WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Rhynchospio microcera Dorsey, 1977) Dorsey, John H. 1977. A new species of Rhynchospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from San Clemente Island, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 76(1): 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34212014 [details]
basis of record
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 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
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): 1131 [details]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis The dense and obvious glandulation of the branchial and podal lobes and the deeply incised protomium are striking unique features. [details]
Distribution Also recorded from North Carolina coast in the Atlantic. Maciolek (1990) did not speculate in her report how the disparate occurrences might have come about, or whether this was a natural biogeography. [details]
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