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Polychaeta name detailsSpio crenaticornis Montagu, 1816
131181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131181)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (unused, indeterminable)
Species
Spio quadricornis Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (missapplied superfluous name)
marine,
recent only
Montagu G. (1816). An account of some new and rare marine British shells and animals. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 179-204, pls 12-14 ["1815"; 24 January 1816]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756731
page(s): 199, plate 14 (labelled vol.12,pl.14), fig. 6-7; note: A figure number erratum gives the correct figure matches [details] 
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Devon, England. No more precise location is given. [details]
Nomenclature Probably indeterminable. The figure applicable to this species, obviously a spionid (actual figures 6 & 7 on the plate),...
Nomenclature Probably indeterminable. The figure applicable to this species, obviously a spionid (actual figures 6 & 7 on the plate), was misunderstood due to a caption numbering error. Figures 6 & 7 are the Spio, and are not of Diplotis hyalina as interpreted by some. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Spio crenaticornis Montagu, 1816. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131181 on 2026-07-17
Date action by
original description
Montagu G. (1816). An account of some new and rare marine British shells and animals. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 179-204, pls 12-14 ["1815"; 24 January 1816]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756731
page(s): 199, plate 14 (labelled vol.12,pl.14), fig. 6-7; note: A figure number erratum gives the correct figure matches [details] original description (of Spio quadricornis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 page(s): 319; note: name created over an apparent confusion with Diplotis hyalina Montagu [details] additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Buchanan, Florence. (1890). <i>Hekaterobranchus shrubsolii</i>. A new genus and species of the family Spionidae. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London.</em> New Series, 122 (XXXI, Part 2): 175-200, plates XXI-XXII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13820389 page(s): 196; note: comments on Lamarck's mistake [details] additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. page(s): 390; note: suggests is indeterminable [details] Available for editors  [request]status source Maciolek, Nancy J. 1990. A redescription of some species belonging to the genus <i>Spio</i> and <i>Microspio</i> (Polychaeta: Annelida) and descriptions of three new species from Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Natural History, 24: 1109-1141., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770701 page(s): 1112; note: tabulates, referring to Hartman, 1959 as source for a placement as indeterminable [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Probably indeterminable. The figure applicable to this species, obviously a spionid (actual figures 6 & 7 on the plate), was misunderstood due to a caption numbering error. Figures 6 & 7 are the Spio, and are not of Diplotis hyalina as interpreted by some. [details]Type locality Devon, England. No more precise location is given. [details] |