WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
D'Alessandro, Michela; Castriota, Luca; Maggio, Teresa; Nasi, Federica; Carletti, Marilyn; Auriemma, Rocco; Romeo, Teresa; Del Negro, Paola. (2020). Spiophanes adriaticus, a new species from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 100(1): 45-54., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315419001061 page(s): 47, figures 2-4; note: offshore of Po Delta [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype PV_68.3 (same as station number), Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, Italy, geounit Adriatic Sea [details]
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Etymology authors: "Spiophanes adriaticus sp. nov. refers to the occurrence of the species along Italian coasts and offshore of North Adriatic Sea." [details]
Type locality No type locality statement. Off-shore Po Delta, Adriatic Sea, 45.0890, 12.5845 (68 45°05′20.45′′ 12°35′04.26′′) station PV_68, 27.1 m [details]
Type specimen No type designation statement, unclear museum registration identifier (based on station id), no fixation of holotype. See Code article 16.4. The only identifier is a station number PV_68. The lead author has clarified that what appears to be a core number at the station "PV_68.3" has been used as the holotype museum registration number in the "Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale" in Trieste, Italy. [details]
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