WoRMS name details
Spionides Webster & Benedict, 1887
326032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326032)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Spionides cirratus Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (type by monotypy)
- Species Spionides cirratus Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
- Species Spionides foliata Moore, 1923 accepted as Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
- Species Spionides japonicus Moore, 1907 accepted as Laonice japonica (Moore, 1907) (superseded original combination)
- Species Spionides sacculata Moore, 1923 accepted as Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 735 [details]
page(s): 735 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spionides Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326032 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 735 [details]
page(s): 735 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1936). Nomenclatural changes involving California polychaete worms. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 26(1): 31-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39872214
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 391 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 391 [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Webster & Benedict (1887: 735): "Much like Scolecolepis [considered by the authors to include Nerine cirrata M. Sars, 1851, following Malmgren (1867)], but distinguished from it by the possession of lateral pouches between the ventral rami, beginning near the anterior end, and continued to the posterior third". [details]