WoRMS name details
Prionospio nova Annenkova, 1938
338536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338536)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (indeterminable fragment (fide Foster, 1969, 1971))
Species
Apoprionospio nova (Annenkova, 1938) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Annenkova, N. P. 1938. [Polychaeta of the North Japan Sea and their horizontal and vertical distribution. Hydrobiol. Exped. U.S.S.R. in 1934 to the Japan Sea]. Trudy D.-V.Filial.Akad.Nauk SSSR, 1938: 81-230. [details]
Taxonomy Indeterminable. According to Foster (1969: 388), ''Prionospio nova, based on an incomplete specimen, is considered...
Taxonomy Indeterminable. According to Foster (1969: 388), ''Prionospio nova, based on an incomplete specimen, is considered indeterminable at the species level; however, the gill arrangement and shape of the second neuropodial lamella agree with Apoporionospio [sic].'' [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio nova Annenkova, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338536 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Annenkova, N. P. 1938. [Polychaeta of the North Japan Sea and their horizontal and vertical distribution. Hydrobiol. Exped. U.S.S.R. in 1934 to the Japan Sea]. Trudy D.-V.Filial.Akad.Nauk SSSR, 1938: 81-230. [details]
new combination reference Foster, N.M. (1969). New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus <i>Prionospio</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82(38): 381-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595410
page(s): 387-388; note: as Apoprionospio nova [details]
new combination reference Foster, N.M. (1969). New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus <i>Prionospio</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82(38): 381-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595410
page(s): 387-388; note: as Apoprionospio nova [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Indeterminable. According to Foster (1969: 388), ''Prionospio nova, based on an incomplete specimen, is considered indeterminable at the species level; however, the gill arrangement and shape of the second neuropodial lamella agree with Apoporionospio [sic].'' [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, northern Sea of Japan [details]
