Deep-Sea taxon details
Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867
131164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131164)
accepted
Species
Prionospio (Prionospio) steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867 · unaccepted (superseded subgenus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 93-94, plate IX figs. 55, 55A-D [details]
page(s): 93-94, plate IX figs. 55, 55A-D [details]
Lectotype NHRM 3170, geounit Iceland
, Type locality contained in Icelandic part of the North Atlantic Ocean , Note Near Hofsås (= Hofsós), Skagafjördur,...
Lectotype NHRM 3170, geounit Iceland [details]
type locality contained in Icelandic part of the North Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Near Hofsås (= Hofsós), Skagafjördur, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean (about 65º53'N, 19º27'W), 40 fathoms (= 73 m), clay. [details]
Depth range 73-205 m.
Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: northern, western and eastern Iceland. Sigvaldadóttir & Mackie (1993: 207) could only confirm...
Etymology The species is named in honour of Professor Johannes Japetus Smith Steenstrup (b. Vang, Thy, Denmark, 8 March 1813 - d....
Depth range 73-205 m. [details]
Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: northern, western and eastern Iceland. Sigvaldadóttir & Mackie (1993: 207) could only confirm...
Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: northern, western and eastern Iceland. Sigvaldadóttir & Mackie (1993: 207) could only confirm the presence of the species off Iceland, all the other records requiring re-evaluation. This narrow range is confirmed in a subsequent report by Hektoen et al (2025: 49) [details]
Etymology The species is named in honour of Professor Johannes Japetus Smith Steenstrup (b. Vang, Thy, Denmark, 8 March 1813 - d....
Etymology The species is named in honour of Professor Johannes Japetus Smith Steenstrup (b. Vang, Thy, Denmark, 8 March 1813 - d. Copenhagen, Denmark, 20 June 1897), a Danish zoologist, biologist, professor at the University of Copenhagen, and foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131164 on 2026-02-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131164 on 2026-02-17
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Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 93-94, plate IX figs. 55, 55A-D [details]
taxonomy 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
page(s): 84, figures 175-185; note: redescription, and large synonymy list, and taxonomic comments [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
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 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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Hektoen, Martin M.; Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Bakken, Torkild. (2025). Partial revision of northern European Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1027(1): 1-58., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/3127
page(s): 45, figure 21; note: Authors confim that Prionospio steenstrupi is only known from Iceland, between 73 and 160 m depth. Reports from elsewhere may be misidentifications. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source 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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
redescription Sigvaldadóttir, E.; Mackie, A.S.Y. (1993). <i>Prionospio steenstrupi</i>, <i>P. fallax</i> and <i>P. dubia</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae): re-evaluation of identity and status. <em>Sarsia.</em> 78(3-4): 203-219., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1993.10413535
page(s): 204-207, figs. 1-2, 5, tables 1-2 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 93-94, plate IX figs. 55, 55A-D [details]
taxonomy 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
page(s): 84, figures 175-185; note: redescription, and large synonymy list, and taxonomic comments [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
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 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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Hektoen, Martin M.; Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Bakken, Torkild. (2025). Partial revision of northern European Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1027(1): 1-58., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/3127
page(s): 45, figure 21; note: Authors confim that Prionospio steenstrupi is only known from Iceland, between 73 and 160 m depth. Reports from elsewhere may be misidentifications. [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source 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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
redescription Sigvaldadóttir, E.; Mackie, A.S.Y. (1993). <i>Prionospio steenstrupi</i>, <i>P. fallax</i> and <i>P. dubia</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae): re-evaluation of identity and status. <em>Sarsia.</em> 78(3-4): 203-219., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1993.10413535
page(s): 204-207, figs. 1-2, 5, tables 1-2 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range 73-205 m. [details]Distribution Northeast Atlantic Ocean: northern, western and eastern Iceland. Sigvaldadóttir & Mackie (1993: 207) could only confirm the presence of the species off Iceland, all the other records requiring re-evaluation. This narrow range is confirmed in a subsequent report by Hektoen et al (2025: 49) [details]
Etymology The species is named in honour of Professor Johannes Japetus Smith Steenstrup (b. Vang, Thy, Denmark, 8 March 1813 - d. Copenhagen, Denmark, 20 June 1897), a Danish zoologist, biologist, professor at the University of Copenhagen, and foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. [details]
Habitat Clay, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Near Hofsås (= Hofsós), Skagafjördur, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean (about 65º53'N, 19º27'W), 40 fathoms (= 73 m), clay. [details]
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionospio steenstrupi)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Prionospio (Prionospio) steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867)
To The Arctic Traits Database (26 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (529 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (6 records) (from synonym Prionospio (Prionospio) steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionospio steenstrupi)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Prionospio (Prionospio) steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867)
To The Arctic Traits Database (26 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (529 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (6 records) (from synonym Prionospio (Prionospio) steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867)
To ITIS
