Spio Fabricius 1785 ...

• Main Author: Bick, Andreas
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Spionida; Spionidae; Spio; Greenland; Paamiut
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6182982; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6182982

Genus Spio Fabricius, 1785 Type species: Nereis filicornis Müller, 1776 Type locality: Iluilârssuk, near Frederikshaab (Paamiut), West Greenland Synonym: Paraspio Czerniavsky, 1881; type species: Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870, by monotypy. Euspio McIntosh, 1915; type species: Euspio mesnili McIntosh, 1915. Diagnosis. Prostomium usually anteriorly rounded or straight; branchiae present from chaetiger 1 to near posterior end; hooded hooks on middle and posterior neuropodia; metameric dorsal ciliated organs present; pygidium with 4 anal cirri. Description. Prostomium anteriorly rounded, truncate or slightly incised, lacking frontal or lateral horns; eyes present or absent; digitiform occipital antenna absent, but posterior portion of prostomium may be raised or inflated. 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 1, continuing almost throughout body, completely separate from or basally ... : Published as part of Bick, Andreas, 2011, Redescription of four species of Spio and Microspio (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the Kuril Islands and Peter the Great Bay, northwest Pacific, pp. 39-56 in Zootaxa 2968 on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.202084 ...