Microspio Mesnil 1896
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Genus Microspio Mesnil, 1896
Type species: Spio mecznikowianus Claparède, 1869 Type locality: Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Naples
Synonym: Mesospio Gravier, 1911; type species: Mesospio moorei Gravier, 1911, by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Prostomium anteriorly rounded, bilobed or bifid; metameric dorsal ciliated organs present; branchiae present from chaetiger 2, restricted to anterior region or continuing to posterior end; bi- to multidentate hooded hooks on middle and posterior neuropodia; 2–4 anal cirri.
Description. Prostomium anteriorly rounded to deeply incised but 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 body region or continuing to posterior end, 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.
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.202084 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/603FFFD5FF98C357FFCEFFCBFFD3D355 (URL)
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References
- Mesnil, F. (1896) Etudes de morphologie externe chez les Annelides. I. Les Spionidiens des cotes de la 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.