original description(ofPrionospio heterobranchia newportensis Reish, 1959)Reish, D.J. 1959. New species of Spionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 58(1): 11-16.[details]
status sourceDelgado-Blas, V. H. 2014. Redescriptions and reestablishments of some species belonging to the genus Prionospio (Polychaeta, Spionidae) and descriptions of three new species. Helgoland Marine Research 68(1): 113-132, available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-013-0372-1 page(s): 127 [redescription from holotype] [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality