Type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon][details]
Status Söderström (1920: 248) named the type species of Microspio as Spio mecznikowianus, perhaps because he included the junior...
Status Söderström (1920: 248) named the type species of Microspio as Spio mecznikowianus, perhaps because he included the junior name Spio atlanticus as a synonym of Microspio mecznikowianus. However, Microspio atlantica is regarded as a valid name currently (eg Fonseca-Gonzalez et al, 2022: 342), since Hannerz (1956) re-validated it. Maciolek & Blake (2021: 273) give more of the history and reasoning. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Microspio atlantica (Langerhans, 1880). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131137 on 2025-05-13
additional sourceDewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceBellan, 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 entry [details]
status sourceHannerz, Lennart. (1956). Larval development of the polychaete families Spionidae Sars, Disomidae Mesnil, and Poecilochaetidae n. fam. in the Gullmar Fjord (Sweden). Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 31: 1-204. note: re-validation of Microspio atlantica from its synonymy with M. mecznikowiana [details] Available for editors [request]
status sourceMaciolek, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.265 page(s): 273; note: Regarded as valid [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Type locality
type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon][details]
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North Atlantic Ocean
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Status Söderström (1920: 248) named the type species of Microspio as Spio mecznikowianus, perhaps because he included the junior name Spio atlanticus as a synonym of Microspio mecznikowianus. However, Microspio atlantica is regarded as a valid name currently (eg Fonseca-Gonzalez et al, 2022: 342), since Hannerz (1956) re-validated it. Maciolek & Blake (2021: 273) give more of the history and reasoning. [details]
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