 'lesser', 'inferior' or 'smaller', and presumably refers to the smaller size of the species when compared with other species in the genus. The incomplete holotype is described as having 29 chaetigers, and measuring 5 mm long and 0.3 mm wide, excluding chaetae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Minuspio minor Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329030 on 2025-05-14
original descriptionFauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online athttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 page(s): 11-12, plate 2 figs. c-d [details]
context source (Deepsea)Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online athttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445[details]
source of synonymyMaciolek, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x page(s): 358-360, fig. 12, tables 1, 4; note: synonymy with Prionospio (Prionospio) delta Hartman, 1965 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Depth range 2200 m. [details] Distribution NE Pacific Ocean: off central Oregon (USA). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet minor is a Latin adjective meaning 'lesser', 'inferior' or 'smaller', and presumably refers to the smaller size of the species when compared with other species in the genus. The incomplete holotype is described as having 29 chaetigers, and measuring 5 mm long and 0.3 mm wide, excluding chaetae. [details] Habitat Sand, silt, clay, at bathyal depths. [details] Type locality Continental slope off Oregon, USA, NE Pacific Ocean (start 44º39.0'N, 125º13.2'W; finish ---), 2200 m, sand, silt, clay. [details]