WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Microspio africana Rullier, 1964) Rullier, François. (1964). Résultats scientifiques des campagne de la 'Calypso': Îles du Cap Vert. 5. Annélides polychètes. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris.</em> 41(6): 113-218. page(s): 189-190, fig. 17 [details]
basis of record
Intes, André; Loeuff, Pierre Le. (1977). Les annélides polychètes de Côte d'Ivoire. 2. - Polychètes sédentaires - compte rendu systématique. <em>Cahiers ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer). Série Océanographie.</em> 15(3): 215-249., available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/cahiers/oceanographie/19746.pdf page(s): 220-221, fig. 1a-i [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water (Cape Verde); 20-50 m (Ivory Coast); 50-60 m (Annobón). [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: West Africa (Annobón; Cape Verde; Ivory Coast). [details]
Habitat Sand and rock in Cape Verde. Habitat of other records not stated, probably soft sediments. [details]
Taxonomic Remark The species was transferred from Microspio to Dispio by Intes & Le Loeuff (1977: 220-221, fig. 1a-i), with base on numerous specimens from Ivory Coast and on a record from the island of Annobón by Amoureux (1973: 60). Maciolek (1990: 1112, table 1) considered the species to belong to Spio, apparently based only on the original description and probably unaware of the work by Intes & Le Loeuff (1977). The recombination as Dispio africana is followed here, as, according to its authors, "Ces spécimens [from the Ivory Coast] correspondent parfaitement à la description de Rullier (1964) d’après un exemplaire des îles du Cap Vert" (Intes & Le Loeuff, 1977: 220). [details]
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