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Heterospio Ehlers, 1874

Heterospio longissima Ehlers 1874, original figures cropped from plate 4, figure 10-11
Heterospio longissima Ehlers 1874, original figures cropped from plate 4, figure 10-11

129325  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129325)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Cirratuliformia (Suborder)
  9. Longosomatidae (Family)
  10. Heterospio (Genus)
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Genus
Longosoma Hartman, 1944 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680
page(s): 296-297 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Heterospio Ehlers, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129325 on 2025-07-15
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-04 10:31:00Z
changed
Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2013-05-20 04:15:05Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2023-04-03 04:58:13Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Ehlers, E. (1874). Annulata nova vel minus cognita in Expeditione 'Porcupine' capta. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 4, 13: 292-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342680
page(s): 296-297 [details] 

original description (of Longosoma Hartman, 1944) Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous annelids. Part VI. Paraonidae, Magelonidae, Longosomidae, Ctenodrilidae, and Sabellariidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(3): 311-389., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4680264
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Parapar, Julio; Aguirrezabalaga, Florencio; Moreira, Juan. (2014). First record of Longosomatidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Iceland with a worldwide review of diagnostic characters of the family. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 48(17-18): 983-998., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.859316 [details] 

taxonomy source Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2023). New species and records of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from continental shelf, slope and abyssal depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5260(1): 1-74., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5260.1.1/50353 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Ehlers, E. (1875). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Verticalverbreitung der Borstenwürmer im Meere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 25: 1-102, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45143254
page(s): 60, plate 4, figures 10-11; note: Full description with figures subsequent to preliminary publication in 1874 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Bochert, R.; Zettler, M. L. (2009). A New Species of Heterospio (Polychaeta, Longosomatidae) from Offshore Angola. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 26(10): 735-737., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.26.735
page(s): 737; note: key [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Parapar, Julio; Vijapure, Tejal; Moreira, Juan; Sukumaran, Soniya. (2016). A new species of <i>Heterospio</i> (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 220: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.220
page(s): 14; note: key to species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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 Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Classification Ehlers (1874, 1875) does not place Heterospio into a family, so it has never been in family Spionidae as would be suggested by his choice of genus name. In his full description in 1875 Ehlers comments that it is doubtful Heterospio belongs in Spionidae as the bristles are capillary and hooked bristles are missing. He also says that (transl) "If one were to take the bristle groups into account alone, the animal would be placed among the cirratulids". His insight was correct as currently Heterospio species are regarded as close to the cirratulids. [details]
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