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Spiophanes wigleyi Pettibone 1962

Description

Spiophanes wigleyi Pettibone, 1962

Spiophanes wigleyi Pettibone, 1962: 83 –85, figs 5–6.— Johnson, 1984: 6.11–6.13, figs 6.3–6.4.—Meißner & Hutchings, 2003: 128, figs 1E, 2A, G, 8–10.—Meißner, 2005: 61, table 10.

Type locality. George Bank, Massachusetts, USA (40°09’N, 68°58’W), 70–135 m, very fine to coarse sand and gravel.

Type material. Holotype (USNM 30402), paratype (USNM 30401), North Atlantic Ocean (40º0.9´N, 68º58´W), George Bank, off Massachusetts, in 70–135 m, 22 Aug 1957.

Records. USA: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas (Johnson 1984).

Remarks. Spiophanes wigleyi is considered a cosmopolitan species (Meißner & Hutchings 2003, Meißner 2005). The records on the Grand Caribbean should be confirmed by comparison with 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 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206833

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Spionidae
Genus
Spiophanes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spionida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Pettibone
Species
wigleyi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Spiophanes wigleyi Pettibone, 1962 sec. Delgado-Blas & Salazar-Silva, 2011

References

  • Pettibone, M. H. (1962) New species of polychaete worms (Spionidae: Spiophanes) from the East and West coast of North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 75, 77 - 88.
  • Johnson, P. G. (1984) Family Spionidae Grube, (1850) pp. 6.1 - 6.69 In: Uebelacker, J. M. & P. G. Johnson (eds.), Taxonomic Guide to the Polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc. Mobile, AL. pp. 6 - 1 to 6 - 69.