WoRMS taxon details
original description
Green, Karen D. (1982). Uncispionidae, a new polychaete family (Annelida). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 95(3): 530-536., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34964844 page(s): 530 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source
Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2018). New species and records of Uncispionidae and <i>Pygospiopsis</i> (Polychaeta, Spionida) from deep water off the east and west coasts of North America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Antarctic Peninsula, and Southeast Asia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4450(2): 151-195., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4450.2.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
redescription
Darbyshire, Teresa; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2011). Review of Uncispionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) with the description of a new species of <i>Uncispio</i>. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 78(Supplement 1): 65-77., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11250003.2011.580993 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis [original diagnosis - Green, 1982] "Small, slender polychaetes with palps inserted dorsally at junction between pro- and peristomium (postectal prostomial margins). Occipital antenna present. Parapodia biramous with reduced and simple lobes. Branchiae may be present on a few antero-median segments, fused to notopodial lobes. Setae simple and include capillaries (smooth or haired) and hooded bidentate hooks. Capillaries long on first setiger, reminiscent of a cephalic cage; hooks become enlarged and modified on a few posterior segments. Anus terminal, surrounded by four digitate lobes." [details]
Etymology author: "family name derives from the enlarged modified hooks (Latin "uncus" meaning hook) and affinity with the family Spionidae" [details]
Type designation The type genus is inferred to be Uncispio, based on the formation of the family name, but Green (1982) made only an etymology statement for the family, not the genus, and made no statement linking the genus to the family as type genus. [details]
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