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WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Pixell, Helen L. M. (1912). Polychaeta from the Pacific coast of North America. Part I. Serpulidae, with a revised table of classification of the genus Spirorbis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. [1912 part 3-4]: 784-805, plates 87-89 [follow p.784]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32119350
page(s): 798; note: for new species Spirorbis ambilateralis, but under new subgenus Protolaeospira [details] 
original description
(of Marsipospira Bailey, 1969) Bailey, Julie H. (1969). Methods of brood protection as a basis for the reclassification of the Spirorbinae (Serpulidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 48: 387-407., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1969.tb00719.x
page(s): 400; note: as a new subgenus of Spirorbis [details]
Otheradditional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Laeospira is indicative of left-spiralling (sinistral). Laeospira and Paralaeospira already existed as subgenera. The use of Protos, Greek for first, as a prefix may relate to Protolaeospira having 4 thoracic segments in Pixell's subgenus scheme, whereas the other two had fewer at 3 and 3.5 thoracic segments. [details]
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