WoRMS name details
Paraspio decorata (Bobretzky, 1870)
334397 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334397)
unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Species
Paraspio Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Spio Fabricius, 1785
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870) Bobretzky, N. (1870). [Materials to the fauna of the Black Sea (Annelida Polychaeta)]. [Original] Матерiалы для фауны чернаго моря Аннелиды (Annelida, Polychaeta) / Materialy dlya fauny Chernogo morya (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 1: 188-274, plates 9-12.
page(s): 256; note: as 'decoratus' which is a gender-incorrect spelling and must be corrected to 'decorata' [details]
page(s): 256; note: as 'decoratus' which is a gender-incorrect spelling and must be corrected to 'decorata' [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paraspio decorata (Bobretzky, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334397 on 2025-05-22
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(of Spio decorata Bobretzky, 1870) Bobretzky, N. (1870). [Materials to the fauna of the Black Sea (Annelida Polychaeta)]. [Original] Матерiалы для фауны чернаго моря Аннелиды (Annelida, Polychaeta) / Materialy dlya fauny Chernogo morya (Annelida, Polychaeta). <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ [Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiew].</em> 1: 188-274, plates 9-12.
page(s): 256; note: as 'decoratus' which is a gender-incorrect spelling and must be corrected to 'decorata' [details]
new combination reference Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542
page(s): 360, 367; note: Czerniavsky uses Paraspio decoratus, but this must be a gender agreement misspelling [details]
page(s): 256; note: as 'decoratus' which is a gender-incorrect spelling and must be corrected to 'decorata' [details]
new combination reference Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542
page(s): 360, 367; note: Czerniavsky uses Paraspio decoratus, but this must be a gender agreement misspelling [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Czerniavsky uses Paraspio decoratus, but this must be a gender agreement misspelling. Bobretzky (1870) originated the error in his original spelling of the epithet as Spio 'decoratus' [sic] [details]