Microspio Mesnil 1896

Genus Microspio Mesnil, 1896 Microspio Mesnil, 1896; type-species: Spio mecznikowianus Claparède, 1869. Mesospio Gravier, 1911; type-species: Mesospio moorei Gravier, 1911, by monotypy. Diagnosis. Prostomium anteriorly rounded to deeply incised, frontal or lateral horns always absent; eyes present o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Götting, Miriam
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2015
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Spionida
Spionidae
Microspio
Gravier
Lizard Island
Antarc*
Antarctique*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5665411
https://zenodo.org/record/5665411
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Summary:Genus Microspio Mesnil, 1896 Microspio Mesnil, 1896; type-species: Spio mecznikowianus Claparède, 1869. Mesospio Gravier, 1911; type-species: Mesospio moorei Gravier, 1911, by monotypy. Diagnosis. Prostomium anteriorly rounded to deeply incised, frontal or lateral horns always absent; eyes present or absent; occipital antenna present or absent. Nuchal organ with short median and long lateral ciliary bands, extending to chaetiger 2 or 3; metameric dorsal ciliated organs present. Branchiae present from chaetiger 2, restricted to anterior region or continuing to posterior end of body; partly fused at base with notopodial postchaetal lamellae. Notochaetae and anterior neurochaetae all capillaries; capillaries, hooded hooks and inferior sabre chaetae on middle and posterior chaetigers; hooks bi-, tri-, or multidentate. Pygidium with 2–4 anal cirri. : Published as part of Götting, Miriam, 2015, Spionidae (Annelida: ' Polychaeta': Canalipalpata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera Malacoceros, Scolelepis, Spio, Microspio, and Spiophanes, pp. 378-413 in Zootaxa 4019 (1) on page 399, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.15, http://zenodo.org/record/234234 : {"references": ["Mesnil, F. (1896) Etudes de morphologie externe chez les Annelides: les Spionidiens des cotes de Manche. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, 29, 110 - 287.", "Claparede, E. (1869) Les Annelides Chetopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Memoirs de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, 20 (1), 1 - 225.", "Gravier, C. (1911) Sur les especes nouvelles de Polychetes provenant de la seconde expedition antarctique francaise (1908 - 1910). Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 17, 310 - 316."]}

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