MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Microspio Mesnil, 1896

RAMS taxon details

Microspio Mesnil, 1896

AphiaID

129616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129616)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Spionidae Grube, 1850

Original name

Microspio Mesnil, 1896

Synonymised names

Mesospio Gravier, 1911 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Species Microspio moorei (Gravier, 1911)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Mesnil, F. (1896). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. I. Les Spionidiens des côtes de la Manche. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique. 29: 110-287, plates VII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10726590
page(s): 117, 119, 174-175 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Microspio Mesnil, 1896. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129616 on 2025-04-15

Regional species database citation

De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Microspio Mesnil, 1896. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129616 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2019-04-01 14:43:16Z

changed

Gil, João

2022-03-28 04:14:49Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Mesnil, F. (1896). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. I. Les Spionidiens des côtes de la Manche. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique. 29: 110-287, plates VII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10726590
page(s): 117, 119, 174-175 [details]

original description (of Mesospio Gravier, 1911) Gravier, C. (1911). Expédition Antarctique Française du "Pourquoi-Pas", dirigée par le Dr. J.-B. Charcot (1908-1910). Espèces nouvelles d'annélides polychètes. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 17(5): 310-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34198359
page(s): 313 [details]

taxonomy source Maciolek, Nancy J.; Blake, James A. (2021). New species of Microspio Mesnil, 1896 (Annelida: Spionidae), with additions to the description of M. pigmentata (Reish, 1959) and comparative notes on all members of the genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 134(1): 265-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.265 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Holmquist, C. (1967). Marenzelleria wireni Augener - a polychaete found in fresh waters of northern Alaska - with taxonomical considerations on some related spionid worms. Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung. 5(3): 298-313., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1967.tb00907.x
page(s): 309; note: discussion of Microspio usages in the literature to that date [details] Available for editors

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
note: checklist record for New Zealand [details] Available for editors

additional 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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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)
note: checklist only [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

identification resource Fonseca-González, Idalyd; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Delgado-Blas, Víctor H. (2022). Redescription of Microspio moorei (Gravier, 1911) (Annelida: Spionidae) with inclusion of a taxonomic key for all the species of the genus. Zootaxa. 5120(3): 334-344., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5120.3.2 [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Söderström, Adolf. (1920). Studien über die Polychätenfamilie Spionidae. [published thesis]. Uppsala University, printed Almquist and Wicksells, 286 pp.
page(s): 247-248 [details]