WoRMS taxon details
Prionospio anneae Radashevsky, 2015
867786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867786)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 649-653, figs. 8-10 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 649-653, figs. 8-10 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W.45273, geounit Great Barrier Reef
, Note Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef,...
Holotype AM W.45273, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
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Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, North Point, Mermaid Cove (14º38'46''S, 145º27'13''E). [details]
Depth range 5-16 m.
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).
Etymology "The species is named in honour of Dr Anne Hoggett, a co-director (with her husband Dr Lyle Vail) of the Lizard Island...
Depth range 5-16 m. [details]
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology "The species is named in honour of Dr Anne Hoggett, a co-director (with her husband Dr Lyle Vail) of the Lizard Island...
Etymology "The species is named in honour of Dr Anne Hoggett, a co-director (with her husband Dr Lyle Vail) of the Lizard Island Research Station, an avid enthusiast of marine biology and coral reef protection." (Radashevsky, 2015: 653) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio anneae Radashevsky, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867786 on 2026-05-05
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Nomenclature
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Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 649-653, figs. 8-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 649-653, figs. 8-10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.45273, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-16 m. [details]Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology "The species is named in honour of Dr Anne Hoggett, a co-director (with her husband Dr Lyle Vail) of the Lizard Island Research Station, an avid enthusiast of marine biology and coral reef protection." (Radashevsky, 2015: 653) [details]
Habitat Coral sand and coral rubble, at subtidal depths. [details]
Reproduction Gonochoristic. Females with oocytes from chaetiger 10 to 45-48, males with spermatozoa from chaetiger 11 to 50-60. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, North Point, Mermaid Cove (14º38'46''S, 145º27'13''E). [details]
