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Prionospio dubia Maciolek 1985

Description

Prionospio dubia Maciolek, 1985

Prionospio malmgreni var. dubia Day, 1961: 489 –490, fig. 3J–N.

Prionospio dubia Maciolek, 1985: 336 –339, figs 2–3.

Prionospio (Prionospio) dubia Day, 1961.— Granados-Barba & Solís-Weiss, 1998: 116.

Type locality. South Africa: off south coast (34º59´S, 22º18´E), 105 m, coarse khaki sand. Material type. Holotype (SAM) see Day (1961).

Records. Mexico: Tabasco and Yucatan (Granados-Barba & Solís-Weiss 1998: 116). Remarks. Prionospio dubia widely recorded: Northwest Atlantic (off Long Island, USA, to Surinam), northeast Atlantic (northern North Sea to Mediterranean), southeast Atlantic (South Africa), off south coast of South Africa, Australia and Japan (Sigvaldadóttir et al. 1993). The identity of specimens from Grand Caribbean should be confirmed against the type material.

Notes

Published as part of Delgado-Blas, Victor Hugo & Salazar-Silva, Patricia, 2011, Taxonomic catalogue of the Spionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Grand Caribbean, pp. 39-66 in Zootaxa 2782 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206833

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Spionidae
Genus
Prionospio
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spionida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Maciolek
Species
dubia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Prionospio dubia Maciolek, 1985 sec. Delgado-Blas & Salazar-Silva, 2011

References

  • Maciolek, N. J. (1985) A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84, 325 - 383.
  • Day, J. H. (1961) The Polychaeta Fauna of Sout Africa, 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coast with a few new records from the shore. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology), 44, 463 - 560.
  • Granados-Barba, A. & Solis-Weiss, V. (1998) Les Spionidae (Annelides, Polychetes) de la zone des puits petroliers de la region meridionale du Golfe du Mexique. Vie et Milieu, 48 (2), 111 - 119.
  • Sigvaldadottir, E. & Mackie, A. S. Y. (1993) Prionospio steenstrupi, P. fallax and P. dubia (Polychaeta, Spionidae) Reevaluation of identity and status. Sarsia, 78, 203 - 219.