WoRMS taxon details
Apoprionospio pygmaea (Hartman, 1961)
131108 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131108)
accepted
Species
Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961) Hartman, Olga. (1961). Polychaetous annelids from California. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 25: 1-226., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5214802
page(s): 93-95 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 93-95 [no figures] [details]
Type locality contained in Southern California
type locality contained in Southern California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Apoprionospio pygmaea (Hartman, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131108 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961) Hartman, Olga. (1961). Polychaetous annelids from California. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 25: 1-226., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5214802
page(s): 93-95 [no figures] [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Foster, N.M. (1969). New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus <i>Prionospio</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82(38): 381-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595410
page(s): 387-388 [details]
page(s): 93-95 [no figures] [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Foster, N.M. (1969). New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus <i>Prionospio</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82(38): 381-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595410
page(s): 387-388 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
status source Blake, James A., Maciolek, Nancy J. & Meißner, Karin. (2019). Spionidae Grube, 1850. <em>[book chapter].</em> pp. 1–103. Chapter 7.4.1 In: Purschke, G., Westheide, W. & Böggemann, M. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida. Band 2. Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II. De Gruyter, Berlin., available online at https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110291681-001/html
page(s): 58, figure 7.4.1.25; note: treated as valid genus & species [details]
status source Blake, James A., Maciolek, Nancy J. & Meißner, Karin. (2019). Spionidae Grube, 1850. <em>[book chapter].</em> pp. 1–103. Chapter 7.4.1 In: Purschke, G., Westheide, W. & Böggemann, M. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida. Band 2. Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II. De Gruyter, Berlin., available online at https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110291681-001/html
page(s): 58, figure 7.4.1.25; note: treated as valid genus & species [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Maciolek, N. J. (1985). A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 84: 325-383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x
page(s): 369-370, fig. 17, table 1 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046 [details] Available for editors

additional source Maciolek, N. J. (1985). A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 84: 325-383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x
page(s): 369-370, fig. 17, table 1 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]





To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (19 records) (from synonym Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (84 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (19 records) (from synonym Prionospio pygmaeus Hartman, 1961)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (84 records)
To ITIS