Polychaeta name details
original description
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): 343-345, fig. 6, tables 1, 3 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 page(s): 187 [details]
Holotype USNM 67678, geounit Mediterranean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 500-509 m. [details]
Distribution Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Etymology From Maciolek (1985: 345): "tri, L. three, pinnata, L. feathered or plumed; tripinnata refers to the pinnate nature of three of the four pairs of branchiae." [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at bathyal depths. [details]
Type locality Medina-Melina banks, off Libya, Mediterranean Sea (33.95°, 15.1367°). [details]
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