Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D. (1978). The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from Southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 39: 171-280.

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Blake, James A.; Kudenov, Jerry D.

1978

39: 171-280

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The Spionidae of southeastern Australia are described. Intertidal and subtidal collections come mostly from Victoria, New South Wales and southern Queensland. A few records from West Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland) are also included. A total of 68 species in 19 genera have been identified. These include 4 new genera and 43 new species, with new synonyms and generic emendations also proposed. The genera with pointed prostomia include Scolelepis (9 species, 8 being new), Aonides (1 species) and Dispio (1 new species). Australospio trifida gen. et. sp. nov. is a unique spionid with both a distally pointed prostomium and lateral prostomial horns. The genera with frontal or lateral prostomial horns include Malacoceros (3 species, 2 being new), Rhynchospio (2 new species) and Scolecolepides (1 new species). The definition of Rhynchospio is expanded to include those species with branchiae free from dorsal lamellae. Laonice includes 3 new species, with 1 being a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Spiophanes includes 3 species, Spio with 3 species (2 being new) and Microspio with 1 new species. The genera of the Prionospio-complex are reviewed and revised to include: Paraprionospio (1 species), Orthoprionospio gen. nov. (1 new species), Streblospio (not represented) and Prionospio (9 species, 5 being new). A generic revision of the Polydora-complex is presented with 6 genera recognized: Boccardia (3 species), Carazziella gen. nov. (4 new species), Polydora (15 species, 8 being new), Boccardiella gen. nov. (2 species, 1 being new), Tripolydora (not represented) and Pseudopolydora (5 species, 2 being new). Polydorella is synonymized with Pseudopolydora. Approximately 2/3 of the species reported herein are endemic to Australia; the remainder are species with more cosmopolitan distributions.

Australia

Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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