WoRMS taxon details

Spio symphyta Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011

596189  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596189)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 19-23, figs. 11-12 [details]   
Holotype  ZSRO P-2064, geounit North Sea  
Holotype ZSRO P-2064, geounit North Sea [details]
Type locality contained in Danish part of the North Sea  
type locality contained in Danish part of the North Sea [details]
Note Off Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea, 55°...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea, 55° 13.06’ N, 06° 51.297’E (55.217667°, 6.85495°), 29 m.  [details]
Depth range 14-36 m.   
Depth range 14-36 m.  [details]

Distribution So far known only from the North Sea.  
Distribution So far known only from the North Sea. [details]

Etymology The specific epithet symphyta is a New Latin word with Greek origin and the neuter plural of symphytos, meaning 'grown...  
Etymology The specific epithet symphyta is a New Latin word with Greek origin and the neuter plural of symphytos, meaning 'grown together', born together with', or 'united with', and presumably makes reference to the fusion between the prostomium and the peristomium, characteristic of the species.  [details]

Etymology Not explained.  
Etymology Not explained. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spio symphyta Meißner, Bick & Bastrop, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596189 on 2024-04-19
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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): 19-23, figs. 11-12 [details]   

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]   

additional source Böggemann, Markus. (1997). Polychaeten aus der Deutschen Bucht. Taxonomische Bearbeitung und Dokumentation der vom Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg hauptsächlich in der Deutschen Bucht gesammelten Polychaeten. [Taxonomic preparation and documentation of the Polychaete collection of the research institute Senckenberg ... in the German Bight]. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg (CFS).</em> 1-315.
page(s): 120, fig. 95; note: as Spio filicornis [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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): 166-168, figs. 3, 9d, 10; note: as Spio cf. filicornis [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZSRO P-2064, geounit North Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 14-36 m.  [details]

Distribution So far known only from the North Sea. [details]

Etymology The specific epithet symphyta is a New Latin word with Greek origin and the neuter plural of symphytos, meaning 'grown together', born together with', or 'united with', and presumably makes reference to the fusion between the prostomium and the peristomium, characteristic of the species.  [details]

Etymology Not explained. [details]

Habitat In fine and coarse sand areas without silt in subtidal regions of the North Sea. [details]

Type locality Off Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea, 55° 13.06’ N, 06° 51.297’E (55.217667°, 6.85495°), 29 m.  [details]