Prionospio

• Main Authors: Dagli, Ertan, Çinar, Melih Ertan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Spionida; Spionidae; Prionospio; Galapagos; Malmgren; Haf; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6194576; https://zenodo.org/record/6194576

Key to the species of the subgenus Prionospio ( Minuspio ) 1. With three or four pairs of branchiae...................................................................... 2 - With more than four pairs of branchiae..................................................................... 6 2. Branchiae present from chaetiger 3..................................... Prionospio ( Minuspio ) pilkena Wilson, 1990 - Branchiae present from chaetiger 2........................................................................ 3 3. With dorsal flaps on chaetigers 5–13............................................ P. ( M. ) laciniosa Maciolek, 1985 - Without a dorsal flap................................................................................... 4 4. Some branchia distinctly wrinkled.............................................. P. ( M. ) fauchaldi Maciolek, 1985 - All branchiae smooth, not wrinkled...................................................................... 5 5. With dorsal crests........................................................... P. ( M. ) elegantula Imajima, 1990 - Without dorsal crests............................................................ P. ( M. ) japonica Okuda, 1935 6. 39 pairs of branchiae....................................................... P. ( M. ) polybranchiata Fauvel, 1929 - Fewer than 39 pairs of branchiae......................................................................... 7 7. Interparapodial pouches present.................................................... P. ( M. ) aluta Maciolek, 1985 - Interparapodial pouches absent........................................................................... 8 8. Ventral sabre chaeta absent.................................................... P. ( M. ) perkinsi Maciolek, 1985 – Ventral sabre chaeta present............................................................................. 9 9. Some branchia distinctly longer than (minimally 4–5 times) notopodial lamellae................................... 10 - All branchiae short, nearly as long as notopodial lamellae..................................................... 15 10. Prostomium with peaks............................................................................... 11 - Prostomium without peaks............................................................................. 14 11. Anterior part of prostomium truncated, with a small medial peak.......................... P. ( M. ) delta Hartman, 1965 - Anterior part of prostomium rounded, with 3–5 peaks....................................................... 12 12. Eyes absent...................................................................... P. ( M. ) anatolica sp. nov. - Two pairs of eyes.................................................................................... 13 13. Dorsal crests absent............................................................. P. ( M. ) lighti Maciolek, 1985 - Dorsal crests present........................................................... P. ( M. ) pulchra Imajima, 1990 14. Branchiae longest on chaetiger 2, prostomium widest at mid–point......................... P. ( M. ) tatura Wilson, 1990 - Branchiae longest on chaetigers 4–5, prostomium widest at posterior most region.............. P. ( M. ) yuriel Wilson, 1990 15. Notopodial lamellae lacking on chaetiger 1................................................................ 16 - Notopodial lamellae more or less well–developed on chaetiger 1............................................... 19 16. Dorsal crests absent......................................................... P. ( M. ) patagonica Augener, 1923 - Dorsal crests present................................................................................. 17 17. Without prostomial peaks......................................................... P. ( M. ) maciolekae sp. nov. - With prostomial peaks................................................................................. 18 18. Anterior margin of prostomium truncated and with only a small peak..................... P. ( M. ) wireni Maciolek, 1985 - Anterior margin of prostomium rounded and with five small peaks............... P. ( M. ) multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927 19. More than 10 pairs of branchiae........................................................................ 20 - Fewer than 10 pairs of branchiae....................................................................... 21 20. Dorsal crests absent.............................................................. P. ( M. ) wambri Wilson, 1990 - Dorsal crests present.......................................................... P. ( M. ) elongata Imajima, 1990 21. Eyes absent, branchiae wrinkled................................................ P. ( M. ) sandersi Maciolek, 1981 b - One or two pairs eyes present, branchiae narrow and cylindrical.......................... P. ( M. ) cirrifera Wirén, 1883 : Published as part of Dagli, Ertan & Çinar, Melih Ertan, 2011, Species of the subgenus Minuspio (Polychaeta: Spionidae: Prionospio) from the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with the description of two new species, pp. 35-53 in Zootaxa 3043 on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206763 : {"references": ["Wilson, R. S. (1990) Prionospio and Paraprionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 50, 243 - 274.", "Maciolek, N. J. (1985) A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster, and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84, 325 - 383.", "Imajima, M. 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