WoRMS taxon details
Metalaeospira pixelli (Harris, 1969)
608024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:608024)
accepted
Species
Paralaeospira antarctica (Pixell, 1913) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) antarcticus Pixell, 1913 · unaccepted
Spirorbis pixelli Harris, 1969 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
(of Spirorbis pixelli Harris, 1969) Harris, Tegwyn. (1969). <i>Spirorbis</i> species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the South Atlantic. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 35: 135-177.
page(s): 165-167, fig. 17a-l; note: new name for Spirorbis antarcticus Pixell [details]
page(s): 165-167, fig. 17a-l; note: new name for Spirorbis antarcticus Pixell [details]
Type locality contained in Atlantic Ocean
, Note Scotia Bay, South Orkneys
type locality contained in Atlantic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Type locality Scotia Bay, South Orkneys [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Metalaeospira pixelli (Harris, 1969). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608024 on 2026-02-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spirorbis pixelli Harris, 1969) Harris, Tegwyn. (1969). <i>Spirorbis</i> species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the South Atlantic. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 35: 135-177.
page(s): 165-167, fig. 17a-l; note: new name for Spirorbis antarcticus Pixell [details]
original description (of Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) antarcticus Pixell, 1913) Pixell, Helen L. M. 1913. Polychaeta of the families Serpulidae and Sabellidae, collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 49(2): 347-358,1plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41767634 [details]
page(s): 165-167, fig. 17a-l; note: new name for Spirorbis antarcticus Pixell [details]
original description (of Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) antarcticus Pixell, 1913) Pixell, Helen L. M. 1913. Polychaeta of the families Serpulidae and Sabellidae, collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 49(2): 347-358,1plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41767634 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Scotia Bay, South Orkneys [details]
