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Meißner, Karin. (2005). Revision of the genus Spiophanes (Polychaeta, Spionidae); with new synonymies, new records and descriptions of new species. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe. 81(1): 3-65.
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10.1002/mmnz.200310001 [view]
Meißner, Karin
2005
Revision of the genus <i>Spiophanes</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae); with new synonymies, new records and descriptions of new species
Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe
81(1): 3-65
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
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The paper presents a comprehensive revision of the genus Spiophanes (Polychaeta, Spionidae) based on type material. The identity of Spiophanes kroyeri, the type species of the genus, is fixed by lectotype designation. Enhanced diagnoses with illustrations, notes on their distribution and comments on species identification for all valid species are provided. S. chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 and S. söderströmi Hartman, 1953 are synonymized with S. duplex (Chamberlin, 1919). S. kroyeri reyssi Laubier, 1964 is raised to species status. S. fimbriata and S. malayensis are considered as valid species not synonymous with S. kroyeri. Also, 8 species are newly described: S. algidus, S. mediterraneus, S. inflatus, S. afer, S. kimballi, S. similis, S. longisetus and S. aucklandicus. An identification key to species of Spiophanes is given.
Systematics, Taxonomy
Spiophanes Grube, 1860 (additional source)
Spiophanes Grube, 1860 (identification resource) Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860 (redescription)
Greenland Sea for Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860
Lectotype ZMB Q4746, verbatimGeounit Greenland Sea, North..., identified as Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860
Depth range Not stated by the author. Type said to be intertidal by Blake (1996: 149) and Meißner (2005: 31). [details] Depth range From low tide to less than 200 m. Pettibone (1962) recorded the species from about 460 m (250 fathoms). [details] Distribution Northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to California. [details] Etymology afer is Latin for Africa, referring to the species’ distribution around the African continent. [details] Etymology algidus is Latin for cold, referring to the occurrence of the species in cold waters of the Southern Ocean. [details] Etymology inflatus is Latin for puffed up, swollen, thickened, and refers to the swollen margins of postchaetal lobes on ... [details] Etymology refers to A. Kimball, a person who had formerly worked on the material. [details] Etymology 'longisetus' refers to unique character of this species of having very long and granulated notochaetae in parapodia ... [details] Etymology Refers to geographical distribution of the species, so far restricted to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. [details] Etymology similis, Latin for resemble or like, refers to the limited number of diagnostic characters of this species. [details] Habitat More common on sandy sediments, but also found in mud, normally from subtidal to less than 200 m. [details] Reproduction Gravid specimens found in March in British Columbia (USNM 81750), and in May and June in California (CAS 153860, ... [details] Spelling The correct spelling is 'kroyeri'. There was no accent in the original spelling. However, the name has been ... [details] Type locality off spain, Mediterranean Sea (between Cape San Antonio and Valencia harbour, approximate geolocation 39.1385, -0.0439) [details] Type locality Near Crozet Islands, Southern Indian Ocean, 45 59′ 48″ S, 49 58′ 18″ E (-45.996667, 49.971667) [details] Type locality Waterfall Inlet, Auckland Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand, -50.81504, 166.2197 (more precise than as given, ... [details] Type locality off Durban, South Africa, South Indian Ocean, 29 26′ 0″ S, 31 46′ 0″ E (-29.433333, 31.766667) [details] Type locality coastal off N. California, East Pacific, 41 20′ 27.6″ N, 124 26′ 18.6″ W (41.341, -124.4385) [details] Type locality Lectotype locality Greenland Sea, Northwest Atlantic Ocean, regional location approximated at 77.655, -5.976. [details] Type locality USA offshore, along the axis of the Gulf stream, North Atlantic Ocean, 38 33′ 0″ N, 68 32′ 0″ W (38.55, ... [details] Type locality Offshore Israel, Mediterranean Sea, 32 19′ 57.6″ N, 34 31′ 27.6″ E (32.332667, 34.524333) [details] Type locality Milne Edwards Deep, off Peru, South East Pacific, 8 21′ 0″ S, 81 25′ 0″ W (-8.35, -81.41666) [details] |