WoRMS name details
Janua (Pillaiospira) Knight-Jones, 1973
325616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325616)
unaccepted (rank upgrade to genus)
Subgenus
- Species Janua (Pillaiospira) natalensis Knight-Jones & Knight-Jones, 1974 accepted as Pillaiospira natalensis Knight Jones P. & Knight-Jones E.W., 1974 (superseded original combination)
- Species Janua (Pillaiospira) trifurcata Knight-Jones, 1973 accepted as Pillaiospira trifurcata Knight-Jones, 1973 (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1973). Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia. Pt. 1. A new genus, four new subgenera and seven new species. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Ser. Zoology.</em> 24(4): 231-259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/64438
page(s): 253; note: erected as a subgenus of Janua [details]
page(s): 253; note: erected as a subgenus of Janua [details]
Etymology Subgenus Pillaiospira Knight-Jones is named after G. Pillai who had created a subgenus (Neodexiospira) closely related to...
Etymology Subgenus Pillaiospira Knight-Jones is named after G. Pillai who had created a subgenus (Neodexiospira) closely related to Dexiospira Caullery & Mesnil [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Janua (Pillaiospira) Knight-Jones, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325616 on 2024-04-26
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original description
Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1973). Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia. Pt. 1. A new genus, four new subgenera and seven new species. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Ser. Zoology.</em> 24(4): 231-259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/64438
page(s): 253; note: erected as a subgenus of Janua [details]
source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1984). A new species of Protoleodora (Spirorbidae: Polychaeta) from eastern U.S.S.R., with a brief revision of related genera. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 80(2-3): 109-120., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/80/2-3/109/2703213 [details]
page(s): 253; note: erected as a subgenus of Janua [details]
source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1984). A new species of Protoleodora (Spirorbidae: Polychaeta) from eastern U.S.S.R., with a brief revision of related genera. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 80(2-3): 109-120., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/80/2-3/109/2703213 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Subgenus Pillaiospira Knight-Jones is named after G. Pillai who had created a subgenus (Neodexiospira) closely related to Dexiospira Caullery & Mesnil [details]
