WoRMS name details
original description
Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D. (1978). The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 39: 171-280., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39441579 page(s): 228-230, fig. 28a-k [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Maciolek, Nancy J. 1990. A redescription of some species belonging to the genus <i>Spio</i> and <i>Microspio</i> (Polychaeta: Annelida) and descriptions of three new species from Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Natural History, 24: 1109-1141., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770701 page(s): 1110; note: new name 'blakei' for Spio pacifica Blake & Kudenov, 1978, a junior primary homonym [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Spio pacifica is a replaced junior primary homonym to Spio martinensis pacifica Berkeley, 1927, and was renamed Spio blakei by Maciolek, 1990. [details]
Type locality Towra Point, near Kurnell, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia [details]
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