World Polychaeta Database - Janua (Fauveldora) Knight-Jones, 1972

Polychaeta name details

Janua (Fauveldora) Knight-Jones, 1972

AphiaID

325615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325615)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Neodexiospira Pillai, 1970

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Janua Saint-Joseph, 1894

Direct children (2)

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Species Janua (Fauveldora) anticorrugata Vine, 1972 accepted as Neodexiospira brasiliensis (Grube, 1872) (subjective synonym)
Species Janua (Fauveldora) kayi Knight-Jones, 1972 accepted as Neodexiospira kayi (Knight-Jones, 1972) (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Knight-Jones, P. (1972). New species and a new subgenus of Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) from Kenya. <em>J. Zool. Lond.</em> 166: 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1972.tb04071.x [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Janua (Fauveldora) Knight-Jones, 1972. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325615 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-11 10:36:40Z

created

Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2009-09-29 19:22:33Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2012-08-01 18:35:05Z

changed

Rzhavsky, Alexander

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Sources (2)

original description Knight-Jones, P. (1972). New species and a new subgenus of Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) from Kenya. <em>J. Zool. Lond.</em> 166: 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1972.tb04071.x [details]

source of synonymy Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Fordy, Michael R. 1979. Setal structure, functions and interrelationships in Spirorbidae (Polychaeta, sedentaria). Zoologica Scripta 8: 119-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1979.tb00624.x
page(s): [indirectly suggested synonymy with Dexiospira in a listing] [details]