Deep-Sea name details
Prionospio (Minuspio) Foster, 1971
152225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152225)
unaccepted (superseded subgenus rank combination)
Subgenus
Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883 (type by original designation)
- Species Prionospio (Minuspio) aluta Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio aluta Maciolek, 1985 (superseded subgenus)
- Species Prionospio (Minuspio) fauchaldi Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio fauchaldi Maciolek, 1985 (superseded subgenus)
- Species Prionospio (Minuspio) laciniosa Maciolek, 1985 accepted as Prionospio laciniosa Maciolek, 1985 (superseded subgenus)
- Species Prionospio (Minuspio) sandersi Maciolek, 1981 accepted as Prionospio sandersi Maciolek, 1981 (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Minuspio Foster, 1971) 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): 106-107 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 106-107 [details] Available for editors
Nomenclature Erected at genus level. Not currently valid as a subgenus or genus (e.g., Sigvaldadottir (1998). Alternate representations...
Nomenclature Erected at genus level. Not currently valid as a subgenus or genus (e.g., Sigvaldadottir (1998). Alternate representations of authors at subgenus-level may be seen. WoRMS report these as they are used and may create Prionospio recombinations for them for consistency. However, Sigvaldadottir (1998) concludes the apinnate branchiae of Minuspio "represent a heterogeneous and non-homologous assemblage of characters", and that "Prionospio (M.) cirrifera (with secondarily lost pinnules and increased number of branchiae) is more closely related to species with pinnate branchiae than to other species referred to Minuspio". This is significant as Minuspio cirrifera (originally Prionospio cirrifera) is the type species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio (Minuspio) Foster, 1971. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152225 on 2026-01-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Prionospio (Minuspio) Foster, 1971. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152225 on 2026-01-14
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(of Minuspio Foster, 1971) 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): 106-107 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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
status source Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of <i>Prionospio</i> and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(3): 175-187., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00435.x
note: Concludes the apinnate branchiae of Minuspio "represent a heterogeneous and non-homologous assemblage of characters" [details]
page(s): 106-107 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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
status source Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of <i>Prionospio</i> and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(3): 175-187., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00435.x
note: Concludes the apinnate branchiae of Minuspio "represent a heterogeneous and non-homologous assemblage of characters" [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Erected at genus level. Not currently valid as a subgenus or genus (e.g., Sigvaldadottir (1998). Alternate representations of authors at subgenus-level may be seen. WoRMS report these as they are used and may create Prionospio recombinations for them for consistency. However, Sigvaldadottir (1998) concludes the apinnate branchiae of Minuspio "represent a heterogeneous and non-homologous assemblage of characters", and that "Prionospio (M.) cirrifera (with secondarily lost pinnules and increased number of branchiae) is more closely related to species with pinnate branchiae than to other species referred to Minuspio". This is significant as Minuspio cirrifera (originally Prionospio cirrifera) is the type species. [details]
