WoRMS taxon details
original description
Foster, N.M. (1969). New species of spionids (Polychaeta) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with a partial revision of the genus <i>Prionospio</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82(38): 381-400., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595410 page(s): 383-388, figs. 1-11 [details]
basis of record
Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source
Maciolek, N. J. (1985). A revision of the genus Prionospio Malmgren, with special emphasis on species from the Atlantic Ocean, and new records of species belonging to the genera Apoprionospio Foster and Paraprionospio Caullery (Polychaeta, Annelida, Spionidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 84: 325-383., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01804.x page(s): 370-372, fig. 18 [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
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): 97 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [details]
Holotype USNM 39487, geounit North Carolina [details]
Paratype USNM 39488, geounit North Carolina [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, unknown. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic Ocean: North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico (Alabama; Texas). [details]
Etymology The species is named for Dr. John H. Day (b. Sussex, England, 25 August 1909 - d. Knysna, South Africa, 24 April 1989), Professor Emeritus at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. [details]
Habitat Not stated, unknown. [details]
Type locality Off Beaufort, North Carolina, Atlantic coast of the USA (gazetteer estimate 34.4º, -76.7º). [details]
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